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

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