It must come as a total and complete surprise for anyone who was away from the planet these past few months that the expulsion of the Jewish population of the Gaza Strip by Ariel Sharon has now resulted in escalating daily Kassam rocket bombardments of the Jewish towns of southern Israel.
As you recall, the entire world media had insisted all along that the expulsion would result in tranquility, just like the imaginary tranquility on Israel's northern border with Lebanon; since, after all, what possible reason would the PLO and its affiliates have to shoot rockets out of Gaza at the Jews? After all, Israel had given the Palestinians everything they wanted, including a Judenrein Gaza Strip, so clearly they would have no reason to engage in violence and shooting after the expulsion.
It should have been obvious that the expulsion would result in massive escalation in violence and in Kassam and mortar fire, which would eventually make an ever-widening circle inside Israel and around Gaza unlivable. Well, we are clearly well on our way to fulfillment of that prediction.
Kassams fired from Gaza now land in Israel every day. Israel, still deluded into believing there exists a "peace process", responds only when the rockets land "too close" to power plants and similar installations; and - even then - responds by bombing empty PLO buildings after warning the PLO.
Now, the latest attempt by the Israeli government to control the damage of the Gush Katif capitulation and expulsion is to move tanks and artillery up to the Gaza fence in order to prevent the Kassam shooters from using the abandoned Jewish settlements as sites for shooting. When the terrorists are setting up missiles, Israel tries to shoot at them.
You with me here? The abandoned Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip are the closest points from which the PLO can fire rockets at Negev towns. The Israeli heavy artillery has been moved up to prevent the PLO and its Hamas affiliates from entering those abandoned settlements in order to set up and fire rockets at the Negev.
Now, here is a thought. If Israel's whole purpose is to make it hard for the PLO and Hamas to move into the areas of the abandoned Gaza Jewish settlements to shoot rockets at Israel, then why the hell did Israel expel the Jewish settlers in the first place? Leaving the Jewish settlers there would have been the most effective way to prevent the PLO and Hamas from setting up rocket launchers inside the territories of those settlements.
And so - instead of moving tanks and heavy artillery up to the Gaza fence to shoot at PLO and Hamas terrorists when they try to enter the territories of those abandoned Jewish settlements to shoot at the Negev - wouldn't it be so much simpler and cheaper just to move all the expelled Jewish settlers back to their homes in the Gaza Strip?
As you recall, the entire world media had insisted all along that the expulsion would result in tranquility, just like the imaginary tranquility on Israel's northern border with Lebanon; since, after all, what possible reason would the PLO and its affiliates have to shoot rockets out of Gaza at the Jews? After all, Israel had given the Palestinians everything they wanted, including a Judenrein Gaza Strip, so clearly they would have no reason to engage in violence and shooting after the expulsion.
It should have been obvious that the expulsion would result in massive escalation in violence and in Kassam and mortar fire, which would eventually make an ever-widening circle inside Israel and around Gaza unlivable. Well, we are clearly well on our way to fulfillment of that prediction.
Kassams fired from Gaza now land in Israel every day. Israel, still deluded into believing there exists a "peace process", responds only when the rockets land "too close" to power plants and similar installations; and - even then - responds by bombing empty PLO buildings after warning the PLO.
Now, the latest attempt by the Israeli government to control the damage of the Gush Katif capitulation and expulsion is to move tanks and artillery up to the Gaza fence in order to prevent the Kassam shooters from using the abandoned Jewish settlements as sites for shooting. When the terrorists are setting up missiles, Israel tries to shoot at them.
You with me here? The abandoned Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip are the closest points from which the PLO can fire rockets at Negev towns. The Israeli heavy artillery has been moved up to prevent the PLO and its Hamas affiliates from entering those abandoned settlements in order to set up and fire rockets at the Negev.
Now, here is a thought. If Israel's whole purpose is to make it hard for the PLO and Hamas to move into the areas of the abandoned Gaza Jewish settlements to shoot rockets at Israel, then why the hell did Israel expel the Jewish settlers in the first place? Leaving the Jewish settlers there would have been the most effective way to prevent the PLO and Hamas from setting up rocket launchers inside the territories of those settlements.
And so - instead of moving tanks and heavy artillery up to the Gaza fence to shoot at PLO and Hamas terrorists when they try to enter the territories of those abandoned Jewish settlements to shoot at the Negev - wouldn't it be so much simpler and cheaper just to move all the expelled Jewish settlers back to their homes in the Gaza Strip?