Expelling Jews, by Gary Bauer
Expelling Jews, by Gary Bauer
Editor's note: The following commentary is quoted from Gary Bauer's End-of-Day letter, e-mailed to subscribers. To subscribe, go to http://ouramericanvalues.org/eod_request.php.
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Later this Summer, unless something totally unexpected happens, over 9,000 Jews will be forced to leave their homes in Gaza. The forced evacuation is part of a "disengagement" plan that Prime Minister Sharon of Israel and President Bush both support. Hopes are high, particularly here in Washington, D.C., that the evacuation of Gaza will be the first step of a larger Israeli evacuation of disputed territories that will lead to the creation of a Palestinian state and eventual peace in the Middle East.
Unfortunately, reality is telling us those high hopes are ill-conceived. While Israel goes forward with a gut-wrenching plan to use its army to force its own people to leave their homes, the Jew-haters of the Middle East show no sign of being mollified. For many of them the goal has never been Gaza or the West Bank - the goal has been, and remains, the destruction of Israel and its replacement with a new Islamic "republic."
The Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Qidwa said over the weekend that in spite of Israeli concessions the Palestinian leadership will not try to disarm the terrorists as long as "the occupation" exists. When Mr. al-Qidwa says "occupation," he doesn't mean Gaza, he means Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and every other city where the Star of David flies. Meanwhile, Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad are all stockpiling weapons and waiting for the opportunity, after Israel has withdrawn, to launch another wave of murderous attacks on Israeli civilians.
Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at June 15, 2005 08:01 AM
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Expelling Jews, by Gary Bauer
Editor's note: The following commentary is quoted from Gary Bauer's End-of-Day letter, e-mailed to subscribers. To subscribe, go to http://ouramericanvalues.org/eod_request.php.
Please send Gary Bauer a thank-you note for raising the issue in his daily letter.
Later this Summer, unless something totally unexpected happens, over 9,000 Jews will be forced to leave their homes in Gaza. The forced evacuation is part of a "disengagement" plan that Prime Minister Sharon of Israel and President Bush both support. Hopes are high, particularly here in Washington, D.C., that the evacuation of Gaza will be the first step of a larger Israeli evacuation of disputed territories that will lead to the creation of a Palestinian state and eventual peace in the Middle East.
Unfortunately, reality is telling us those high hopes are ill-conceived. While Israel goes forward with a gut-wrenching plan to use its army to force its own people to leave their homes, the Jew-haters of the Middle East show no sign of being mollified. For many of them the goal has never been Gaza or the West Bank - the goal has been, and remains, the destruction of Israel and its replacement with a new Islamic "republic."
The Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Qidwa said over the weekend that in spite of Israeli concessions the Palestinian leadership will not try to disarm the terrorists as long as "the occupation" exists. When Mr. al-Qidwa says "occupation," he doesn't mean Gaza, he means Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and every other city where the Star of David flies. Meanwhile, Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad are all stockpiling weapons and waiting for the opportunity, after Israel has withdrawn, to launch another wave of murderous attacks on Israeli civilians.
Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at June 15, 2005 08:01 AM