Since Sharon announced that he was in favor of a Palestinian state, I have been working on a meeting of the Likud central committee to discuss this matter which opposes the Likud’s platform. We collected the requisite number of signatures for a meeting of the delegates, but the party establishment doesn’t work on behalf of the party members, but on behalf of Sharon. We received a threatening letter from the head of the organizational branch that we can expect disciplinary steps to be taken, including possible expulsion from the movement.

This week I’m going to present the chairman of the committee Tzachi Hanegbi with the signatures we collected, and if they don’t do what they have to by law, we will turn to the movement’s judicial body. We know that Sharon is very fearful of a meeting at this time, since he knows that he doesn’t have the support within Likud, and he is afraid to deal with the policies he suggested which include a Palestinian state. This is why he is doing all he can so that the committee does not meet.

I think you can be more influential within the big parties than through the little parties. If we are strong enough, we can change things through Likud. According to all the surveys, the Likud will get over 40 mandates in the next elections, and the big question is who will lead the party.

Definitely not. I consider them the same, and I have no faith in them. We all know how Netanyahu handled the role of prime minister, which is why we founded the group for Jewish leadership which offers an alternative of a trustworthy leader from within Likud.

I’m embarrassed for him. I think he’s making a serious mistake. The fact that he continues to serve as a minister in this government, is astonishing to me, to say the least. Benny Alon is the one who led the Ichud HaLeumi in leaving the Coalition, and then Ze’evi himself left. But after Ze’evi’s murder, Alon entered the government and he hasn’t left it.

Excuse me, but I don’t see any change since Ze’evi’s murder, except for the fact that now, Alon has his seat in the government. Let him give a rational explanation for what has changed here since Ze’evi’s murder, aside from the death of dozens of Jews. I don’t think people are buying Alon’s explanations.

I don’t discount what Benny accomplished when he assisted me in Zu Atzeinu and in his many other activities on behalf of Eretz Yisroel. It says, "don’t judge your friend until you reach his place," but it’s very painful and it’s hard to keep quiet.

Four leaders of Zu Artzeinu signed on this ad. Some individuals went to the government’s legal advisor, Elyakim Rubinstein, to get to him to open an investigation. The entire world was against us, including those on the Right who didn’t understand us. But as always, a few months later, they all think we should get rid of Arafat.

I think Arafat is the most relevant one in the region. The one who isn’t relevant is Sharon. Arafat knows precisely why he’s here, since he has clear goals which he is carrying out. We, on the other hand, don’t know what we want. Ask Sharon where he wants be at the end of the Intifada. We got his answer already: He wants a Palestinian state.

Hogwash. It’s just words. Sharon said he found the way to combat terror, but we see what has happened since he found the way. When we look at recent events, we can clearly see that the worst attacks began after Sharon agreed to a Palestinian state. The reason is simple: Sharon admitted that they’re right, and so they say, "If we’re right, we’ll intensify the battle until we force Sharon to give us a Palestinian state." Unfortunately we see that despite the announcements of being "no longer relevant," Arafat is more relevant than them all.

That’s cockeyed, because even Barak didn’t give back any land, whereas Netanyahu gave Chevron plus 13% more at Wye. Whoever says these words are meaningless, is fooling himself.