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To: Spytrdr who wrote (2490)	11/4/2002 4:23:23 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 3959

Israel on the Warpath: November 4, 2002 Netanyahu Agrees to Cabinet Post By JAMES BENNET JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 - Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conditionally agreed today to become Israel's foreign minister, provided that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon calls for new elections soon. Mr. Sharon, who would surely face a sharp primary challenge from Mr. Netanyahu before any general election, did not immediately respond to the barbed proposal. It was the latest move in Israel's suddenly dynamic politics, as Mr. Sharon has worked to recruit allies and box in rivals in order to shore up his minority government now that the Labor Party has walked out. Like Mr. Sharon's choice for defense minister - Shaul Mofaz, a former army chief of staff - Mr. Netanyahu favors exiling Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader. He opposes the creation of a Palestinian state. In a television interview tonight after meeting with Mr. Sharon, Mr. Netanyahu said that if he joined the government, it would have to move quickly to address three issues. He said he wanted to reach understandings with the prime minister on exile for Mr. Arafat, statehood for the Palestinians, and the location of a new fence along the boundary of the West Bank. Mr. Sharon, Mr. Netanyahu said, also supported exile. Mr. Sharon tried and failed to persuade his previous government to support exiling Mr. Arafat. He has said he has also been restrained by a promise to President Bush not to harm the Palestinian leader. As foreign minister, Mr. Netanyahu would replace Shimon Peres, an architect of the Oslo accords and a supporter of a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians. [...] nytimes.com Sounds like Sharon's war cabinet has eventually exposed Israel's true colors: NO Palestinian state, EXPULSION of Arafat,... what's next? Let me guess: a provocative incident in Lebanon with possible escalation with Syria; simultaneously, a few "Islamic" terrorist attacks in Europe (France, Belgium and/or Germany); and, last but not least, the assassination of hawk-turned-dove G.W. Bush! Interesting times, isn't it? Gus