Dayan, formerly an IDF deputy chief of staff, first proposed unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 1999, when he served as Ehud Barak's national security adviser. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon kept Dayan as his national security adviser after winning the elections in 2001.
Dayan spoke with the Forward newspaper and was asked, "Which of the main candidates for prime minister — Ehud Olmert, Amir Peretz and Benjamin Netanyahu — is most likely to support further disengagement?
"Olmert is closest to the way Sharon did it," Dayan said. "But Olmert is thinking about reaching an agreement with the Americans and I don't think it's going to happen. Peretz is trying to return to negotiations for a full agreement. If Peretz does so without preparing my West Bank disengagement plan as a safety net, we'll end up with another round of terrorism. And Netanyahu is just buying time. In the end, every one of them understands that we will have to disengage from the Palestinians."
Dayan is one of the original proponents of the Partition Wall, bolstering the claims of those who see the so-called "security fence" as nothing less then the drawing of Israel's final border without so much as a referendum or Knesset discussion.
Last Sunday, Dayan announced the formation of a new party, called Tafnit (Change in Direction). The party calls for a withdrawal to the route of the Partition Wall.