Sharon demands Palestinians ‘wage a real war on terror’
He reaffirmed his bedrock position after postponing a showdown with far-right members of his own Likud party still fuming over Israel’s Gaza pullout and threatening to derail new cabinet appointments.
“The demand for the Palestinians to wage a real war on terror cannot be circumvented,” Mr Sharon said in a “state of the nation” address opening the Knesset’s winter session after a week in which bloodshed surged on the Israel-Gaza border.