Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has also said that a Palestinian State is inevitable, but this is much disputed by other members of his Likud Party, particularly former Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Nine of the deportees are thought to be members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which has been linked to Palestinian Chairman Arafat's Fatah movement. Three are said to be members of Hamas and one is Abdullah Daoud, the Palestinian intelligence chief in Bethlehem.
It should be remembered that the current Intifada began when Ariel Sharon, then Israeli Defense Minister, “visited” the Temple Mount on September 28, 2000, with an armed bodyguard of 1,000 men, causing shock and fear among the worshippers in the Al Aqsa mosque.
The next day, stone-throwing demonstrators were shot and killed by the IDF.
What began at Al Aqsa may have ended in the Church of the Nativity.
The IDF also claims that soldiers have found explosive devices hidden in the Church of the Nativity by the Palestinian militants that were sheltered in the building, but this has not been confirmed.
A joint inspection of the Church of the Nativity was conducted by U.S. and Israeli personnel who reported removing a total of 90 pistols and “assault rifles”, which were taken away by the Americans who had been on the ground, advising the IDF, during the last days of the siege.
Nine of the deportees are thought to be members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which has been linked to Palestinian Chairman Arafat's Fatah movement. Three are said to be members of Hamas and one is Abdullah Daoud, the Palestinian intelligence chief in Bethlehem.
It should be remembered that the current Intifada began when Ariel Sharon, then Israeli Defense Minister, “visited” the Temple Mount on September 28, 2000, with an armed bodyguard of 1,000 men, causing shock and fear among the worshippers in the Al Aqsa mosque.
The next day, stone-throwing demonstrators were shot and killed by the IDF.
What began at Al Aqsa may have ended in the Church of the Nativity.
The IDF also claims that soldiers have found explosive devices hidden in the Church of the Nativity by the Palestinian militants that were sheltered in the building, but this has not been confirmed.
A joint inspection of the Church of the Nativity was conducted by U.S. and Israeli personnel who reported removing a total of 90 pistols and “assault rifles”, which were taken away by the Americans who had been on the ground, advising the IDF, during the last days of the siege.