[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [GushShalom] Sharon speech - paving the way for unilateral annexations

[Al Kagan]

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>Gush Shalom Press Release
>Tel-Aviv December 18, 2003
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>	Sharon's Speech: Tissue of Lies and Half-Truths
>	His "Plan" - Recipe for War and Annexation
>
>      "Ariel Sharon's speech of today is a masterpiece of misrepresentation,
>half-truths and outright lies," Gush Shalom declared immediately
>afterwards. "The polished formulations are hiding the clear intent of
>annexing more than half the West Bank, while giving up a few far-away
>and isolated settlements that are the army consider as a burden."
>     
>      As examples of blatant untruths, Gush Shalom cites:
>
>1. Sharon: The Road Map demands that the Palestinians eliminate
>terrorism, and that only afterwards Israel is requested to fulfil its
>obligations.
>       The truth: The Road Map demands that Israel starts to fulfil its
>obligations at once, simultaneous with and independent of the steps to be
>taken by the Palestinians.
>
>2. The Road Map demands from Israel to remove "unlicensed outposts".
>       The truth: The Road Map demand from Israel to remove ALL
>settlements set up after January 2001.
>
>3. Sharon: The Road Map allows Israel to build inside the "built-up area"
>of the settlements.
>      The truth: The Road Map forbids any building activity in the
>settlements. The "built up areas" of the settlements have been planned in
>advance in such a way that tens of thousands of new houses can be built
>there.
>
>4. Sharon: Lately we have made life much easier for the Palestinians.
>The truth: While life was intolerable even before, it has become much
>worse lately. Almost no checkpoint has been removed, free movement is
>impossible, and, worst of all, the "separation fence" has cut off hundred
>thousands of Palestinians from their sources of livelihood as well as from
>their schools, hospitals, universities and even cemeteries.
>
>5. Sharon: The "separation fence" is necessary for security.
>      The truth: The present path of the barrier 
>is not separating Israelis from
>Palestinians, but Palestinians from Palestinians, in order to imprison them
>in more than a dozen isolated enclaves.
>
>6. Sharon: A "contiguous" Palestinian state will be set up.
>      The truth: Between the enclaves that Sharon is creating by the
>"separation fence" and other means, there is no real contiguity. Sharon
>promises to connect the enclaves by artificial means like bridges, roads
>and tunnels that can be cut off by the army at any moment.
>
>      The removal of some outlying settlements is demanded by the army,
>which does not have enough forces to defend them. Sharon uses the
>promise of their removal as an alibi for annexing practically all of "Area C",
>which comprises more than half of the West Bank.  
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