"We see no difference between the murderers of the Fatah and those of the Hamas. All of those naive people who talk about partners for peace should realize now that any further unilateral withdrawals will merely bring the Kassams closer," Knesset Member Eldad stated in an interview with Yishai and Malkah Fleisher on Arutz Sheva's IsraelNationalRadio.
"There is not much difference between the Fatah and the Hamas. The only difference now that the Hamas is in power is [that the Israeli public cannot say that] Abu Mazen is our partner, that we'll negotiate with him and discuss the Road Map with him, and that we still have hope that he will be able to impose his power over the terror organizations. Now all this propaganda is dead, gone," explained Eldad.
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke at the recent Herzilya Conference, advocating additional acts of Israeli unilateral disengagement. MK Eldad questioned the logic of Olmert's arguments, stating, "Olmert claimed that demography will delineate the borders. If demography is the issue, we should be back off from the Galilee, Wadi Ara, the Negev, Jerusalem. We will lose great parts of Israel and have Hamas as our neighbors."
Eldad believes that it was the Israeli decision to go ahead with the disengagement that ultimately led to the Hamas victory: "Disengagement weakened the Palestinian moderates. Fatah lost and the Hamas won because their way forced the Israelis out. The majority of the Palestinians support the Hamas because they believe that the Israelis will eventually be pushed out of all of their territories."
"Sharon put the Hamas in power," Eldad continued. "Unilateral disengagement gave the Hamas their power and tripled their force. Hamas said that there is no place for negotiating with the Israelis, they will only understand terror and eventually they will run away. This summer we ran away from Gush Katif and Northern Samaria. We didn’t negotiate; we gave away land for free and handed it on a silver platter to the Hamas."
"Any more unilateral steps like the disengagement, and we will be bringing the Hamas into our borders; into the center of Jerusalem. The Knesset and every kindergarten in Jerusalem will be under fire. It will not be only the remote periphery of Sderot, but the center of the country, including Kfar Saba and Ranaana that will be in the range of the Kassams... It won't get better until it gets much worse. Once the Hamas starts inflicting terror, I predict that the Israeli public will decide to fight against their enemy. I am afraid that many Israelis will have to pay with their lives before they wake up."
"There is not much difference between the Fatah and the Hamas. The only difference now that the Hamas is in power is [that the Israeli public cannot say that] Abu Mazen is our partner, that we'll negotiate with him and discuss the Road Map with him, and that we still have hope that he will be able to impose his power over the terror organizations. Now all this propaganda is dead, gone," explained Eldad.
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke at the recent Herzilya Conference, advocating additional acts of Israeli unilateral disengagement. MK Eldad questioned the logic of Olmert's arguments, stating, "Olmert claimed that demography will delineate the borders. If demography is the issue, we should be back off from the Galilee, Wadi Ara, the Negev, Jerusalem. We will lose great parts of Israel and have Hamas as our neighbors."
Eldad believes that it was the Israeli decision to go ahead with the disengagement that ultimately led to the Hamas victory: "Disengagement weakened the Palestinian moderates. Fatah lost and the Hamas won because their way forced the Israelis out. The majority of the Palestinians support the Hamas because they believe that the Israelis will eventually be pushed out of all of their territories."
"Sharon put the Hamas in power," Eldad continued. "Unilateral disengagement gave the Hamas their power and tripled their force. Hamas said that there is no place for negotiating with the Israelis, they will only understand terror and eventually they will run away. This summer we ran away from Gush Katif and Northern Samaria. We didn’t negotiate; we gave away land for free and handed it on a silver platter to the Hamas."
"Any more unilateral steps like the disengagement, and we will be bringing the Hamas into our borders; into the center of Jerusalem. The Knesset and every kindergarten in Jerusalem will be under fire. It will not be only the remote periphery of Sderot, but the center of the country, including Kfar Saba and Ranaana that will be in the range of the Kassams... It won't get better until it gets much worse. Once the Hamas starts inflicting terror, I predict that the Israeli public will decide to fight against their enemy. I am afraid that many Israelis will have to pay with their lives before they wake up."