Netanyahu Resigns
Charles Johnson
Sun Aug 7, 2005 at 7:36 am PDT • Views: 252
Binyamin Netanyahu is resigning from the Sharon government. (Hat tip: Amir.)
Eight days before the pullout’s official start date, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during Sunday’s government session that he has decided to quit the government.
“Here is my (resignation) letter,” the finance minister told Prime Minister Sharon and placed a handwritten note on the government table. “The reasons for my resignation are all written here.”
“It’s becoming clear that the unilateral withdrawal under fire is not giving us a thing. The opposite is true, it undermines the security of Israel, splits the nation, entrenches the principle of withdrawal to the 1967 borders, which are not defensible, and is not the way to achieve peace,” Netanyahu wrote in his letter.
“What do we get in exchange for the withdrawal?” Bibi asks in his resignation notice. “What do we get in return for the uprooting of families and their children, homes, and graves? We’ll get an Islamic terror base. In recent months I hoped the government would open its eyes in the face of this clear reality and change course, but the opposite happened.”
“A balanced government reflecting the will of the people in the last elections has turned into a government that automatically executes a policy that contradicts Likud principals and the mandate we received from our voters,” Bibi wrote.
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