Bibi to announce withdrawal from northern half of Ghajar
Last December, when I went on an IDF-sponsored trip to the North for bloggers, I wrote at length about the town of Ghajar and how its residents wanted to all remain part of Israel. A few days later, there was a report in Lebanon's an-Nahar that claimed that the IDF would be pulling back from the northern half of Ghajar and that the town would be divided. The residents of Ghajar were vehemently opposed and begged Israel to stay in the entire town.It's taken a while, but now it seems that the government has gathered the spinelessness to do what the residents feared: Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to tell the UN on Monday that Israel will withdraw from the northern half of Ghajar, dividing the town into a Lebanese zone and into an Israeli zone (which the 'international community' regards as 'occupied Syrian territory).
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to inform United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of this plan, when the two men meet in New York on Monday, during Netanyahu's five day visit to the United States, according to officials.Arutz Sheva adds:
The withdrawal plan has been discussed with senior members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
Upon his return from the United States, Netanyahu is expected to ask the Security Cabinet to approve the plan, officials said.
The international border set by the United Nations, known as the “blue line,” runs directly through the middle of the village. Likud Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara, a Druze, warned in February that abandoning the village to U.N. forces could lead to its eventual takeover by Hizbullah terrorists.I really don't understand what the government hopes to gain by doing this. It's not going to bring us any goodwill at the UN or anyplace else, it's going to bring Hezbullah even closer to our border in one spot, it's wrong on a humanitarian basis, and it's wrong because it shows weakness.
Kara vowed last year to “fight with my last drop of blood” against Israel’s withdrawal from the village, many of whose 2,200 residents hold Israeli citizenship and have expressed fears of being forced to live under Lebanese rule.
Netanyahu is turning out to be as much of a pussy as Olmert. What could go wrong?
Labels: Ayoub Kara, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ghajar, Hezbullah, United Nations
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:30 PM
4 Comments:
I would look at this as a strategic maneuver. Who do you rather have Hezbollah fight against - Israel or the Lebanese army? Take away Hez reasons for existence and see what happens.
Where does Bibi dhimmi live? Let him hand it over to arabs so it can become juden and Netanyahu-frei!!
Presumably what the government wants to accomplish is to be able to complete the northern border fence along the UN's official border through Ghajar, to close the security hole through which hostile forces can infiltrate into Israel. That's not a trivial issue which can be dismissed so easily.
The Druze want to live in Israel. Israel is turning them over to Hezbollah. They're not even Arabs.
I don't understand what the Israeli government is hoping to accomplish. It will just bring Hezbollah closer to Israel's border.
Stupid Jews!
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