Sharon Plan May Foil Palestine State, Historians Say (Update3)

[Classical_Liberal]

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to retain territories captured from Arab countries in the 1967 war has little chance of bringing peace to the region because it won't leave Palestinians enough land to create a viable state, said historians including Israel's Tom Segev

At the same time, by agreeing to withdraw settlers from the Gaza Strip and some outposts in the West Bank, Sharon has broken an Israeli taboo on dismantling settlements, the historians say.

``Sharon had vowed he'd never dismantle settlements, and now you have his right-wing, nationalist government doing just that,'' said Segev, 59, who wrote ``1949: The First Israelis,'' a 1986 bestseller. ``Once you have dismantled one, you can dismantle others. There's no reason a different government couldn't negotiate further withdrawals,'' he said in a telephone interview from Tel Aviv.

U.S. President George W. Bush on April 14 backed Sharon's plan, which calls for Israel to evacuate all 7,000 settlers from the Gaza Strip, while holding on to its larger West Bank settlements. A Palestinian state would be formed later, taking in the Gaza Strip and the remaining areas of the West Bank......

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[reel progressive]

1. prime minister sharon

prime minister sharon is a man of peace

[Classical_Liberal]

2. That's what that real progressive George Bush says.

Ever considered joining "Students for an Orwellian Society!"

http://www.studentsfororwell.org/

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." George Orwell 1984

[reel progressive]

3. supporting israel is progressive

israel is the only democracy in the middle east ,,, it is secular ,,, it gives women equal rights ,,, it is our only true friend in the middle east ,,, israel is fighting terrorism like we are ,,, the cause of israel is the cause of america

[Classical_Liberal]

4. Israel is not secular. There is no Constitution or separation

of Church and State. All marriages in Israel of Jews must be conducted by Orthodox Rabbis. All divorces of Jews in Israel are handled through religious courts rather than civil ones. Israel deliberately maintains a Jewish majority and deliberately discriminates against Muslims and Christian when it comes to the ease of obtaining citizenship. Israel is running and apartheid state on the West Bank and won't allow most of the Palestinians it governs to vote, meanwhile the settlers it has placed there can. Israel is our only friend in the region primarily because of this. It is Israel's policy of settlements and apartheid which create most of the hostility in the middle east.

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