Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose a special Knesset meeting in memory of former prime minister Ariel Sharon on Monday to criticize the late leader's decision to unilaterally disengage from the Gaza Strip.
Addressing the plenum, Netanyahu said that the Gaza disengagement - in which Israel withdrew from the Strip completely, evacuating all Jewish settlements there - has aided terror groups in the enclave.
"Unfortunately, giving the responsibility for governing (Gaza) to the Palestinians not only did not put us on the path to peace, but increased the armament of terror groups," he said.
But Netanyahu also had praise for the late leader of the Likud party and later the founder of the breakaway Kadima party.
