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Ariel Sharon throws map out of window.

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  • 22-11-2005 12:18am
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    mike65
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    Ariel Sharon has quit his own party and is forming what is being described as a centreist party which he hopes will lead a coalition designed to defeat the extreme religious parties and the nay-sayers in Likud as he pursues the withdraw and redraw policy regarding 'Palestine'. Elections will follow in no more than 3 months.

    Having made this move Likud is bound to lurch furthur to the right under Binyamin Netanyahu (proberly) and so loose some support while the Labour party will probely loose some of its centreist voters to the Sharons new party.

    So another coalition but maybe this time on built on some common ground with respect to the ocupied territories as Labours Amir Peretz strongly backs pulling out of Gaza and the West Bank.

    But will it work and will it garner a postive response from the Palestinian Authority leadership?

    God knows but this maybe an example of eggs and omelettes that holds true.

    Mike.


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    Freelancer
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    I'm a little concerned about any society that makes a war criminal who's willful action lit the spark of the infatatia. Sharon's visit to the temple mount was a momentumental act of symbolic agression on the Palestinian people, but Pale's into insignificance to his role in the Sabra and Shatila massacres.

    Yet now we're faced with a better the devil you know scenario. If the Likud's new leader gets elected the Palestinians face the prospect of a leader who doesn't think the security wall goes far enough, and demands a re settlement of the occupied territories.

    Worryingly unless a more moderate Israeli leader appears we are literally and withour exaggeration finding ourselves in a better the devil you know scenario.


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    Cronus333
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    I don't mind as long as he's not Netanayu and he continues with the pullouts.....


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    Bloodychancer
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    I think it is a perfect example of how people can be hardliners and unwilling to contemplate any compromise until they are put into a position of power and then the real politik kicks in
    Just as Netanayu at the moment can be the hardliner because he is not in a position to have to do anything
    Similarities with the DUP over here were they say NO to everything and attack the UUP for comprimisng but once they come into the same position they deal


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    Moriarty
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    In my opinion, the resolving of the israeli/palestinian problem is probably going to take a meeting of minds between a hardliner from each side. Whoever it is on each side will need the credability with the hardcore in each community to make the hard concessions and be able to push them through.

    Odds are neither man would be an angel, but if that's what it takes for an equitable settlement for all sides it's certainly a pill worth swollowing.


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