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Sharon's Silence

Today's New York Times reports that in a meeting yesterday with Gaza residents slated for eviction, Prime Minister Sharon said: "I understand it is difficult for you. I'm trying to save the land of Israel. I know this is at your expense." The Times adds that "one settler wept, and Mr. Sharon reportedly told him: 'I was moved by your words and was also close to tears. Disengagement is a harsh blow for me, but I had to make the decision.'"

Sharon still has never explained why unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria is necessary.

Some believe the rationale is demographics. Perhaps, but that what about Sharon's recent statements that no further unilateral withdrawals will take place, and that: "The Jewish settlements in places such as Tel Rumeida, Hebron, Beit El, Shilo and Maaleh Adumim - is vital. No one can remove them from us. We have foregone part of the dream - but not all of the dream." If unilateral withdrawal is necessary to save the Land of Israel, why should that withdrawal include only and particularly Gaza and northern Samaria, and no place else?

Perhaps Sharon's statements about Hebron, Beit El and Shilo are cynically designed to calm supporters of retention of those places. If that's the case, is there anything Sharon says that can be believed? It's one thing to change one's mind, and another to cynically lie to one's own constituents.
posted on 4/06/2005