The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, October 1st, 2004
Diana Buttu, a key legal adviser to the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department, revealed important facts about Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Disengagement plan when she spoke June 22 at the Palestine Center in Washington, DC.
Simply put, Buttu began, Sharon's ultimate goal is to "confine Palestinians in little space while taking more land." Bolstering her argument with maps of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Buttu said Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan, which he initially unveiled on Dec. 18, 2003, seeks to divert attention away from the separation barrier that Israel is buildin...
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