Sharon to seek US approval of “disengagement” plan, Gaza evacuation

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Sharon to seek US approval of “disengagement” plan, Gaza evacuation

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was working Thursday to secure US approval for his plan to “disengage” from the Palestinians, which he said would start with the evacuation of at least 17 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.

Sharon is considering asking Washington during an upcoming visit there to agree on a plan to expand West Bank settlement blocs in exchange for the Gaza evacuation, his spokesman said.

”One of the options being discussed is to re-settle residents of evacuated settlements in these (expanded West Bank) settlements,” Assaf Shariv told AFP.

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Sharon to seek US approval of “disengagement” plan, Gaza evacuation

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1. For the non-euphamised version

Prominently reported (front page news), in the Hebrew press:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=51533

Compensation package to the right
Ma'ariv, 4 February 2004

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Associates of Sharon are already working on a compensation plan for the right, in the hope that this will convince the NRP and National Union not to leave the government.

"When it becomes clear what we’re getting in return and what Israel might achieve through the withdrawal from Gaza, many people will change their mind", said senior sources close to Sharon.

The compensation package ... is supposed to be coordinated with the US during the PM's visit to Washington and the preparatory visit by Sharon's Bureau Chief, Dov Weissglass.

The compensation package to the right is to include the annexation of Ma’ale Adumim and the Gush Etzion bloc, US agreement to further constructions in central settlements, on which there is a consensus in Israel, US approval of the present path of the fence, a US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and a US consent that no Israeli settlement will be removed from the West Bank till a final agreement will be reached.

Morever, the package is to include an Israeli declaration (US backed) of the framework of any military response to terror acts against Israel, or rocket fire from out of Gaza after withdrawal. Jerusalem hopes to get an agreement in front of the American's (that) Israel be permitted to respond by severe bombing, liable to also kill many civilians, if shooting continues inside of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli withdrawal - a similar balance of terror exists on the Lebanese border.

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