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| | Guardian Unlimited | Today's issues | The road map to peace |
 | | The road map is an internationally devised peace plan, drawn up by the US, the UN, the EU and Russia - with Israeli and Palestinian consultation - that seeks a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
 | | But he has also said that the road map would not stop illegal settlement building, and later qualified his remarks by saying he was referring to people rather than land under occupation. |
 | | While accepted by the Israeli cabinet, it is not clear if Mr Sharon has genuinely accepted the road map, is accepting it to ride out the current US pressure on him to accept it, or is accepting it in the expectation it will not work and, therefore, does not matter. |
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