BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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Now, let us examine Sharon's last moments before being
rushed to the hospital. He had two appointments at his
ranch. The first was with Otniel Shendler, who is not part of
any murder plot but provides an interesting digression.
Shendler was managing director of the Yesha Council during
the Gush Katif expulsion. Sharon had invited him to join his
Kadima party. Shendler gave Sharon a gift. It was a book he
co-authored with Yair Hirshfeld, one of the two negotiators of
the Oslo Accord. Just another piece of evidence that the
Yesha Council worked hand in hand with the government to
sell out Gush Katif.
The next and final meeting was with Ehud Olmert. The
following day, Sharon was supposed to have undergone
minor heart surgery to repair a small hole in his heart. The
operation was to last 3 hours and during that time, Sharon
signed the papers appointing Olmert temporary prime
minister.
According to the newspaper Hashofar from the same week,
Sharon was utterly opposed to Olmert as his successor and
had, instead, chosen Moshe Katsav. And that may go a long
way to explaining why Olmert was so concerned about
receiving the temporary transfer of powers authorization from
Sharon himself in the Negev Desert, when the very same
papers could have been faxed to him in his Jerusalem office.
Yediot Ahronot on Jan. 5, published a revealing account of
the meeting.
Olmert then entered the room. "Arik," he said, "There are a
few matters I want to handle while I'm serving as temporary
prime minister." Sharon retorted, "I thought so. I'll transfer my
authority to you but I remind you it's only for three hours. Do
you understand? You will deal with no one and take care of
nothing without me."