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Settler leaders turned up the rhetoric Friday against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, calling his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and a small part of the West Bank a “Nazi act” and warning it could lead to civil war.
Sharon remained undeterred, saying he would push ahead with the plan despite the vociferous and potentially violent opposition.
Settler leaders charged Friday that Sharon does not have a mandate to carry out the withdrawal and said one consequence would be widespread refusal by soldiers to carry out orders for the mass eviction of settlers.
Under Sharon’s plan, about 8,500 settlers would be removed from their homes.
