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Sharon: Separation Necessary For Our Future


(UPI/Washington Times) Joshua Brilliant - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday he was determined to implement his plan for a unilateral pullback. Speaking in Ashkelon, Sharon said, "This step must be taken" to facilitate Israel's secure development. "I intend to implement what I said....It's tough but I have decided." A senior government official said Sharon realized the public is fed up with the current situation. Sharon is concerned, also, about a possible collapse of law and order in the Palestinian areas that would create a dangerous vacuum. He wants to preempt a situation in which Israel is pressured to send over its troops to put an end to anarchy and restore its civil administration.
2004-02-04 00:00:00
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