yasir arafat felt it wasn't enough and refused. two sides were filled with pressure and ready to ignite, ariel sharon provided spark. he made a trip to the heart of the controversy the whaling wall and sharrif, palestinians saw this leader walk through a revered site. one day later there was a riot and bloodshed at the complex. the palestinian uprising began. israelis elected the strongest figure on their political landscape. ariel sharon. israeli and palestinian blood tloed in the following flurry of suicide bombings and military reprisals. he rolled bulldozers into the west bank. all the while refusing to negotiate with his career long enemy and the leader of the palestinians. pressured from the international community and by palestinian attacks, sharon said his view was now different from the prime minister's office. he turned against the occupation and the settlements he once championed forcing a plan to withdraw all israeli soldiers and settlers from the gaza strip and a small part of the west bank. sharon's opponents in gover