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document.write("<a name='story2'><h3>Sharon on Gaza</h3></a>")
document.write("<h4>Ariel Sharon &mdash; <i>Warrior</i>, autobiograrphy, p. 258</h4>")
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document.write("&quot;I also recommended the establishment of several Jewish settlements...to divide the Gaza district.  I wanted one between Gaza and Deir el Balah, one between Dier el Balah and Khan Yunis, one between Khan Yunis and Rafah &mdash; all of them built, like the Judean and Samarian settlements, on state&ndash;owned land.  Standing with the cabinet members...I pointed out exactly what I thought we needed.  If in the future we wanted in any way to control this area, I told them, we would need to establish a Jewish presence now.  Otherwise we would have no motivation to be there during difficult times later on.  In addition, it was essential to create a Jewish buffer zone between Gaza and the Sinai to cut off the flow of smuggled weapons and &mdash; looking forward to a future settlement with Egypt &mdash; to divide the two regions...The essence of my plan was to get rid of the Palestinian refugee camps altogether.&quot;")
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