Sharon invites 1000 more to be evacuated later

we could call this "evacuation deferral".

Why don't you just 'order' your hand to shoot your foot:

Sharon orders 1,000 homes in West Bank

Israel's prime minister is trying to fend off critics of his plan to pull out of Gaza with an expansion of settlements around Jerusalem

Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv
Wednesday August 18, 2004
The Guardian

Israel announced plans for 1,000 houses in the West Bank yesterday, accelerating the expansion of the settlements.
The pace of construction is in marked contrast to the slow pace of its much-publicised withdrawal from the settlements in the Gaza Strip.

Peace Now, an Israeli group opposed to the settlements, said a minimum of 3,700 houses were being built, in addition to 600 announced earlier this month and the 1,000 yesterday.

Sharon's feeling the heat from the extremists as the settlers are seriously gunning for his head like they did Rabin. I think this is a desperate bone thrown to the settlers as insurance against assassination when they are kicked out of Gaza. Proportionally speaking, they wield way too much power. We're talking about a few thousand people seriously pissing off somewhere over 1.2 B muslims.