Disengagement won't end the occupation

Disengagement won't end the occupation

The PLO Negotiations Affairs Department issued a paper entitled The Israeli “Disengagement” Plan: Gaza Still Occupied And now we read in Israel National News of a new official document Disengagement Won't Help
"Israel will not be exempt from international responsibility for the Gaza Strip even after the disengagement." So states a classified document written by jurists in the Justice Ministry, the IDF and the National Security Council. The report, which has been submitted to the government, explains that according to international law, Israel will continue to be held responsible for Gaza for three reasons: Even after the scheduled withdrawal, no other authoritative body will be given control; Israel will still control Gaza's airspace and coast line; and the IDF will still remain along the southern border's Philadelphi Route.
The report recommends that Israel consider bringing an international force into Gaza – though at the same time acknowledges that this could be a "dangerous precedent" regarding Judea and Samaria. The authors similarly warn that Israel's unilateral withdrawal could lead the Palestinian Authority to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state – one that is liable to make hostile treaties with Arab nations and international terror organizations. MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) said this morning, "Here we see another one of the Prime Minister's lies being uncovered." He predicted the approaching end of Sharon's "hide-your-face-in-the-sand policies."
So let me see now. Disengagement --won't end the responsibility of occupation --won't save money --won't make Israel more secure but more insecure --won't get the world off Israel's back but will intensify demands for more withdrawal --won't decrease terror --won't make Israel stronger --won't further the Zionist cause. None of this is doubted or debatable. But what it will do, which is also not dopubted, is to divide the country's populace and sap its strength to resist further retreats.

Posted by Ted Belman at October 24, 2004 06:04 AM

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