Friday, May 13, 2005

Begin was Wrong; So Is Mofaz

One of the reasons provided for Menachem Begin's decision to yield up the territory of Sinai was that it would allow Israel to keep Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu said the same at the Madrid Conference, claiming that in withdrawing from Sinai, Israel had fulfilled its obligationas of territorial concessions.

Now, Shaul Mofaz, Israel Defense Minister, is saying that:

the withdrawal of Jewish settlers from Gaza will allow Israel to extend its borders into the West Bank


and that

the pullout would enable Israel to maintain Jerusalem as the unified capital of a Jewish state.


Such a wise man. Such a fool.

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