"The disengagement plan will be carried out, period," Prime Minister Sharon said earlier today. Deputy Minister Michael Ratzon, one of the leaders of the anti-withdrawal camp in the Likud, doesn't like Sharon's tone. Ratzon told his fellow Likud "rebels" last night, "I heard the Prime Minister say that nothing will stop him - and I say to him: The majority will stop you. The Likud has a majority against the disengagement."
Likud MK Michael Eitan, quoted in the last issue of the weekly B'Sheva newspaper, had sharp things to say about what he called Sharon's "undemocratic behavior." Eitan compared Sharon to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu, but said that in Romania, "there was at least an appearance of a democratic procedure..."
Ratzon said that he is in favor of new elections even if it could cost him his Knesset seat. He is the third disengagement-opponent within the Likud to say so outright, after Yatom and Edelstein. Ratzon said that given the way Sharon is acting, elections are likely to be held within a few months. MK Yatom echoed these thoughts today.
Likud MK Chaim Katz also said it appears that new elections are on the horizon. "I personally am not worried about that, because the Nation of Israel is more important than whether I serve in the Knesset," he told Arutz-7's Haggai Seri-Levy. MK Gilad Erdan, another Likud "rebel," said that it could be that the only way to stop the disengagement is for the NRP to quit the government and help topple the government.
Trade Minister Ehud Olmert, a leading Likud advocate of the withdrawal from Gaza and the northern Shomron - and other areas of Judea and Samaria - said today he advises people to "wake up," because the disengagement has essentially been approved by the government. "The attempt [by Netanyahu and Livnat - ed.] to create the impression that the plan has not yet been approved or is still conditional is simply an attempt to create opposition to the Prime Minister by those who voted against the plan and are now trying to torpedo it," said Olmert.
Likud MK Michael Eitan, quoted in the last issue of the weekly B'Sheva newspaper, had sharp things to say about what he called Sharon's "undemocratic behavior." Eitan compared Sharon to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu, but said that in Romania, "there was at least an appearance of a democratic procedure..."
Ratzon said that he is in favor of new elections even if it could cost him his Knesset seat. He is the third disengagement-opponent within the Likud to say so outright, after Yatom and Edelstein. Ratzon said that given the way Sharon is acting, elections are likely to be held within a few months. MK Yatom echoed these thoughts today.
Likud MK Chaim Katz also said it appears that new elections are on the horizon. "I personally am not worried about that, because the Nation of Israel is more important than whether I serve in the Knesset," he told Arutz-7's Haggai Seri-Levy. MK Gilad Erdan, another Likud "rebel," said that it could be that the only way to stop the disengagement is for the NRP to quit the government and help topple the government.
Trade Minister Ehud Olmert, a leading Likud advocate of the withdrawal from Gaza and the northern Shomron - and other areas of Judea and Samaria - said today he advises people to "wake up," because the disengagement has essentially been approved by the government. "The attempt [by Netanyahu and Livnat - ed.] to create the impression that the plan has not yet been approved or is still conditional is simply an attempt to create opposition to the Prime Minister by those who voted against the plan and are now trying to torpedo it," said Olmert.