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.<br />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.<br />"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.<br />But Netanyahu also had praise for the late leader of the Likud party and later the founder of the breakaway Kadima party.
