"The public debate about the disengagement plan has concentrated mostly on the settlement issues, and has largely ignored the security issues - but the plain fact is that the plan will actually increase terrorism." So says IDF Col. (res.) Meir Indor, who has prepared a paper on the dangers of the withdrawal and has circulated it amongst the 120 MKs.
According to the disengagement plan, Egypt, Jordan and the CIA will re-train and rehabilitate the terrorist armies, including Arafat's Force 17, which were badly affected by the fighting with Israel. The terrorists will be provided training in various combat situations, will be allowed to re-arm, will be given free mobility in wider areas than before, and will be restored to combat-ready status. The disengagement plan states clearly, "Israel agrees that consulting, aid and guidance will be given to the Palestinian security forces in order to fight terrorism and maintain order, by Americans, British, Egyptians, Jordanians and other experts."
Col. Indor told Arutz-7 today that he was astonished to find that even Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz was not aware of some of these facts. "I asked him why he was promoting a plan that called for the retraining of Arab terrorists, and he said he didn't know what I was talking about," Indor said.
Other excerpts from the document:
* Three million Arabs - known as "Palestinian refugees" - will be on their way to Judea and Samaria from Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and elsewhere. They will settle in the PA-controlled cities and villages, including the mountains that overlook Israel's coastal plane - Netanya, Kfar Saba and Israel's most densely-populated areas. They will all receive economic assistance from the European Union, encouraging them to arrive. The disengagement plan states, "It is clear that a realistic, agreed-upon and fair framework for the refugees issue will be found via the establishment of a Palestinian state and the settlement of the refugees there."
* Most of the military checkpoints in Judea and Samaria will be removed. Israeli security activity in Bethlehem, Tul Karem, Shechem and elsewhere will be reduced, and the vacuum will be filled by terrorists - just as occurred in Hevron. The disengagement plan states, "In accordance with the circumstances, Israel will consider reducing its activities in the PA cities... Israel will act to reduce the number of checkpoints throughout Yesha." Some 65 checkpoints have already been removed, and were not restored even after the double bus bombing in Be'er Sheva (16 killed) - which was perpetrated by terrorists who arrived along the checkpoint-reduced southern Hevron highway.
* The plan states that the construction of an Arab airport and sea port in Gaza will be considered - despite the long-held objections to such by Israeli security elements for many years. Sharon himself said, "Who will check the large containers that arrive there?"
* The plan also states that Arab workers from Gaza will continue to enter pre-1967 Israel, that the PA will receive territorial contiguity in northern Shomron, and that implementation of the plan will negate the claims that Israel is "responsible for the Palestinians in Gaza" - something that recent developments have shown to be untrue. See, for instance, Arutz-7's article, Gov't Report: Sharon Plan Leaves Israel Holding the Bag".
According to the disengagement plan, Egypt, Jordan and the CIA will re-train and rehabilitate the terrorist armies, including Arafat's Force 17, which were badly affected by the fighting with Israel. The terrorists will be provided training in various combat situations, will be allowed to re-arm, will be given free mobility in wider areas than before, and will be restored to combat-ready status. The disengagement plan states clearly, "Israel agrees that consulting, aid and guidance will be given to the Palestinian security forces in order to fight terrorism and maintain order, by Americans, British, Egyptians, Jordanians and other experts."
Col. Indor told Arutz-7 today that he was astonished to find that even Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz was not aware of some of these facts. "I asked him why he was promoting a plan that called for the retraining of Arab terrorists, and he said he didn't know what I was talking about," Indor said.
Other excerpts from the document:
* Three million Arabs - known as "Palestinian refugees" - will be on their way to Judea and Samaria from Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and elsewhere. They will settle in the PA-controlled cities and villages, including the mountains that overlook Israel's coastal plane - Netanya, Kfar Saba and Israel's most densely-populated areas. They will all receive economic assistance from the European Union, encouraging them to arrive. The disengagement plan states, "It is clear that a realistic, agreed-upon and fair framework for the refugees issue will be found via the establishment of a Palestinian state and the settlement of the refugees there."
* Most of the military checkpoints in Judea and Samaria will be removed. Israeli security activity in Bethlehem, Tul Karem, Shechem and elsewhere will be reduced, and the vacuum will be filled by terrorists - just as occurred in Hevron. The disengagement plan states, "In accordance with the circumstances, Israel will consider reducing its activities in the PA cities... Israel will act to reduce the number of checkpoints throughout Yesha." Some 65 checkpoints have already been removed, and were not restored even after the double bus bombing in Be'er Sheva (16 killed) - which was perpetrated by terrorists who arrived along the checkpoint-reduced southern Hevron highway.
* The plan states that the construction of an Arab airport and sea port in Gaza will be considered - despite the long-held objections to such by Israeli security elements for many years. Sharon himself said, "Who will check the large containers that arrive there?"
* The plan also states that Arab workers from Gaza will continue to enter pre-1967 Israel, that the PA will receive territorial contiguity in northern Shomron, and that implementation of the plan will negate the claims that Israel is "responsible for the Palestinians in Gaza" - something that recent developments have shown to be untrue. See, for instance, Arutz-7's article, Gov't Report: Sharon Plan Leaves Israel Holding the Bag".