Marvin Gandall wrote: > > Whatever the Israeli government's immediate objectives - it seems mostly to > be responding in panic to resurgent military and right-wing pressure within > the country in the wake of the kidnappings - the lasting significance of > this episode may well be the abandonment of its plans for unilateral > withdrawal from the Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
After 50 years in which the intentions of Israel to expand have never waned; after 50 years in which every single one of Israel's calls for "security" has been a cover for aggression, can you really say with a straight face that Israel's concern is security? Carrol
