A good plan. If the U.S. supports it it will work.
In the meantime where are all the liberals who've been claiming that Jewish neo-cons run America?
"As I see it Sharon's plan is to give up Gaza and the most Arab parts of the West Bank while keeping Jerusalem and the settlement blocks around it. If successful, his plan will make a Palestinian state impossible. Gaza will become part of Egypt and the Arab West Bank part of Jordan or Syria...or even Lebanon."
As those parts of Israel (Gaza, West Bank) were part of Egypt and Jordan when those countries attacked Israel, and were taken as part of the victory over the attacking arabs, giving them back should smart even more.
What makes a palestinian a palestinian? We know what it means to be an Israeli. Carve a nation out of "leavins," defend it against ALL your hostile neighbors, have one of the only representative governments in the hostile region, raise your children to be the nicely flowered prickly plant that is indigenous to the region, and believe you are precisely where you are supposed to be according to God's will.
I certainly hope there is more going on in the background that is good for Israel than is being released to the public.
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I agree, but the key to this is the Border Fence. A contiguous Israel with a moat around it is the only solution; even the wise men in Likuld know this. Demographics and international politics leaves no other solution..
If the Arabs decide to attack from this base, the Israel answer no longer needs to be ambiguous, IMO.