<If Likud was anything like what you say, Sharon would have deported the Arabs already.>
If Israel were truly an independent State, able to do as it pleased on the land its army controlled, yes, Sharon would have expelled all the Arabs long ago.
But 5 million Jews are not enough to make a self-sufficient unit. So, like medieval Jews in Europe, Israel's Jews have had to find a Goy Patron. They are no safer in their big Walled Ghetto of Israel, than they were in 1000 little walled Medieval ghettoes. Fortunately for them, they've got the biggest baddest Patron in the Global Village.
Sharon decides what he wants (and what he always wants, is more Jews on more Arab land). And then he sees what his Patron will let him get away with. Sharon has friends at the Patron's Court, the Israel Lobby, whispering in the Patron's ear. And the Patron has a short attention span, so Sharon knows if he is patient enough, he'll get anything he wants at Court. But, for the moment, the Patron has said no to mass expulsions, killing Arafat, a Wall to Ariel. For now. |
