Israel's darkest week -Caroline Glick
The government's liquidation sale of Israel's strategic assets opened officially this week. Iran's proxies have pounced on the merchandise. Israel is discarding its strategic assets in the face of the burgeoning threat of nuclear annihilation.
When it has built up its forces, or when its Iranian overlords give the order, Hamas will again attack southern Israel. And when it reengages, it can be assumed that it will do so with a vastly expanded missile range.
The agreement also divests Israel of its former ability to isolate Hamas diplomatically. [T]he direct consequence of Israel's capitulation to Hamas is that no one in either the Arab world or the West today will agree to isolate or boycott Hamas.
Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas - who cannot even travel to Nablus without IDF protection - is not approaching Hamas as an equal, but as a supplicant.
If Hamas holds its fire for six months, then Israel will be obliged to end its counter-terror operations in [the West Bank]. [I]f Hamas keeps its powder dry until January, Israel will effectively enable it to assert its control over Judea and Samaria and so place Iran in control of the outskirts of Jerusalem and Netanya.
Rather than acknowledge that they have likely signed [Gilad Schalit's] death warrant, the government insists that it's not done capitulating. It will begin begging Hamas to accept hundreds of Palestinian murderers jailed in Israeli prisons in exchange for Schalit next Tuesday.
In Israel's 60-year history, there is no precedent for the government's actions this week. Olmert enjoy[s] the distinction of being the worst prime minister in Israeli history.
[Jerusalem Post]
The agreement also divests Israel of its former ability to isolate Hamas diplomatically. [T]he direct consequence of Israel's capitulation to Hamas is that no one in either the Arab world or the West today will agree to isolate or boycott Hamas.
Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas - who cannot even travel to Nablus without IDF protection - is not approaching Hamas as an equal, but as a supplicant.
If Hamas holds its fire for six months, then Israel will be obliged to end its counter-terror operations in [the West Bank]. [I]f Hamas keeps its powder dry until January, Israel will effectively enable it to assert its control over Judea and Samaria and so place Iran in control of the outskirts of Jerusalem and Netanya.
Rather than acknowledge that they have likely signed [Gilad Schalit's] death warrant, the government insists that it's not done capitulating. It will begin begging Hamas to accept hundreds of Palestinian murderers jailed in Israeli prisons in exchange for Schalit next Tuesday.
In Israel's 60-year history, there is no precedent for the government's actions this week. Olmert enjoy[s] the distinction of being the worst prime minister in Israeli history.
[Jerusalem Post]
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