Alpher said that Sharon had shown signs of trying to prepare the Israeli public for major changes, citing a speech last summer when he spoke of "an occupation ... [which] can't go on."
But Alpher said that Sharon still had little intention of dismantling a single settlement, and was expecting another major Palestinian attack to ease the pressure on him to give ground and instead shift the focus back on to security.
"I think at the end of the day, he is probably saying to himself: `There will be some terrorist monstrosity and it will let me off the hook, and I won't have to do anything.'"
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