He started this screwed up politic when he went to the Mount and now we're cleaning up pieces because of his inability to control the Palestinian population! The "intifada" started months before Sharon even dreamed of going to the Temple Mount. If you insist I'll provide references, but even a cursory review of the events will convince you that the Sharon-Temple Mount theory of the intifada is a bunch of hogwash.
please do send references regarding the recent intifada... there is clearly a set of circumstances in the last year that changed things... the media hasn't presented them... so what you got is great info.