Saturday, September 17, 2005
I just don't understand what Israel is worried about
The Palestinian Arabs are outraged that Israel wants to create a security zone -- inside Israel -- along its borders with Gaza:
Fair enough. Oh. But wait. I just read the next two paragraphs in the story. Israel doesn't control Gaza's border with Egypt:
Still, you have to wonder why Israel is worried about attacks from Gaza. I know that I never pray without my rocket-propelled grenade right there with me.
Palestinian planning minister Ghassan Khatib said the "unilateral" decision was proof that Israel remained an occupation force regardless of its withdrawal of all troops from Gaza following 38 years of military rule.
"Israel is working on a unilateral basis. They didn't ask us to do this. Israel is still an occupying force," Khatib charged.
The Palestinians insist that until Israel rescinds control of Gaza's land borders, air space and territorial waters, there can be no end of occupation.
Fair enough. Oh. But wait. I just read the next two paragraphs in the story. Israel doesn't control Gaza's border with Egypt:
In the four days since Israeli troops rolled out of Gaza, the largely unstemmed flow of people in and out of Egypt has exacerbated Israeli fears that the porous border is becoming prey for weapons-smuggling militants.
In a sign of the new ease of foreign travel, leaders from Egypt's banned but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood movement watched Friday as hundreds of armed militants from Hamas paraded through the ruins of a former Jewish settlement.
Still, you have to wonder why Israel is worried about attacks from Gaza. I know that I never pray without my rocket-propelled grenade right there with me.
0 Comments:
