Knesset Member, Zvi Hendel, a resident of Gush Katif, stated that the extent of the withdrawal would parallel the depth of Sharon’s involvement in the political scandals, implying that the evacuation from Gush Katif was a gift to the Left in exchange for a verdict of innocence in his upcoming trial, since, as is widely known, the Left controlled, then as today, the court system in the country. As the time approached for the Knesset to approve the “Disengagement Law,” a group within the Likud, led by Uzi Landau, was formed to oppose what they termed, “a dangerous and dictatorial escapade that will explode in our faces with a bombardment of rockets from a site formerly controlled by Jews.” He demanded that the Likud Central Committee hold an emergency meeting to vote on the Sharon Plan, which seemed like the most effective way to derail it, burying it before it could reach the Knesset. In the end, the official organizers of the “Save Gush Katif” campaign, the leaders of Moetzet Yesha and the Rabbis against “Siruv Pekuda” proclaimed that both sides (the government and official Yesha leaders) had reached the unanimous decision that the march had come to its end, so that Jewish blood would not be spilled in a war between brothers.
Author: Tzvi Fishman
Published at: 2025-08-02 21:00:00
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