Rad Geek People's Daily

In international news, war criminal and genocidal maniac Ariel Sharon has been officially approved as Prime Minister of Israel. The New York Times notes that, In a speech to the Knesset, Sharon said his coalition would be ready for painful compromises toward peace with the Palestinians, but not under the pressure of violence and terror. Indeed, the pressure of violence and terror would be an excellent thing to remove from the process; for example, dug-in Israeli blockades around Palestinian ghettoes that prevent innocent civilians from receiving medical care. Not to mention continuing assassinations of Palestinian leaders and attacks on Palestinian children…

The most outrageous thing about the whole affair is, of course, that Sharon has succeeded in getting exactly what he aimed to: he started the current Intifadah with his incindiery visit to the al-Aqsa (accompanied by a crowd of heavily armed security troops) mosque at a time of high tension in the peace process. Why? In order to incite conflict and weaken Barak’s already-tenuous hold on office. Now, with hundreds of Palestinians slaughtered by Israeli military and riots by Jewish settlers, he has gotten his way. Congratulations Arik.