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Resigning Israeli PM offers new hope for peace process
The Israeli prime minister, Dov Shikkelgruber, resigned from the cabinet and the leadership of the Responsible Nationalist party yesterday.
In a statement, Mr Shikkelgruber said that the Responsible Nationalist party had "drifted away from the political centre" in a series of moves which threatened to derail the peace process.
The Responsible Nationalist party was originally formed by the former Israeli prime minister and three times Newsweek Man of Peace nominee Ariel Sharon, in an effort to map out a "third way" between the policies of existing political parties.
At present, Israeli politics are split over the issue of terrorism emanating from the Palestinian mega-camps, in which up to three Israeli tanks are severely dented every day.
The official policy of the right-wing Likud party is "peaceful reclamation" of the territory occupied by the mega-camps, which the party has called "unacceptable rents in the nation's fabric".
The leftist Labour Party, on the other hand, favours a policy of containment, including the building of higher and stronger walls around the camps while maintaining a moderately uncompromised negotiating stance with those Palestinian leaders who are acceptable to the White House.
Mr Shikkelgruber said he hoped to find a "middle way" between the two political extremes. "Extremism in politics can often lead to unfortunate events, and is generally to be avoided," he said.
The Israeli prime minister, Dov Shikkelgruber, resigned from the cabinet and the leadership of the Responsible Nationalist party yesterday.
In a statement, Mr Shikkelgruber said that the Responsible Nationalist party had "drifted away from the political centre" in a series of moves which threatened to derail the peace process.
The Responsible Nationalist party was originally formed by the former Israeli prime minister and three times Newsweek Man of Peace nominee Ariel Sharon, in an effort to map out a "third way" between the policies of existing political parties.
At present, Israeli politics are split over the issue of terrorism emanating from the Palestinian mega-camps, in which up to three Israeli tanks are severely dented every day.
The official policy of the right-wing Likud party is "peaceful reclamation" of the territory occupied by the mega-camps, which the party has called "unacceptable rents in the nation's fabric".
The leftist Labour Party, on the other hand, favours a policy of containment, including the building of higher and stronger walls around the camps while maintaining a moderately uncompromised negotiating stance with those Palestinian leaders who are acceptable to the White House.
Mr Shikkelgruber said he hoped to find a "middle way" between the two political extremes. "Extremism in politics can often lead to unfortunate events, and is generally to be avoided," he said.
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