-Caveat Lector- Sharon to Ban Palestinians From Using Roads March 6, 2002 Palestine Media Center-PMC http://www.palestine-pmc.com/news/2002/march/new-6a-3-02.html
A day after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had clearly declared his aggressive intentions of "hitting the Palestinians hard", he further confirmed, following a security cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon, to grant the Israeli occupation army "free rein to further intensify military 'pressure' on the Palestinian [National] Authority, especially in Ramallah, where [President] Yasser Arafat remains limited in movement". The Israeli "Security Cabinet" also decided to prevent Palestinians from traveling on roads in the West Bank until further notice. Previous to this dangerous decision, the Israeli occupation authorities had been limiting Palestinian movement in the West Bank to specific roads while others were designated for Israeli traffic only in what could only resemble apartheid. Following this decision, Palestinians will be barred from using the few roads, most of which are mountainous and arduous, to move from their homes to work, schools, universities, and most gravely, hospitals. The four-hour meeting was reportedly marked by bitter disagreements, whereby the Israeli "Defense" Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres allegedly pleaded not to return the tanks to Ramallah, which removed last week from the area surrounding President Arafat's headquarters. Peres criticized the decision to continue applying pressure on President Arafat and underlined the need to talk to the Palestinian leadership. "If [President] Arafat is not the address and he is irrelevant, then there is no point in pressuring him... But if he is relevant, we need to be talking to him". Following the meeting, Peres voiced his dissatisfaction with his government's decisions. "If I would have known the reality would get this bad, I would not have joined this government in the first place". He added, "The decision to hit the Palestinians even harder will not achieve anything. Entering the refugee camps and using fighter jets will only harm Israel's 'sense of morality' and its image abroad. We will pay a heavy price for scorning international opinion". For his part, Mr. Yasser Abed Rabbo, Minister of Culture and Information, condemned the Israeli decision yesterday, stating, "The decision that the Israeli government has taken amounts to a war crime. History has never seen a precedent to such punitive measures for it has never happened that an entire People is jailed or subjected to house arrest". <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
