Israel beefs up security for vote on Gaza pullout: Stormy session expected All But Toronto Edition

JERUSALEM - Israel's parliament took extraordinary security steps yesterday for a vote next week on a Gaza pullout plan expected to spark Jewish settler protests and heighten death threats against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Polls show most Israelis favour Mr. Sharon's plan to dismantle a...

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Published inNational post (Toronto)
Main Author Heinrich, Mark
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Don Mills, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 21.10.2004
Subjects
Palestinian people
Prime ministers
Sharon, Ariel
JERUSALEM
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Summary:JERUSALEM - Israel's parliament took extraordinary security steps yesterday for a vote next week on a Gaza pullout plan expected to spark Jewish settler protests and heighten death threats against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Polls show most Israelis favour Mr. Sharon's plan to dismantle all 21 enclaves in occupied Gaza in 2005 as well as four of 120 in the West Bank after four years of bloodshed with Palestinians. Hardliners in Mr. Sharon's right-wing Likud party and leaders of traditionally allied religious parties believe any retreat from territories Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war smacks of capitulation to Palestinian terrorists.
ISSN:1486-8008