Arabnews,
When Ariel Sharon declared that, should there be no progress along the road map, he would go it alone and declare a unilateral settlement, there were immediate fears of more violence. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei has since said he is committed to his side of the road map. He added a warning of his own: A unilateral Israeli settlement would only make things worse.
In the same vein albeit in more circumspect terms, the United States too warned Israel against any attempt to impose a settlement outside the road map. The fact that this White House has such close relations with Sharon makes criticism of him all the more striking. But given that Washington is one of the co-authors of the road map and has pinned all its hopes on this particular peace plan, Sharon should have expected such a reaction.
Jewish settlers, once a bedrock of support for Sharon, are just as opposed to the prime minister
