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sonz
12-26-2005, 11:38 AM
Israeli Prime Minister ARIEL SHARON ordered the army to establish a no-go zone for Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, BBC reported.

SHARON gave the order at a meeting with cabinet colleagues and security officials.

Israeli radio reported that the prime minister said he decided on an "energetic response" to stop Palestinian fighters from firing rockets.

"We must make sure that [Palestinian militants] won't act against us, this is my policy and my instructions," SHARON was quoted as saying.

The Palestinian resistance says the rockets are to avenge Israeli raids and targeted killings in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Under the new measure, Israeli occupation soldiers at the border will shoot at any Palestinian entering the no-go zone.

Reports say the zone would be about 2.5km deep and run along the northern and eastern edge of the Gaza Strip. However, Israeli officials claim that there are no plans to re-occupy the territory it left earlier this year after a 38-year occupation.

Palestinian officials rejected the Israeli operation.

Interior ministry spokesman Tawfiq Abu-Khusah said the Palestinian Authority (PA) would "not yield to Israeli dictates and attempts to impose the zone by fire and bombardment", Palestinian radio reported.

Israel has stepped up its military operations in the West Bank since the Islamic Jihad resistance movement claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in the coastal city of Netanya earlier this month.

The cross-border violence soured any hopes that the so-called GAZA WITHDRAWAL could ease tensions in the region and pave the way for peace talks.

Another cycle of violence would be politically damaging to both Palestinian President MAHMOUD ABBAS and Israeli Prime Minister ARIEL SHARON.

ABBAS is struggling to instill order and heal rifts in his Fatah party ahead of a January legislative election in which Fatah faces a challenge from HAMAS, while SHARON is seeking re-election in March as head of a new centrist party he recently founded.
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