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30.08.02, 14:18
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Czy Muchamad atta nie jest twoj Przyjaciel i mu jego Polke nie poznales?
Sharon backs Ya'alon remarks on `cancerous Palestinian threat'
By Aluf Benn
IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon's controversial remarks earlier this week
were "true and correct" and described "the situation as it is," Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday.
Ya'alon, both at a conference organized by the chief rabbis on Sunday and in
an interview with Ha'aretz Magazine, described the Palestinian threat
as "cancerous," said the current Palestinian leadership does not recognize
Israel's right to exist, and that a unilateral withdrawal from the
territories would constitute giving in to terrorism.
Sharon said the criticism of Ya'alon stems from political considerations, and
that had the chief of staff said the opposite, he would undoubtedly have been
praised by the left.
Regarding an IDF plan for an interim agreement with the Palestinians that
includes evacuating isolated settlements, first reported in yesterday's
Ha'aretz, Sharon's office said that "if it indeed exists, it was never
brought to the attention of the prime minister or his aides." The Ha'aretz
report said it had been submitted to two former top Sharon aides, Uri Shani
and Major General Moshe Kaplinsky. But a government source said both denied
knowing anything about such a plan.
Sharon said that diplomatic progress would be possible once the violence
stops, but that has not happened. The mortar fire in Gaza is growing worse,
he said; the Palestinians are doing nothing to prevent terror; and there have
as yet been no serious changes in the Palestinian security establishment.
The premier said he was worried by efforts to "revive" Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat. He said that Egypt is trying to persuade the
Americans that progress is impossible without Arafat, and it is being aided
and abetted in this effort by many Israelis - private individuals, former
officials and even current officials who "are running to the Egyptians." One
prominent recent Israeli visitor to Cairo was Ami Ayalon, former head of the
Shin Bet security service. Ayalon declined to comment.
Sharon said that any reform of the PA in which Arafat is involved will be a
fiction, as the chairman will not permit reforms that threaten his supremacy.
It is therefore imperative, he said, to stick to the plan of sidelining
Arafat outlined by U.S. President George Bush.
Sharon did not comment on Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer's "Gaza
First" plan for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from areas of the territories
where quiet prevails, beyond noting that he had proposed a similar deal to
Arafat last year. Sharon's office said that though Ben-Eliezer is currently
busy fighting for his political life, they believe he can defeat Haifa Mayor
Amram Mitzna in the Labor Party leadership race.
Sharon said he is worried by recent incidences of Arab Israeli involvement in
terror and by the things said at the Islamic Movement's recent conference on
the Temple Mount, since Jews and Arabs ultimately have to live together. He
said he believes that most Israeli Arabs want to be part of Israeli society,
and that in private conversations with Israeli Arab leaders, he has therefore
urged them to stop talking about separation. He rejected the idea that
successive Israeli governments are solely responsible for Arab disaffection,
saying that while it is true that more should be done, there have
nevertheless been impressive accomplishments.
Regarding the possibility of an American attack on Iraq, the prime minister
said he believes this should be discussed only in closed forums, rather than
in the media. The U.S., he added, has also requested that Israel keep a low
profile on this issue.
