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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (4212)	5/12/2002 10:27:33 AM
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Likud is about to make it impossible for there to ever be a Palestine on their soil: Perhaps, George Bush, should offer Ararat a spot in Delaware? haaretzdaily.com Likud Central Committee refuses compromise ahead of vote By Yossi Verter, Ha'aretz Correspondent Sharon's camp has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of acting out of personal interests. (Photo: Ha'aretz Archives) Likud party leaders have rejected a compromise proposed by Education Minister Limor Livnat, which is aimed at defusing the expected showdown at the party's central committee meeting Sunday evening over a resolution calling for a total rejection of the creation of a Palestinian state. Livnat suggested that the central committee ratify the party's manifesto, which includes the statement that a Palestinian state will never be created west of the River Jordan, rather than vote on a specific resolution on the matter. The backdrop to the resolution battle is the growing tension between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and former Likud prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Senior sources in Sharon's camp have accused Netanyahu - whose supporters have been pushing the resolution - of acting out of personal interests, saying he never misses an opportunity to undermine the prime minister. Sources close to Netanyahu said in response to the accusations, that he had had no part in convening the central committee, but that he would speak at the convention and express his well-known opinion against a Palestinian state. The central committee will convene Sunday evening at Tel Aviv's Mann Auditorium in order to vote on the matter. Adoption of the resolution by the committee would be in direct contradiction to the position expressed several times by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. On two separate occasions last year, Sharon publicly expressed readiness to back the creation of a Palestinian state. The leaders, who convened Sunday morning to discuss Livnat's proposal, have demanded that the central committee vote according to what was written in the invitation sent to the committee members - "No Palestinian state will be established west of the Jordan river." A statement released by the heads of the Forum for Maintaining Likud Values, said that the forum would not surrender to political pressure and that the planned vote would go ahead. "We expect a senior minister like Livnat to show more public responsibilty, instead of using this important issue for political gains," the statement said. The chairman of the central committee, MK Tzachi Nanegbi, said Sunday that Livnat's proposal would not be accepted if the petitioners continued to object. Hangebi also met with Sharon's son, Omri, in an effort to reach a compromise ahead of the vote. Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering adopting the proposal put forward by Livnat. Livnat denied allegations Sunday that she had worked to deliver a compromise out of gratitude for her inclusion in the prime minister's entourage during his recent trip to Washington, Army Radio reported. Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin, a Sharon confidant, proposed that the vote be canceled altogether and said that it was aimed more at undermining the prime minister than at preserving the Land of Israel. Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert also suggested Sunday that the vote be cancelled out of diplomatic considerations. Meanwhile, tensions continued to rise between the camps of Sharon and Netanyahu, ahead of the central committee's meeting. "Sharon has been booby-trapped," the prime minister's supporters said Saturday. "He can't vote for a resolution against a Palestinian state because that would be interpreted as a denial of statements he himself made, and that's not how a leader behaves." Sharon's confidantes lobbied party activists, MKs and ministers in an effort to prevent the vote, saying that adopting the the resolution would not only undermine Sharon's position in the Likud, but would also inflict political damage on Israel and serve as a PR coup for the Palestinians.