For a long time in Israel it has looked as if one side was determined to make concessions in exchange for peace, despite the other side’s manifest inability and likely unwillingness to secure peace in exchange for those concessions or any other. But here at last Sharon strikes a different, non-dhimmi pose. From Reuters, with thanks to JS:
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, responding to a Palestinian suicide bombing that killed four Israelis, said on Sunday new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must “wipe out” militant groups before peacemaking can resume.
“There will not be any diplomatic progress, I repeat, no diplomatic progress, until the Palestinians take vigorous action to wipe out the terror groups and their infrastructure in the Palestinian Authority’s territory,” Sharon told his cabinet.