Sharon Bombshells

That's what the Arab News is calling Ariel Sharon's plan to dismantle all Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and his statement that Israel was considering redrawing Israel's borders in a way that would see some of Israel's Arab population put under Palestinian control.

However, the idea threatened to arouse the deepest fears of Israel’s Arab minority and drew immediate criticism from an Israeli Arab leader. Many Israeli Arabs, while supporting the Palestinian cause, want to remain in Israel, both because of the higher standard of living and concerns that a future Palestinian state may not be democratic.

I can't help wondering how this perspective goes down in the Arab world and with the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign.