Settlements debate tugs at Sharon

[Scurrilous]

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2003/12/13/settlements_debate_tugs_at_sharon/

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"JERUSALEM -- Israelis and Palestinians are still dying, the economy needs help, and the consensus in Israel that there is nothing to be done but keep fighting is coming undone. All of this is creating pressure on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the 75-year-old warrior and master politician who bestrides Israeli politics, to do something.

But Sharon has a profound additional problem: His heart and his head are at war over what to do.
His head, backed by many of his closest advisers, is telling him that it is time to withdraw from some of the territories in the Gaza Strip and West Bank that Israel occupied during the Six-Day War of 1967 -- and from some of the scores of settlements Israelis have built there.

But his heart, supported by hundreds of thousands of today's most fervent Zionists, is telling him that such moves would strike a hard blow to the values and the spirit the old warrior treasures most in Israel."

[sushi]

1. Poor guy!

He must have sleepless nights. I hope he makes the right decision for the majority of the Israeli people.

[Jackie97]

2. What do you mean by "some" of the scores of settlements?

It needs to be all of them.

Poor Ariel. Don't worry boy. You're very old and not in good health. It will probably all be over with soon.

[sushi]

3. You are right!

If he wants peace, it's got to be "all," not "some."