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March 3, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1078208274354&p=1078027574121

Gaza Plan Not Linked to U.S. Elections

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Senior Israeli diplomatic officials on Tuesday played down reports that the U.S. administration told Prime Minister Sharon's bureau chief Dov Weisglass that unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip should wait until after the November U.S. presidential elections. One official said that a plan like this takes time to put together and implement, and that the disengagement would not take place in any event until after November. Nevertheless, Israeli officials have been saying for weeks that the U.S. has been signaling that implementing disengagement now is not good for President Bush because of the fear of "unintended consequences" and the possibility events could spiral out of control just prior to the election.

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