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| Sharon warns "Geneva" peace plan more dangerous than Oslo Accords: radio
JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned late Wednesday that the unofficial Geneva peace plan, drafted by Israeli and Palestinian intellectuals, was more dangerous than the Oslo Accords, army radio reported. Speaking at a local meeting of the Likud party near Tel Aviv, Sharon attacked the symbolic agreement as being "more dangerous than the Oslo Accords", the 1993 agreement negotiated by former Israeli premier Yitzak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. BizVantage – Serious business, investment and technology intelligence for a serious advantage. Under the now-defunct agreement, the Palestinians were granted limited self-rule in preparation for statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Although unofficial, the "Geneva initiative" -- drafted last week by Israeli left-wingers and leading Palestinians -- calls for shared sovereignty over disputed areas of Jerusalem and proposes to grant the Palestinians 97.5 percent of the West Bank. In exchange, Palestinian refugees would waive their right of return to areas now incorporated in the state of Israel as it was founded in 1948. "We want to reach peace but there will not be any concessions, not now and not in the future," the radio quoted Sharon as saying in reference to the proposals laid down in the initiative. "If the Palestinians won't act against terror, we will do it." The Geneva agreement is likely to be "signed" next month in Switzerland, possibly on November 4, the eighth anniversary of Rabin's assassination by a Jewish extremist. hmw/jfs Mideast-peace-Geneva-Sharon
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