On Mon, 13 May 2002, eric dorkin wrote:
> One minor quibble: Likud does not want permanent oppresion.
No, that's exactly what Sharon's conception of a Palestinian state is.
> Likud wants the emlination of the problem; unlike everyone else, the
> elimination of the problem means the "elimination" of the Palestinians,
> by whatever means ultimately prove successful.
You can't be for a Palestinian state, no matter how eviscerated, without having Palestinians in it. So no, this is not Sharon's public position.
Michael