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Sharon might want to buy a mirror and look at the violations he is currently engaged in
Sharon won't tolerate roadmap violations
01/08/2003 10:17 - (SA)
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned his government would not tolerate the slightest Palestinian violation of the roadmap for peace, the Israeli media reported on Friday.
"The experience of the past shows that the worst mistake, after reaching an agreement, is ignoring violations in implementation, even if they appear small," Sharon said in a speech to the national defence college on Thursday.
The premier argued that France and Britain's tolerance of violations by the German Nazi regime of all signed agreements led to war rather than peace.
"We are at the beginning of the implementation of the first stage of the roadmap, which is based on a ceasefire and specific steps toward a total cessation of violence, terrorism and incitement," Sharon said.
"There is no progression from one phase to the next before the full implementation of the previous one," he stressed.
The roadmap for peace, which was drafted by the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia, was presented to both sides in late April 2003 and its implementation officially started with the June 4 Aqaba summit.
The first stage of the three-phase blueprint, which was due to have been completed by in May 2003, calls on the Palestinian Authority to crack down on militant groups but also requires Israel to dismantle all settlement outposts erected since March 2001 and freeze all settlement activity.
Each side says the other has failed to take even these first steps.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1396094,00.html
Sharon won't tolerate roadmap violations
01/08/2003 10:17 - (SA)
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned his government would not tolerate the slightest Palestinian violation of the roadmap for peace, the Israeli media reported on Friday.
"The experience of the past shows that the worst mistake, after reaching an agreement, is ignoring violations in implementation, even if they appear small," Sharon said in a speech to the national defence college on Thursday.
The premier argued that France and Britain's tolerance of violations by the German Nazi regime of all signed agreements led to war rather than peace.
"We are at the beginning of the implementation of the first stage of the roadmap, which is based on a ceasefire and specific steps toward a total cessation of violence, terrorism and incitement," Sharon said.
"There is no progression from one phase to the next before the full implementation of the previous one," he stressed.
The roadmap for peace, which was drafted by the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia, was presented to both sides in late April 2003 and its implementation officially started with the June 4 Aqaba summit.
The first stage of the three-phase blueprint, which was due to have been completed by in May 2003, calls on the Palestinian Authority to crack down on militant groups but also requires Israel to dismantle all settlement outposts erected since March 2001 and freeze all settlement activity.
Each side says the other has failed to take even these first steps.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1396094,00.html