(Ottawa Citizen) David Warren - Prime Minister Sharon announced that, after "a few months" (six, from what I hear), if there is still no Palestinian action on the old roadmap, Israel will impose a settlement. It will complete the security fence, separating the West Bank from Israel as thoroughly as Gaza is now separated. Isolating the West Bank, too, is actually the most merciful thing that can be done for the Palestinians. A Palestine deprived of options to antagonize Israel and externalize all failures must then choose between beggary and enterprise. The Palestinians themselves must eventually confront social, economic, and political problems which, once Israel is disengaged, can no longer be blamed on "the outsider.
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