I knew nothing good would come out of this head-pirate!

After surprising the world by announcing that Israel will be dismantling the settlements in Gaza Strip, Sharon announced yesterday that he was considering to relocate those settlers from Gaza strip to West Bank areas. I can think of two possible motives for this:
1- Sharon has a hidden agenda to permanently attach West Bank to Israeli soil. Given the amount of resistance he faces within Israel when speaking about dismantling the settlements, it does not seem logical to make such a move (relocation of Gaza settlers) to west Bank for just a short period. This move can be seen as more permanent with the aim of leaving only Gaza strip for the Palestinians.
2- After announcing his plan, Sharon faced objections within Israel especially from hardline Israelis as well as hardline politicians including Sharon's own Likud members who seriously questioned this move and called it outrageous. It is possible that Sharon was hoping to see a different reaction (or at least not as severe a reaction as happened) to his plan. After all, Sharon has not forgotten what happened to former prime minister Robin who was assassinated by a Jewish terrorist who opposed his peace progress with Palestinians. In fact in Israel, politicians have to make sure they don't upset those extremist Jews who use their guns against those who would not act according to their wishes.

Whatever the reason, this should be considered a very critical move by Sharon's government, and should be condemned if the settlers (Pirates on the land) are to be moved from one Palestinian territory to another again Palestinian territory and not be completely kicked out of the land that doesn't belong to them.