(New York Jewish Week) Yossi Klein Halevi - The terrorists will present the withdrawal as a victory for terror. Gaza will become an armed camp dominated in effect by Hamas, if formally by an ineffectual PLO. As a result, Israel will be exposed to a terror enclave on its border. Missiles may well hit Israeli cities, forcing it to massively retaliate against the Palestinian state in Gaza. The advantage is that this time, Israel won't be fighting to protect settlements lacking international legitimacy, but Israeli cities. Will that matter for Europe or the UN? Perhaps not. But it will matter for Washington and, in the end, that's what matters.
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