Top PM aide: Gaza plan aims to freeze the peace process

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/485680.html

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"The significance of the disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's senior adviser Dov Weisglass told Haaretz, in an interview for the Friday Magazine.

Weisglass, who was one of the initiators of the disengagement plan, added, "And when you freeze that process, you prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, and you prevent a discussion on the refugees, the borders and Jerusalem. Effectively, this whole package called the Palestinian state, with all that it entails, has been removed indefinitely from our agenda. And all this with authority and permission. All with a presidential blessing and the ratification of both houses of Congress."

"The disengagement is actually formaldehyde," he said. "It supplies the amount of formaldehyde that is necessary so there will not be a political process with the Palestinians."

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"Weisglass does not deny that the main achievement of the Gaza plan is the freezing of the peace process in a "legitimate manner."

"That is exactly what happened," he said. "You know, the term `peace process' is a bundle of concepts and commitments. The peace process is the establishment of a Palestinian state with all the security risks that entails. The peace process is the evacuation of settlements, it's the return of refugees, it's the partition of Jerusalem. And all that has now been frozen.... what I effectively agreed to with the Americans was that part of the settlements would not be dealt with at all, and the rest will not be dealt with until the Palestinians turn into Finns. That is the significance of what we did."

[number6]

1. peace process what peace process ...

freeze the peace process ??

[Matilda]

2. And the US plays its part in the charade by vetoing UN Resolution

calling for Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1006-07.htm

Sharon and Bush - partners in crime.

[Scurrilous]

3. U.S. asks Israel to clarify comments made by top PM aide

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/485862.html

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"The United States on Wednesday evening asked Israel to clarify statements made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's senior advisor, Dov Weisglass, in an interview with Haaretz, according to which the disengagement plan means a "freezing of the peace process," Israel Radio reported."

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"State Department Spokesman Adam Ereli, speaking in Washington, said the U.S. told Israel that Weisglass' comments do not match Israel's official government position as presented to the U.S.

But Ereli also said Israel informed the U.S. administration that Sharon remains committed to the road map peace plan and to President George W. Bush's vision of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

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"In the wake of the comments, Hadash MK Ahmed Tibi sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer questioning whether "the American administration is a partner to Sharon's political deceit, which Weisglass revealed with incriminating candor."
Tibi said that Weisglass' comments "bolster what we have said all along, that the plan is a 'Sharon bluff'."

[Matilda]

4. "Sharon remains committed to the road map peace plan" ..

And the Palestinians have turned into Finns.