Sharon warns Jewish settlers opposed to pullout

Описание: (28 Jun 2005)

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28 June 2005 - Jerusalem
1. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon entering room to standing ovation
2. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister:
"We are leaving the Gaza Strip, an area where there is no chance of establishing a Jewish majority and where it is clear to all that will not be part of Israel in any final agreement."
3. Sharon standing on podium addressing crowd
4. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister:
"I especially warn against attempts by a small lawless, minority - like we saw a few days ago on the Gush Katif sea shore, using violence against the army and other security forces. This minority does not represent the settlers. We all have to remember that the calls to refuse and to disrupt life in Israel endanger the existence of Israel and as a Jewish, democratic state."
5. Audience applauding after Sharon speech

28 June 2005 - Gush Katif, Gaza Strip
6. Jewish settlers running, Israeli tank in background
7. Palestinians throwing stones from roof top
8. Armed Jewish settler walking, pan to truck on road
9. Jewish settlers throwing stones from roof tops
10. Palestinians gathering at bottom of hillside
11. Interior of ambulance with injured Israeli girl (wearing orange shirt)
12. Palestinian men seated on porch
13. Israeli soldiers gathering

STORYLINE:

Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday sent a stern warning to Jewish settlers opposed to his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, telling them that the use of violence against security forces threatens the existence of Israel.

Sharon spoke as the Israeli army opened disciplinary proceedings against a soldier who refused to participate in an operation this week that demolished 11 abandoned homes in a seaside Gaza settlement.

Sharon also said settlers who use violence are a minority among the 9,000 Israelis slated for evacuation from their homes in the Gaza Strip and four small West Bank settlements.

"I especially warn against attempts by a small lawless, minority - like we saw a few days ago on the Gush Katif sea shore, using violence against the army and other security forces. This minority does not represent the settlers," Sharon said at an annual conference for the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency.

He also condemned calls for soldiers to disobey orders to carry out the evacuations.

"We all have to remember that the calls to refuse and to disrupt life in Israel endanger the existence of Israel as a Jewish, democratic state," he said.

In Gush Katif on Tuesday, Israeli settlers clashed with Palestinians over the land dispute.

Israeli medics treated an Israeli girl who was injured in the clashes by a rock thrown by a Palestinian.

Her injuries were minor.

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