Palestinian Issues

Prime Minister Ponders Whether To Carry On In Likud Or Quit & Form New Centrist Party Latest Opinion Poll Indicates New Sharon Party & Labor Would Both Win 28 Knesset Seats Netanyahu Lead Likud Would Plummet To Only 18

Prime Minister Sharon & Labor Party Leader Peretz Agree On Early Election In Late February Or March Likud Rebel: ‘Sharon Seeks Our Democratic Approval In Order To Govern As A Dictator’ Prime Minister Will Reportedly Decide over The Weekend Whether To Continue As Likud Leader Or Form a New Centrist Party

Defense Minister Mofaz: ‘Israel Will Have Control Over Border Crossings And Safe Passage Route Between Gaza & West Bank’ Likud MK Netanyahu: ‘Israel Has Capitulated To U.S. Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice On National Security’ Israeli Mayors Adjacent To West Bank: ‘We Demand Red Dawn Early Warning Systems For Fear Of Qassam Rockets’

An Estimated Two-Hundred Thousand Israelis Gather In Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square To Remember Assassinated Prime Minister Former U.S. President Clinton: ‘There Has Not Been A Week I Have Not Thought of Him And Missed Him’ New Labor Party Leader Peretz: ‘I Pledge To Follow In The Path Of Yitzhak Rabin And Return To Oslo And End the Occupation’

Channel One TV: ‘Sharon Has Decided To Bolt Likud & Lead New Party In Early Election Next April-May’ Likud Rebels: ‘Sharon Trying To Scare Us Into Submission’ Labor Expected To Call On Shimon Peres To Carry On As Party Leader

PM Sharon: ‘Israel Will Do All It Can To Prevent Hamas Terrorists Participating In Upcoming Palestinian Election’ MK Steinitz: ‘Jerusalem Must Say No To U.S. Secretary Of State Rice’ MK Eitam: ‘It Would Be Like U.S. Negotiating With Al Qaeda’

Likud Cabinet Minister Olmert: ‘Rabin’s Oslo Move Was A Courageous Step That Influenced Sharon’s Recent Disengagement’ Former Shabak Officer: ‘I Don’t Believe In Conspiracy Theory, But Maybe New Inquiry Should Be Conducted’ Four Out Of Five Israelis: ‘Another Political Assassination Is Likely’

PM Sharon: ‘Iranian President Expressed What Israel’s Enemies Fear To Say Publicly’ ‘Greater International Understanding For Israel’s Need To Defend Herself From Terror & Nuclear Threat’ ‘The Security Fence Will Continue At Full Pace. Its Route Is Designed To Provide Maximum Safety For Israelis and Minimum Suffering To Palestinians’