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November 9, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1131367050883&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Sharon: Settlement East of the Security Barrier Won't Be Abandoned

(Jerusalem Post) Matthew Gutman - Prime Minister Sharon visited "Sharon's Observation Point" in the tidy settlement of Beit Arieh on Tuesday. His visit was the culmination of a number of meetings between Sharon and community leaders concerned that Sharon intends to cede to the Palestinians all Jewish communities east of the security barrier. Sharon vowed that Beit Arieh and its neighbor Ofarim "would always be part of Israel." Beit Arieh, a community of 900 families, has a little garden at the spot where Sharon lugged countless congressmen and senators to show them what he called the unimpeachable, strategic significance of this spot. It boasts an unparalleled view of Israel's densely populated heartland. It is on the flight path for flights heading toward Ben-Gurion Airport from the east and sits on one of Israel's largest aquifers.

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