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| Middle East |
| Likud rejects a Palestinian state |
| 2002-05-13 |
| Israel's hard-line Likud Party defied its leader, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, last night and resolved that it would never accept a Palestinian state. The Likud Party Central Committee signaled it had given up any hope of a negotiated peace by rebuffing Mr. Sharon's plea to delay the vote. The committee said that any agreement to accept a Palestinian state "is dangerous to the state of Israel and will only intensify the pressures on us." Its resolution categorically rejected the creation of a Palestinian state "west of the Jordan river." The language, a forceful renewal of a long-standing plank in the party platform, was sponsored by members loyal to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is likely to challenge Mr. Sharon in the next party election. That puts a bucket on Sharon's foot, and on Powell's and Bush's. Haven't those guys ever heard of uttering platitudes and using a "sweet by and by" as the timeline? Even the Saudi Entity, Egypt and Syria have this down by now... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |