Ben Shapiro on Israeli "civil war" and disengagement
- - - - by Beth
In an article on Townhall today, Ben Shapiro comments upon Ariel Sharon's interview with NBC's David Gregory. In the interview:
Sharon: One should not underestimate the tension here, the atmosphere here. It looks like on the eve of a civil war.
Sharon himself has received death threats.
Gregory: Do you worry about your life?
Sharon: All my life I was defending [the] life of Jews. Now, for [the] first time, security steps are taken to protect me from Jews.
Shapiro:
The latest chaos in Israel stems from Sharon's bullheaded, dangerous decision to force 9,000 Jews from their homes in the Gaza Strip. Despite a May 2004 referendum by the governing Likud Party barring Sharon from pushing out the Jewish residents of Gaza, Sharon has forced his will on the Israeli Knesset. Just two weeks ago, Sharon won a major political victory when the Knesset voted to reject a national referendum on the Gaza "pullout."
More:
There's no mistaking Sharon's "disengagement plan" for anything other than simple surrender. Disengagement is a far nicer term than surrender, but both provide the same incentives for Israel's Arab enemies: incentives to violence, terror and murder. As Feiglin put it, this is "Oslo times 10. The Oslo direction brought a river of bloodshed on the country, forced the State of Israel on a death march, and increased terrorism in Israel, throughout the Middle East and throughout the world. And we can all just sit and imagine the results now if that was the result of Oslo … The difference is that we know this time there won't be any peace. We can't fool ourselves this time. In Ashkelon and in Ashdod, cities that are north of Gaza in Israel, just 20 miles south of Tel Aviv, they're already preparing civil defense against the rain of Qassam missiles that will fall after the disengagement occurs. This is Oslo without the lie of hope. We all know that the king is naked. We're not trying to fool ourselves that he's dressed. But we're running away anyhow."
Read the entire article HERE.