Israel govt memo admits flouting "road map"-source

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JERUSALEM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - A secret Israeli memorandum says the country has failed to honour commitments under a U.S. peace plan to evacuate illegal settler outposts and has sought "in every way to whitewash their existence and build more".

Government sources on Wednesday quoted the memorandum as saying: "We promised the United States that we would dismantle the outposts and have not done so. That is our Achilles' heel."

"International criticism is growing because of our lack of creative ideas for getting out of the conflict," it said.

Israel lacked credibility when it claimed to be fulfilling its obligations under a U.S.-backed plan for ending three years of fighting with the Palestinians, the memorandum said.

"Our claim that Israel has fulfilled its side of the (peace) road map is seen as lacking credibility because not only have we not evacuated the illegal outposts, we are working in every way to whitewash their existence and build more," it said.

The sources said the memorandum was prepared at Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's behest. A Shalom spokesman said he was unaware of the memorandum.

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