Arguing from Sharon's Own Words

Benny Begin is about to debate the Gaza surrender.

"I think it is very hard to compare that which occurred in Sinai, or what we could have achieved then, with what we face now. Sinai was a land far from our population centers, and we were able to reach an agreement that an area 200 kilometers wide would remain free of Egyptian military forces forever. In addition, we signed an agreement with a sovereign country that controls its territory - and not with a terrorist organization that cannot and does not want to control terror organizations, nor even its own internal factions that continue to employ terrorism. In addition, Egypt had no other territorial demands (other than the areas we transferred to them), and this is different than the present situation."

Dr. Begin [in an upcoming debate on the surrender of Gaza] will thus be able to say, in Prime Minister Sharon's name, that there are at least four reasons why even those who justify the Sinai evacuation would have to oppose the disengagement plan Mr. Sharon is now promoting:
* Gaza is close to Israeli population centers.
* No agreement on demilitarization has been reached.
* No agreement has been signed with a sovereign country, or with any entity at all.
* The entity that will take control of the area still has major territorial demands upon Israel.