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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
That's the worst poll ever. Even the pollsters seem disbelieving, and clearly Sharon didn't believe it. Regardless, at least your link mentions some other polls.
I think it's funny that you state "Israel was fed up with negotiating" and follow with "negotiated land swaps". Sounds likely.
You are right in this sense: Sharon was very worried about the future demographic threats to Israel and the Gazan withdrawal was part of a plan of unilateral action (along with the wall construction) to create a "new reality on the ground". It sounds like you support this type of unilateral action, and believe Israel should not have to give up its settlements because - hey - they're no big deal, and we'll trade them for some Palestinian areas in the North that we don't want anyway.
It's just never going to happen.
Here is a quote from an Israeli blogger (who is certainly no left-wing peacenik) on Gaza http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-m...za-withdrawal/: |
Except that blogger has the dates all wrong.
Sharon proposed his plan far before those attacks, in December of 2003. The actual vote took place in June of 2004. So it was already done before any of those attacks took place.
And a poll conducted by Channel 2, a major news network, is most certainly a valid poll.
But nice try.