Shaul Mofaz Visits Sderot in Support of Charity

Shaul Mofaz, deputy leader of Israels Kadima party and a former IDF chief of staff is visiting residents of Sderot while French Optometrists test their vision and hand out free European glasses for charity in Sderot sports center in south-central Israel, on Sunday, November 09, 2009. Mofaz, ?who now views himself as a future prime minister, said on Sunday that the Israeli government should be prepared to negotiate directly with Hamas in the event that they gain electoral victory following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abass predicted retirement from politics. Mr Mofaz was laying out his own proposal for a peace plan since so far none has been forthcoming from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Mofaz said that under his plan a Palestinian state would be established within one year, initially on 60? ?per cent of the West Bank. As many as 65,00 Jewish settlers now living in isolated settlements would need to be relocated while the larger settlement blocs would be annexed in exchange for Israeli territory. A final Palestinian state, Mr Mofaz said, would be on at least 92 per cent of the West Bank and Gaza.Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.