Why Gush Katif still matters
Why does Gush Katif still matter five years later? Moshe Dann has it right. The Disengagement left a deep wound that will not heal, not only because lives and homes were destroyed, but because it was immoral, unjust and irrational. The knife of perfidy is still in our spiritual guts; it is an ongoing trauma of our neshama – not just the people who suffered physically and mentally, but a national deception. The Disengagement, Hamas and Hezbollah remind us, symbolizes not pride and victory, but our shame and defeat.We also have yet to have a commission investigate the government functionaries who violated Israeli law by meeting with the PLO to bring Oslo upon us in 1993.
The tragedy of the policy of retreat – unilateral withdrawal – still advocated by people like DM Ehud Barak -- is that it accomplished nothing.
Billions of dollars were wasted that could have been spent to improve roads, which would have saved hundreds of lives every year, improve our educational and health systems, build a fence along the Egyptian border to prevent smuggling and illegal immigration, provide public housing, and build an efficient rapid transit system.
Imagine the billions that would have been saved and more billions earned every year by implementing such projects!
Obsessed by the task of destroying Jewish communities and brainwashing the public, PM Ariel Sharon's government neglected Israel's security, endangering us all.
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An official commission was convened because nine Muslim militants who tried to murder IDF soldiers were killed aboard a Gaza-bound ship; yet, no commission was assigned to investigate the national tragedy of Gush Katif.
Unfortunately, in this country, treason is often rewarded with political and economic opportunity, while principled sacrifice leads to frustration and poverty.
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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:11 PM
2 Comments:
Israel is a country in which cowardice and treason is rewarded and in which commitment and patriotism is scorned. And for that attitude, Israel is still paying the price today, five years after the Gaza Jewish communities were forcibly destroyed out of a need to prove to the Arabs that Jews could hate their own people more than the Arabs could ever hate them.
And some people in Israel still have not learned this will not lead to peace. That is why Gush Katif still matters a great deal to today... and for Israel's future.
Hmmm... I know the people who had to move didn't like it. It was disruptive and painful to have the IDF actually do the evacuation. I was a military brat and moved every few years, so I understand the dislocation. That said, I would say Gush Katif matters hugely because it ripped away the mask that had covered the neighbors' real positions. The Lebanon and Gaza disengagements are the reason that J Street looks so disgusting. The fact that Israel tried the "just be nicer" approach and the neighbors just used it to launch more and more attacks has made Israel's position (among average Americans) much stronger than it was even two decades ago...
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