Menachem Landau, a former senior GSS official, told Arutz-7 today, "I am personally against the unilateral withdrawal plan, and especially its unilateral nature. You can't just leave a territory and abandon it to no one; that's a pure recipe for disaster. They will make weapons, and terrorism will increase, and we will certainly have to pay a high price. Just look at what happened in the areas from which we withdrew in the years of Oslo - when we returned in Operation Defensive Shield, we found giant arsenals of weapons." Asked if Sharon and Mofaz don't realize this, Landau said, "I have no idea what's going on in their heads, but I am sure they are aware of these dangers."



Shlomo Ben-Ami - who served as Foreign Minister under Ehud Barak and who is known for his extreme left-wing views - also agrees that to leave Gaza with no one in charge is unthinkable: "A Hamas state will arise that will declare victory and form a Taliban-like society... What has to be done is to get a multi-national force to come in and take over..."