Israel Political Roundup - What Can We Do To Make You Shut Up? All of You.
Like a doting ward eager to let his charges walk their way back from a silly escapade, Sharon is not above throwing the Likud rebels a bone:
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is considering a proposal raised by Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz to legalize illegal outposts in return for the support of the 13 so-called Likud rebels on the 2005 state budget, Katz said on Sunday.
In the meantime, it cannot be underestimated how horribly bad a sign this is:
The impression coming from the Palestinian street is that the Israeli right wing's fierce opposition to the disengagement plan is the source of considerable pleasure for the Palestinians and benefits Hamas... One can deduce from the responses that in Israeli terminology, Sharon's plan can indeed be termed a disengagement; but in the understanding of the vast majority of Palestinians, it's a withdrawal and capitulation plan brought on by the intifada's more than four years of bloody conflict.
Not to be overly delicate, but the quick execution of five to ten top-ranking Hamas terrorists, the annexation of 40% of the West Bank, and the razing of the abandoned settlements should go a long way towards clearing up that little misunderstanding.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is considering a proposal raised by Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz to legalize illegal outposts in return for the support of the 13 so-called Likud rebels on the 2005 state budget, Katz said on Sunday.
In the meantime, it cannot be underestimated how horribly bad a sign this is:
The impression coming from the Palestinian street is that the Israeli right wing's fierce opposition to the disengagement plan is the source of considerable pleasure for the Palestinians and benefits Hamas... One can deduce from the responses that in Israeli terminology, Sharon's plan can indeed be termed a disengagement; but in the understanding of the vast majority of Palestinians, it's a withdrawal and capitulation plan brought on by the intifada's more than four years of bloody conflict.
Not to be overly delicate, but the quick execution of five to ten top-ranking Hamas terrorists, the annexation of 40% of the West Bank, and the razing of the abandoned settlements should go a long way towards clearing up that little misunderstanding.
