Quds city, Dec 26, SPA -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is ready to turn over more territory to the Palestinians and accept an independent Palestinian state if elected to a third term, according to a draft platform of Sharon's Kadima Party published Monday. The platform could form the basis of the next Israeli government. Polls show the centrist Kadima, which Sharon formed last month, has the best chance of winning March 28 parliamentary elections, according to a report of the Associated Press. Sharon left the hard-line Likud Party last month to win a free hand to proceed in peace talks with the Palestinians. Party spokesman Lior Chorev said the draft platform, detailed in the Maariv daily, was accurate and said the plan is expected to be approved by next week. The draft calls for conceding land to the Palestinians as part of peace talks that will be a central focus of Kadima if it is elected. The negotiations will culminate in a Palestinian state, according to the draft. "The basic tenet of the peace process is two national states," says the platform.
