The senior members of the pro-settler National Religious Party announced their resignations Tuesday from Ariel Sharon government in protest over the approval the Gaza Strip withdrawal plan.
Housing Minister Effi Eitam and Rabbi Yitzhak Levy, a deputy minister, told party colleagues of their decision to step down.
Social and Welfare Minister Zevulun Orlev, a leader of a more moderate faction of the party, said, however, he intended to stay in the government.
After resigning, Eitam told a press conference Tuesday that the right wing camp must "unify and act against this government and against this terrible decision." Eitam warned that Sharon's plan would lead to the establishment of a "Hamas terrorist state" in the Gaza Strip that will fire Qassam rockets at the southern coastal city of Ashkelon and anti-tank missiles at Tel Aviv International Airport. (Albawaba.com)
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