So it seems there is to be early elections. Not unexpected. Now that we have Peretz, a so-called leftist in charge of the labor party, Prime Minister Sharon is in process of reinventing himself as a centrist and will establish a new party. Never a dull moment in the Holy Land. But will the next elections change the facts on the ground? Will the Palestinians come any closer to establishing a viable sovereign state. I think not. Sharon's government continues to expand the West Bank Settlements, gobbling up Palestinian land at an ever-increasing rate.
Notwithstanding Peretz's commitment to evacuating West Bank Settlers, the best that the Palestinians can hope for is a truncated state chopped into poverty stricken Bantustans amid a sea of upper middle class Jewish settlements. Look forward to the third Intifada.
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