lest anyone think Sharon is rally serious about peace

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Sharon pledges settlement growth: Palestinians say the Israeli plan will cut eastern Jerusalem in two

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has pledged to go ahead with the expansion of a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem fiercely opposed by Palestinians. He said 3,500 homes would be built to link to form a corridor between the city and the largest West Bank settlement, Maale Adumim.

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And why not? After all, he doesn't want to lose the votes of the people who did this.

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The main hope I have is that at some point, Sharon will start some process that will look like a peace initiative that he thinks he can retain control over, and it grows beyond him into something he never envisioned (such as, oh, peace?). I'm thinking of the fall of the Wall, here, as an example. We can hope.