BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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support him... Where were we when the allegations of
Sharon-family corruption came to light?"
"Are the media who support disengagement allowed to turn a
blind eye to inappropriate [procedures] just to execute the
program? Does this mean that it is possible for Sharon to fire
any cabinet minister, the Chief of Staff and General Security
Services chief who do not agree with his position?"
He said that the following questions should have been asked
by the media, but were not: "What happens the day after the
disengagement from Gaza? Who will rule there? What's the
next stage in Judea and Samaria? What will be the status of
the territories that will be evacuated? Does evacuation mean
the 'end of conquest'? What will happen if the GSS Chief's
warnings about Kassams fired at Ashkelon come true? Why
are there no housing solutions for the evacuees? What does
Sharon want and what is he planning?"
Shafran also accused Finance Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu
and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom of not being true to their
conscience and refraining from criticizing the plan for fear of
being fired.
Shafran is the second journalist in the last two months to
admit to journalistic incompetence over disengagement.
Yediot Acharonot's Nachum Barnea, considered one of the
country's top journalists, recently wrote that the media
"supported disengagement more than they supported
democracy."
THE FIX IS IN
On May 25, one Avigdor Eskin took me to court demanding
compensation for my writing that he was a "known Shabak
provocateur." I viewed the trial as nothing but a nuisance
because Eskin's claims were so stupid. Quoting a nearly
seven year old paragraph which appeared in an obscure
American web site with no Israeli readers, this liar claimed