Gen.(res.) Eiland: ‘Israeli Residents Will Be Out Of Gaza Strip, One Way Or The Other, By End Of Next September’ Knesset Speaker Rivlin: ‘I’m Dumbfounded By Sharon’s Withdrawal…It Will Breach Israel’s Iron Wall Of Security’
Internal Politics
SHARON vs SETTLERS
PM Sharon: ‘No Referendum On Withdrawal; Stop Inciting IDF Soldiers To Disobey Orders!’ Settler Leaders: ‘Sharon Won’t Listen, We’ll Try And Persuade Likud MKs To Vote Against Evacuation!’
SHARON’S CHANCES
Senior Sources: ‘Prime Minister Sharon Has Passed The Point Of No Return On Implementing Gaza Evacuation’ Analyst David Essing: ‘Sharon Is Using Likud Rebels As Just Cause For Building Disengagement Coalition’
LIKUD ‘REBELS’ DEFEAT SHARON
PM Sharon Moves To Build A Disengagement Coalition Analyst David Essing: ‘Sharon Now At Mercy Of Two Conflicting Coalitions’
SHARON vs LIKUD
PM Sharon: ‘I’ll Present Disengagement Plan To the Knesset on October 25th’. Evacuation Will Be Linked To Situation On the Ground’ Labor’s Peres: ‘We’ll Support Sharon Only If He Sincere On Disengagement As Part Of Roadmap Process’ Analyst David Essing: ‘Likud Rebels Warn Privately They’ll Try To Topple Sharon If He Carries Out Withdrawal’
GAZA BOILS OVER
IDF Chief OF Staff Ya’alon: ‘Current Operation To Continue Until No Qassam Rockets Fall On Sderot; But There Is No Quick Fix’ Defense Minister Mofaz: ‘IDF Reinforcements To Gaza To Help Distance Qassam Rockets From Israeli Border’ Finance Minister Netanyahu: ‘Sharon Will Halt Disengagement If There’s A Catastrophe Over Palestinian Terrorism Or A Jewish Civil War’
The Altalena Affair
The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June of 1948, during the War of Independence, between the newly-formed Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun (Etzel), a … Read More The Altalena Affair