A leader of Israeli settlers said Ariel Sharon’s medical condition does not “purify” his actions in withdrawing settlers from the Gaza Strip. Rabbi Chanan Porat, a founder of the Gush Emunim settlers movement and a former member of the Knesset, said Sharon’s condition “does not purify” the prime minister’s “negative actions.”
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