He was threatened not to by the Arabs and we concured. Sharon had no choice.
Peace will only come when Israel occupies enough 'buffer' to defend itself and the Palistinians are absorbed by Jordan, Syria, Saudia etc.
IMO, we have a common enemy. By 'we' I mean Israel, Russia and Serbia to name a few. If not full efford now, when we can, then when?
They don't want them !