Ariel Sharon is apparently floating a trial balloon about perhaps redrawing the borders between the occupied territories and Israel proper. I suppose that it is most likely that this will be shot down rapidly as totally unacceptable by the conservatives in Israel, to say nothing of their supporters in the US. But if it's not, and that is a huge if, and if everyone on the Palestinian side can go along with this, a gigantic if, and if it is not just some rhetorical ploy on Sharon's part, then this could be very interesting indeed.
Addendum: Or it could be an attempt to distract the Israeli voters from corruption charges against Sharon and the rest of the world, including me, from recognizing that Ariel Sharon is welded to the status quo. Shame on me for thinking otherwise.
Posted by Alan at 04.02.04 01:35Well, it's a familiar ploy. Hopefully, he's more sincere than Bush was about immigration reform. Or Mars, though I wasn't sad to see that die.
Posted by: becky at 04.02.04 18:50