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2005-08-25 Israel-Palestine

Israeli troops to exit Gaza within a month

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm still frustrated that they have pulled out at all. Maybe the Gaza but why the West Bank.
I still feel this is so very wrong.

Posted by Jan 2005-08-25 00:11|| 2005-08-25 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, I think the Israelis understand that they can't keep the whole West Bank. They're going to do what they should have done in August, 1967 -- slice off the choicest morsels for themselves and leave the rest for the Paleos. They'll keep Jerusalem, the settlements that are large and close to the Green Line, and other locations that have some strategic value (e.g., water, defensive positions). Build the wall high and thick, and let the Jordanians know that there's only one way in to the West Bank.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-08-25 01:47|| 2005-08-25 01:47|| Front Page Top

#3 The media has a (deliberately) short memory. The Camp David Plan was for Israel to help bootstrap the paleo economy through engagement and trade. Terrorism killed that idea and the Israelis paid a terrible price for trying to help the paleos. The paleos are now the Arabs/UN/Europeans problem.

Posted by phil_b 2005-08-25 02:09|| 2005-08-25 02:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Abba Eban once said that the Paleos have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. I would love to think there was a possibility that the two sides could coexist in peace. I don't rationally believe that is possible. What I suspect will finally happen (but only after a tremendous number of Israeli lives have been lost)is a forced evacuation of all Muslims from both Gaza and the West Bank. By the time that happens, though, things of much greater magnitude will have occurred--like nuclear attacks on most Arab Middle East capitals in response to a WMD used on Israel. With the MMs getting the bomb in the near term it's just a matter of time.

Posted by mac 2005-08-25 06:59|| 2005-08-25 06:59|| Front Page Top

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