Sharon stresses determination to Judaize the whole of Jerusalem, escalate settlement

Ariel Sharon has started his first day after winning the Israeli elections by holding a provocative visit to al-Buraq ( wailing ) wall.

He said that Jerusalem is an internal capital for Israel and will not be divided and " I will seek to achieve Israel's objectives and dreams."

Sharon continued: "I will not negotiate the Palestinians before the Intifada is oppressed and the Palestinians have to give concessions in order to reach a Middle solution." He also stressed Israel's continued settlement policy in every where in the West Bank and to halt any redeployment in the occupied territories.

Sharon assigned the chairman of Jerusalem municipality Ehud Olmert to run the negotiations of forming a coalition government. The elections committee had stressed that Sharon got 63.6% of the votes while Barak got 37.3% of the votes.

Upon the declaration of the results officials of 54 Jewish organization in the USA voiced their support for Sharon and vowed to consolidate the cooperation existing between the US and Israel.

However, Sharon's winning of the elections raised Palestinian, Arab and International reactions with most of them stressed that his winning is a setback for the peace process that will lead to drastic conditions in the region.

At the Palestinian level, the official in charge of the media in the Palestinian authority Yasser Abd Rabbu said that so far he will try to hide ugly intention towards the Arabs, however, he will proceed his program which refuses peace and the International legitimacy resolutions and that he will continue his settlement schemes and consolidation of the Israeli occupation.

Member of the Palestinian Legislative council Hatem Abdul Qader said that Sharon winning was the last killing bullet to the peace process.