Wednesday, July 5. 2006

Gaza Crisis Clouds West Bank Plan

Israeli troops are back in areas ceded to Palestinians, feeding concerns that pulling out of territories leads to instability - not security. Israeli analysts and officials say the recent Gaza conflict is undermining support for withdrawing tens of thousands of Israeli settlers from the West Bank. "If it went wrong in Gaza, it definitely will go wrong in the West Bank," says Menachem Klein, an adviser to former prime minister Ehud Barak. "What's been happening in the last few weeks, with Kassam missiles flying out and the general deterioration in the security situation, definitely causes a problem if you're looking for public support for unilateral withdrawals," says Isabel Kershner, senior Middle East editor of the Jerusalem Report.
Olmert is very sensitive to the political aspect of this story, which explains why he has taken action, but only on the domestic front. The military value of the recent Gaza action is so far minimal, but with the mainstream media reporting it as a "blitz" (cf. BBC et al) and showing footage of exploding missiles (with no casualties), many Israelis have been fooled into believing this is something other than an apparent fraud.
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For Olmert, the longer he's in Gaza, even shooting at empty fields and buildings, the worse shape he's in re; national consensus against a further expulsion. The quotes are like "if it didn't work in Gaza, it surely won't in the 'West Bank.''

Everyone wants to see Gilad Shalit alive B'Ezrat Hashem and free, like yesterday. But when and if that happens, that's the end of being in Gaza. And selective amnesia will set in and this campaign will soon be forgotten under a tidal wave of media spin and the resultant brainwashing blitz toward convergence, consolidation, realignment -- what's Olmert's term of the day(?). Israelis will then get used to and oblivious to Kassams hitting in Ashkelon as the "pa(sic)" calibrates the Kassam for longer distances yet.
#1 Moshe on 2006-07-06 05:50 (Reply)

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