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Prime Minister Sharon received pledges of support from both Secretary-General Kofi Annan and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana in recent days to ensure the smooth implementation of the Gaza withdrawal plan. In a phone call, Prime Minister Sharon and United Nations Secretary-General Annan agreed "to cooperate closely" over the pullout, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. "UN Secretary General Annan added that the international community was prepared to render assistance and contribute both efforts and resources in order to assure a successful implementation of the disengagement plan." Mr. Annan had described the prospect of a withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank settlements as "a significant and courageous step that could potentially move the region forward", the Israeli statement added. Mr. Solana spoke with Sharon on 9 June by telephone to offer the EU's help in implementing the withdrawal plan. (AFP, UPI)
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The Israeli prime minister is unlikely to secure the Bush Administration’s full support for any of these objectives. The unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza was seen by many Palestinians and other Arabs as a vindication of terrorist tactics. Palestinian terrorists fire rockets out of Gaza daily and will attempt to do the same from the West Bank, which is much closer to Israel’s population centers. A unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank would leave a political and security vacuum that would be filled by Hamas and other terrorist groups that would threaten not only Israel, but the United States, Jordan, and Egypt.
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Just think: If Chalabi becomes prime minister, he can keep his promise to build a pipeline from oil-rich Kirkuk, in Kurdistan, to Israel. If not, the Israelis can always push their Kurdish allies to opt for independence, in which case the pipeline could be built anyway – once the "Cedar Revolution" spawns a color-coded twin across the border in Syria.
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