Sharon On The Brink
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may not last much longer than his long time enemy Yassar Arafat did, after suffering a massive stroke today.
This is his second stroke in just the past three weeks.
Many see Sharon as a leading force in the battle against those that would look to turn the clock backward on Israeli concessions toward a peaceful co-existence with a growing, yet unstable Palestinian population. He has literally shaken up politics in Israel. Yet nothing that he has done has been without controversy and opposition, both from within his country and from Palestinians. His policies in recent years have been based on his recognition of the realities of a Palestinian population in Israel that could soon become a majority voting power, eliminating any likelihood of a two nation solution.
If Sharon dies things could get very dicey as an internal power struggle ensues, and the nation wrestles with exactly what policies it will support or reject without his leadership. Don't expect Palestinians to sit by idly without a reaction of their own, and don't expect Hamas to do so either.
2006 could be an even more violent time in the Middle East.
This is his second stroke in just the past three weeks.
Many see Sharon as a leading force in the battle against those that would look to turn the clock backward on Israeli concessions toward a peaceful co-existence with a growing, yet unstable Palestinian population. He has literally shaken up politics in Israel. Yet nothing that he has done has been without controversy and opposition, both from within his country and from Palestinians. His policies in recent years have been based on his recognition of the realities of a Palestinian population in Israel that could soon become a majority voting power, eliminating any likelihood of a two nation solution.
If Sharon dies things could get very dicey as an internal power struggle ensues, and the nation wrestles with exactly what policies it will support or reject without his leadership. Don't expect Palestinians to sit by idly without a reaction of their own, and don't expect Hamas to do so either.
2006 could be an even more violent time in the Middle East.
Posted at 1/05/2006 04:05:00 AM UTC
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