Some Jewish settlers are becoming alarmed, some increasingly desperate and some increasingly radical, CNN's Jerrold Kessel reported. Protesters outside Sharon's residence made their demands clear. When one of Sharon's ministers tried to address mourners at a settler's funeral, Israel television showed the dead man's sister attacking the Sharon government's self-declared policy of unilateral restraint. Stop sitting idly by. We don't want you eulogising us.
War is no shame.
Through the past eight months of battles it has been critical for the settlers not only to portray themselves as Israel's front line but also as being in the heart of the Israeli consensus, Kessel said. However, the settlers remain an immediate challenge to Sharon. When he went to pay his respects at the home of a settler killed this week, the family turned on him. We elected you in a time or war. It's my responsibility, not yours.