US President George W Bush has described Israeli plans for redrawing Israel's boundaries in the West Bank as "bold". Mr Bush met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Washington. Afterwards, Mr Bush said Mr Olmert's ideas could be an important step toward peace. But that is not how the Palestinians see it.
The BBC News website asked four Palestinians what they thought of Mr Olmert's plan and where they thought it left Palestinian hopes for a viable state of their own.
We also asked if they believed Mr Olmert when he said he would negotiate with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas before taking any action unilaterally.Hatem Shurrab, Gaza (Student, Islamic University)
The relationship between the US and Israel is completely different to that between the Palestinians and the US. Both sides want security in the region. It's in Israel's own interests to keep the Palestinians happy, but Ehud Olmert is not achieving this.
Mr Olmert is trying to show the international community that he is not a bad person by transferring some of our own money back to us. But the situation in the Palestinian territories is still very dangerous all the time. Look at the settlements, look at the wall. Palestinians won't agree to this, of course they won't. These areas should be Palestinian and people don't just give away their rights.
Mr Olmert should talk to the Palestinians. And tell the truth. We Palestinians are very tired of the situation. If he takes one-sided decisions people will feel ignored, that they are nothing. Then the Palestinians will rebel and attack again, to show that we are here, that we are people living in this land. 
Shawq Issa, Bethlehem (Human rights lawyer)
The plan Ehud Olmert is trying to implement is a recipe for more violence and more Israeli aggression against Palestinians. Its implementation would kill any future hope for peace.
I say this because I believe the basic minimum for peace between Palestinians and Israelis is to have a Palestinian state alongside Israel on the territories that Israel occupied in 1967. This is the minimum anyone can agree with.
But according to Mr Olmert's plan Israel will annexe more territories that were occupied in 1967 and cut the West Bank into pieces. This will prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
I don't believe Ehud Olmert when he says he's prepared to negotiate. This is Israel's way of misleading the international community. Israel is not ready for peace. They are the ones who killed Yitzak Rabin after he signed the Oslo agreement. They then elected Benyamin Netanyahu, who was running against peace and later Ariel Sharon. So they've always proved they don't want peace with Palestinians.
But of course they always have the support and protection of the United States.
Lama Hourani, Gaza (NGO branch co-ordinator, Palestinian Working Women's Society)
The plans are a destruction of Palestinian hope for any viable state. All these unilateral steps are leading to destruction of the two-state solution, which is what the majority of Palestinians have said they want.
I don't believe Ehud Olmert when he says he wants to negotiate and that he will act unilaterally as a last resort. Israel had the chance to negotiate. Abu Mazen [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas] was elected on a big majority on a political programme of negotiations with the Israelis. When Abu Mazen asked for talks they didn't give him a chance. At least then it was easier because Fatah was still in power.
Now there is Hamas. Hamas was elected mainly because people were tired of the corruption within the PA led by Fatah. They were also disappointed with the international community for not leading peace negotiations as expected. Hamas is not the negotiating party for Israel, for sure.
The partner for negotiations with Israel has and always will be the PLO and its president, Mahmoud Abbas.
Wafa Abdul Rahman, Ramallah (Director, Filastiniyat, media organisation for promoting women)
We are disappointed, but not surprised.
Forty-eight hours before meeting President Bush, Ehud Olmert described Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as 'powerless' and 'helpless' in an interview on CNN.
With Mr Bush, Mr Olmert praised Mahmoud Abbas, accepting the fact he could be a peace partner for any negotiations.
The different language he used shows his real intentions.
Mr Olmert wants to promote a vision of Israeli borders that are illegally built on our land.
The worst thing is the US bill that was passed during the visit.
The bill [the Palestinian Anti-Terrorist Act] prevents any US organisation giving any kind of assistance to Palestinians, whether government or NGO, except for health programmes.
We are returning to an era of relief instead of development.
During the talks, Israel is always the priority. The Israeli narrative is always taken into account. Our narrative is always ignored.
The plan Ehud Olmert is trying to implement is a recipe for more violence and more Israeli aggression against Palestinians. Its implementation would kill any future hope for peace. The plans are a destruction of Palestinian hope for any viable state. All these unilateral steps are leading to destruction of the two-state solution, which is what the majority of Palestinians have said they want. We are disappointed, but not surprised. 
