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Sharon then announced he would unilaterally evacuate all the settlements in the [[Gaza Strip]], which he carried out in August 2005.  It was an action that split his own Likud party and led to the formation of the new centrist Kadima party.  He was in the early planning stages for a similar finalization of the status of the West Bank settlements when he slipped into a coma.

Sharon then announced he would unilaterally evacuate all the settlements in the [[Gaza Strip]], which he carried out in August 2005.  It was an action that split his own Likud party and led to the formation of the new centrist Kadima party.  He was in the early planning stages for a similar finalization of the status of the West Bank settlements when he slipped into a coma.