Scott Burchill introduces some perspective to the legacy of Ariel Sharon:
"Current orthodoxy paints Sharon as a "warrior statesman" who courageously returned the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians and was preparing to make further "painful and generous concessions" on the West Bank before being cut down by a stroke. Dubbed "a man of peace" by President George W. Bush, it is said Sharon moved from the hard Right to the political centre, creating a new political party that, after winning elections scheduled for March, would oversee a peace settlement that delivered a Palestinian state.
"None of this is even remotely true."
The current fawning over Sharon is about as accurate as the demonising of Arafat as the inspiration for Bin Laden.
"Current orthodoxy paints Sharon as a "warrior statesman" who courageously returned the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians and was preparing to make further "painful and generous concessions" on the West Bank before being cut down by a stroke. Dubbed "a man of peace" by President George W. Bush, it is said Sharon moved from the hard Right to the political centre, creating a new political party that, after winning elections scheduled for March, would oversee a peace settlement that delivered a Palestinian state.
"None of this is even remotely true."
The current fawning over Sharon is about as accurate as the demonising of Arafat as the inspiration for Bin Laden.
1 Comments:
Burchill is a respected academic.
And some people admit to studying the Middle East for one year.
Mmmm, hard to know who to respect, isn't it?
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