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What kind of Palestinian state did Ariel Sharon discuss in 2001?
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Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon, March 8, 2001.
In September 2001, Ariel Sharon discussed the possibility of a Palestinian state for the first time. He conceived of this state as a less-than-fully sovereign entity that would occupy no more than 42 percent of the West Bank.1