Expat in Israel.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Knesset approves Gaza pull out plan.

67 for - 45 against with seven abstentions and one ill MK.
Minutes after the vote, however, Netanyahu and Livnat announced that they will quit the government, as will ministers Katz and Naveh, if Sharon does not decide to hold a national referendum on the plan within the next 14 days.

Too late, too late! A referendum is supposed to replace a parliamentary vote, not trump it. The ship has been launched. Now we get to see if it floats or sinks. In some ways, this is more of a gamble than Oslo.

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