By David Dolan
As the Sharon government made final preparations to evacuate some 9,000 Jews from their homes in the embattled Gaza Strip and northern Samaria in mid-August, physical and verbal clashes sharply escalated between Israeli security forces and opponents of the controversial withdrawals.  This came as a majority of Knesset members reaffirmed their commitment to Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan, but only due to across the board backing from all far left and Arab legislators, and without the support of several key leaders of the ruling Likud party and some Orthodox coalition members. 

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