Jerusalem ? Israel will reject a U.S.-backed “road map” to Palestinian statehood if it is asked to compromise on security issues, such as the elimination and disarmament of what it calls Palestinian terrorist groups, a senior Israeli official said Saturday.

Dov Weisglass, the head of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office, said Israel would present to the United States 15 reservations it has with the plan for Palestinian statehood by the end of 2005.

The Jewish state has no guarantees that its demands will be met, Weisglass said, but would not compromise “one millimeter” on security conditions for Palestinian statehood presented by President Bush in a speech he made last June.

“On this there will be no compromise even if, God forbid, the price is … getting up politely from the table and going home,” Weisglass told Israel Radio.

Although Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has reluctantly agreed to share power and reform financial institutions under the Palestinian Authority, he has failed to deliver on a key requirement in the first phase of the three-year road map — reining in militants.

In addition to halting militant attacks, Weisglass said Israel also wanted a new Palestinian security organization “untouched by terrorism.”

Bryan Avery, 24, of Albuquerque, N.M., is carried out of the hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin, to be transferred to an Israeli hospital. Avery, an American peace activist working as a human shield in the West Bank, was seriously wounded in the face Saturday when Israeli troops opened fire on him and two others, the International Solidarity Movement said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army.

The United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia — who make up the “quartet” of Mideast mediators — have presented Israel and the Palestinians with several drafts of the so-called road map. Both sides have made changes, but British and U.S. officials recently have said the final draft of the document would have to be accepted as is.

Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said the quartet had informed the Palestinians that the document would not be further altered.

“The Israeli government is repeating its clear rejection to the road map and at the same time is continuing its settlement activities, incursions, assassinations that are totally against the road map,” Erekat said. Weisglass said the United States had promised it would listen to Israel’s concerns.

Israel is hopeful about the election of Mahmoud Abbas, better known as Abu Mazen, to the role of Palestinian prime minister, although Arafat remains in control. Once Abbas appoints a Cabinet and is sworn in, Israel will be watching to see if he begins to combat terrorism, Weisglass said.