Israeli cabinet meets, settlers protest, Palestinian reax
(6 Jun 2004) Jerusalem 1. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives for cabinet meeting 2. Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz 3. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom 4. Various shots of cabinet meeting 7. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister: "The government will discuss today the disengagement plan as continuation of last week's discussion". 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Benny Elon, Recently fired Israeli Tourism Minister : "At the moment, it's a good system and it's a democratically good system. It's not a tyranny, the prime minister cannot fire (the) party, (the) whole party because of the fact he has no majority." 9. Elon talking to media 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ehud Olmert, Deputy Prime Minister: "Hopefully the cabinet will approve of the prime minister's plan which is an historic turning point in the history of the state of Israel. This is certainly a change relative to anything we have done from 1967, it only proves how determined the prime minister is to seek any opportunity to relieve us and the Palestinians, of some of the constraints with which we have to deal." 11. Various shots of settlers demonstrating against disengagement plan outside cabinet meeting 12. Various shots of settlers holding placards and in front of an effigy of Sharon on a bulldozer saying "Cursed be he who uproots Israel from its land" and "Sharon, Defeat terrorism not Israel" 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) VOXPOP: Protester: "Sharon wants to kick us out of our home in an anti-democratic process after a vote was taken against him in the Likud and all the guys in the Likud said no to what Sharon wants to do and yet Sharon insists on kicking us out of our homes." 14. Settlers demonstrating outside building Gush Katif settlement bloc, Gaza Strip 15. Pan as bus drives past roadsign with "Gush Katif Settlement" at top 16. Various shots of children going to school 17. Israeli soldiers guarding at settlement 18. Watchtower 19. Bullet holes in wall 20. Various of houses in Gani Tal settlement some with Israeli flags 21. Set up Rachel Seperstein, Neve Dekalim settler 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Seperstein, Neve Dekalim settler: I came here to be a free Jew in my land and now I am being told I must pack my bags, give my home to a sworn enemy and now I have to leave. Where I will go if this plan is accepted by his cabinet, I don't know, and this to me is terribly disheartening to a Jew in Israel. 23. Israeli flag Ramallah, West Bank - 6/6/04 - APTN 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Saeb Erekat, Palestinian cabinet minister "We will be fully responsible for any area that Israel will withdraw from. We are not going to stop them if they are going to withdraw from Gaza or any parts of the West Bank or evacuate settlements." 25. Car drives away STORYLINE: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, determined to win a crucial vote on his Gaza withdrawal plan, which could lead to the collapse of his fragile coalition. Although Sharon has a one-vote majority in his Cabinet, achieved by dismissing two extreme-right ministers on Friday, key members of his Likud Party held last-minute talks to try to reach a compromise that would get their support as well. Cabinet minister Benny Elon, one of the two fired ministers, who had disappeared on Friday in an attempt to avoid receiving the dismissal notice, resurfaced in a Jerusalem hotel late on Saturday and attended the cabinet meeting on Sunday. Dismissals go into effect 48 hours after official notice. on Friday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
