Reply #7: there's not much of an overlap here

[Aidoneus]

Sharon's past thoughts on the Gaza colonies that he was a sponsor of are very relevant to his most recent act as a head of state, while Halabia's father has little direct relevance to this except as a diversion or approaching the greater subject in general.

The latter is not something being done. The particular subject here is the divisions within the ruling Likud Party and their fellow travellers over the subject of the colonies inside '67-occupied Palestine, the past tendencies of which quite relevantly relate to Sharon's recent reversal about his thoughts on whether the Gaza portions should be maintained, expanded, or abandoned (he apparently opting for the latter in a surprise reversal considering his past tendencies, many of his peers lean towards the former), as well as consideration to the philosophy at work behind this alteration.

Thus, it ties very directly into the subject. Yours represented an obvious diversion. What was your source for that quote, by the way? I'm familiar with the quotation and it is not a source that I ask for, but rather where you cut'n'pasted it from.