I am completely torn in this issue.
On the one hand, I can see why Sharon would give up Gaza...it's too expensive to try to protect under 8,000 settlers there, and if the "palis" were put there, they could be better controlled.
On the other hand, why reward terrorists by giving them their own territory?
The probable offshoot of this is, if (when) Sharon steps down, Binyamin Netanyahu will probably get elected, and he won't negotiate with terrorists!