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August 19, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/18/the_failure_of_the_gaza_pullout/

The Failure of the Gaza Pullout

Boston Globe) Jeff Jacoby - Far from encouraging Palestinian moderation, disengagement energized Gaza's most extreme and hateful irredentists. Five months after the Jewish residents left, Hamas swept to victory in the Palestinian Authority elections; a year later, it seized total control in Gaza, routing Fatah in a savage civil war. Most Israelis who supported disengagement now express regret. Peace will never be possible with "partners'' that refuse to accept the permanent legitimacy of Jewish sovereignty in the Middle East.

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