Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (C) walks to his car as he arrives in the United States at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland just outside Washington, D.C., April 13, 2004. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed Israel would keep major settlements in the West Bank "for all eternity" before he flew into Washington to secure U.S. approval for a unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip. Palestinians, who want to end Israel's 1967 occupation of both the West Bank and Gaza, said furiously that Sharon's remarks effectively ruled out any treaty under the road map, to which U.S. President George W. Bush reaffirmed his commitment. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia MG/JDP