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Weapons transferred last week by Israel to Force 17, the presidential guard units of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, will be utilized for attacks against Jews, a senior member of Force 17 told WorldNetDaily in an exclusive interview today.

The militant, Abu Yousuf, hinted the weapons already were used in two shooting attacks the past few days that killed one Israeli civilian and wounded another.

Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee 10 days ago that weapons smuggling from Egypt into the Gaza Strip has increased greatly since the Israel Defense Forces withdrew on September 12, 2005.

Diskin did not explain that most of the weapons are smuggled into Gaza through the tunnels at Rafah, just like before the IDF pullout. Palestinian security sources say smuggling has reached an unprecedented scope because there is no preventive activity on the Palestinian side.

Contraband materiel has included 11 tons of TNT, 3 million rifle bullets, some 10,000 rifles, 1,600 guns, 65 rocket propelled grenade launchers, 430 RPG shells and shoulder-launched missiles.

It wasn't by chance that former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon labeled the Gaza pullout "disengagement." The word suggests a irreversible line separating us from the Palestinians. Disengagement means divorce.

Israel must also announce a cut-off date, after which it will no longer honor the shekels currently in circulation in Gaza, and will no longer accept Palestinian workers. As long as Palestinians have hope of finding work in Israel, they will have no inspiration to look for work in other places such as the Persian Gulf states or Europe.