Irrational Reasoning
- - - - by Yoel.Ben-Avraham
Blog Commentator Michael Freund noted that during a hearing this week, Chief Justice Aharon Barak asked the state attorney why no agreement was reached with the Palestinian Authority regarding the need to protect the synagogues, to which the state representative replied:
"Even if the Palestinian Authority would take it on itself (to guard the synagogues), it couldn’t live up to such a commitment."Freund opined, "Now that’s an interesting argument, if only because it points to the utter absurdity of the Government’s position. For while Sharon is willing to admit that the Palestinians are incapable of protecting synagogues in Gaza – he was only too happy to turn over the entire Strip to Palestinian control in the hopes that they will control rocket attacks against Israel."