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Article: Unsettled settlers: will Sharon's bold move work?(THE MIDEAST)
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- National Review
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- August 29, 2005
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ARIEL SHARON'S career as prime minister of Israel is just now reaching a climax, and its outcome will establish him either as a leader who protected his country's precarious security or, on the contrary, as someone who endangered it unnecessarily. For decades now, Israel has been attempting to find accommodation with the Palestinians by whatever means were possible, ranging from the softness of international diplomacy and appeasement to the harshness of military measures. Nothing has worked.
Palestinians have proved themselves to be neighbors unwilling or unable to live on peaceful terms. In this dilemma, some Israelis conclude that they have to surrender more ...