On Sept. 22, 2005, Israel completed its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. It did not take someone with the power of an Old Testament prophet to predict what would come next. Hamas almost immediately filled the vacuum and began planning a series of terrorist attacks on civilian targets within Israel.
The latest attack, on Oct. 6, the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which nearly overwhelmed the Jewish State, has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Israelis, the wounding of many hundreds more, and the taking of hostages by Hamas. These include Israeli soldiers and civilians, some of them women, children, the elderly and the disabled.
Saudi Arabia has offered to pump more oil, which would result in at least a temporary lowering of gas prices next year - an American election year - if Israel will make more concessions to the Palestinians. Will the Biden administration take the bait, hoping to improve the president’s terrible poll numbers?
Wasn’t “land for peace” supposed to be the magic formula? Didn’t the West believe in this doctrine, and hasn’t Israel done all the giving and received only war and terrorism in return? The West should concede the formula is wrong. Her proposals include a full annexation of the West Bank. It may sound radical until one considers the alternatives the West has been pushing almost since the founding of modern Israel in 1948. Continuing to follow the same path that hasn’t worked in the past only guarantees more terrorism and war in the future, as we are witnessing in the present. Wishful thinking never produces the results the wishers seek to achieve.
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