THE CASE AGAINST DISENGAGEMENT
THE CASE AGAINST DISENGAGEMENT
Yoram Ettinger, February 2, 2005
(This is a great web site. Ettinger expands on each of the headings below. Check it out.--Ted Belman)
The late President Reagan: "History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. The test of disengagement.
2. Lessons of recent disengagements - Impact on Israel's and US' interests.
3. Abu Mazen - a New Regime?
4. Disengagement - Undermining or promoting peace?
5. Disengagement - Tailwind or headwind to terrorism?
6. Disengagement - Bolstering US-Israel relations?
7. Disengagement - Sparing Israel a demographic calamity?
8. Disengagement - Economic burden of asset?
9. Gaza - Land of Israel or occupied territory?
10. What would Israel get in return for disengagement?
2. Lessons of recent disengagements - Impact on Israel's and US' interests.
FACT: Palestinian terrorism has targeted, mostly, Israel's pre-1967 area. IDF presence in/around Gaza protects, mostly, the Green Line. The 1994 disengagement from Gaza tripled the IDF personnel in the area.
FACT: IDF re-engagement with major towns in Judea&Samaria (J&S) - during 2004 - has curtailed terrorism significantly. Just like war on crime, controlling the bases of terrorism is the prerequisite to minimizing terrorism. IDF operations inside Gaza, J&S account to 70% of reduction of terrorism. Disengagement from hostile population increases smuggling (via Gaza port and airport as well) and manufacturing of terror hardware, and expands terror maneuverability, incitement, recruitment and training. Disengagement is a setback to intelligence, deterrence, pre-emption and prevention.
FACT: Disengagements have bred violence. Each square inch ceded to the Palestinian Authority (PA), since 1994 (85% of Gaza and 100% of the Palestinians there; 40% of Judea and Samaria and 95% of the Palestinians there) has become a safe haven for Islamic terrorists, a platform of anti-US and anti-Jewish PA hate-education, producing cadres of homicide bombers. 250 Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists during 1978-1993; 1,700 have been murdered since the 1993 Oslo Accord (proportionally equal to 85,000 Americans, or to 28 Twin Towers). [..]
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THE CASE AGAINST DISENGAGEMENT
Yoram Ettinger, February 2, 2005
(This is a great web site. Ettinger expands on each of the headings below. Check it out.--Ted Belman)
The late President Reagan: "History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. The test of disengagement.
2. Lessons of recent disengagements - Impact on Israel's and US' interests.
3. Abu Mazen - a New Regime?
4. Disengagement - Undermining or promoting peace?
5. Disengagement - Tailwind or headwind to terrorism?
6. Disengagement - Bolstering US-Israel relations?
7. Disengagement - Sparing Israel a demographic calamity?
8. Disengagement - Economic burden of asset?
9. Gaza - Land of Israel or occupied territory?
10. What would Israel get in return for disengagement?
2. Lessons of recent disengagements - Impact on Israel's and US' interests.
FACT: Palestinian terrorism has targeted, mostly, Israel's pre-1967 area. IDF presence in/around Gaza protects, mostly, the Green Line. The 1994 disengagement from Gaza tripled the IDF personnel in the area.
FACT: IDF re-engagement with major towns in Judea&Samaria (J&S) - during 2004 - has curtailed terrorism significantly. Just like war on crime, controlling the bases of terrorism is the prerequisite to minimizing terrorism. IDF operations inside Gaza, J&S account to 70% of reduction of terrorism. Disengagement from hostile population increases smuggling (via Gaza port and airport as well) and manufacturing of terror hardware, and expands terror maneuverability, incitement, recruitment and training. Disengagement is a setback to intelligence, deterrence, pre-emption and prevention.
FACT: Disengagements have bred violence. Each square inch ceded to the Palestinian Authority (PA), since 1994 (85% of Gaza and 100% of the Palestinians there; 40% of Judea and Samaria and 95% of the Palestinians there) has become a safe haven for Islamic terrorists, a platform of anti-US and anti-Jewish PA hate-education, producing cadres of homicide bombers. 250 Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists during 1978-1993; 1,700 have been murdered since the 1993 Oslo Accord (proportionally equal to 85,000 Americans, or to 28 Twin Towers). [..]
Posted by Ted Belman at May 19, 2005 09:35 AM