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Originally Posted by LadyShea
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Originally Posted by Stormlight
Hmmm. While I'm not the biggest fan of Israeli politics, there is something fundamentely wrong with that sentence. Those extreme measures were taken by the Israeli government, no? Those right-wing lunatics were evicted so I fail to see how that proves that "the fringe right is in control"?
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I believe the point was that the government shouldn't have needed to take such drastic measures. The settlers should have withdrawn willingly if their real objective was peace. |
Yes.
And in addition, the govt of Israel has set this pseudo-withdrawal up as a PR ploy anyhow. This is not a withdrawal from Gaza at all. By conditions set forth in the withdrawal agreement, Israel still controls the roads, the airspace, the borders, and approaches from the sea. They will retain strategic control of a highway that runs through the center of Gaza (Philidelphi Road). Moreover, they retain the right to come back in whenever they see fit to do so.
So this is a sham.
And what happens to these settlers? The reality is that they are being re-settled in govt-purchased housing and financially compensated for their lost property and real estate in Gaza - a far better arrangement than the Israelis ever gave the Arabs, when they took Arab land.
And even given all the above, these fruitcake right-wing Jews are acting like they're being dragged off to be executed.