Sharon asks Jewish Agency for aid in relocating settlements

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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged members of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem Sunday evening to contribute to the relocation of settlements to the Negev and Galilee.

The prime minister attended a rally on Mount Scopus marking 75 years to the founding of the Jewish Agency.

Earlier in the day, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon and Defense Ministry Director-General Amos Yaron indicated that reports about Defense Ministry plans to dig a moat along the Philadelphi corridor were premature.

Sharon told the cabinet Sunday that no ditch would be dug along the Gaza-Egypt border until Egypt was consulted on the issue.

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