(Telegraph-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - 20 years ago, Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza, which has a rich Jewish history, and handed the keys to the Palestinians. IDF troops deployed to drag Jews living in Gaza from their homes and hand their villages to the Arabs. Their flourishing businesses, such as commercial greenhouses, were abandoned intact for the benefit of new Palestinian owners. Even Jewish graves were disinterred, the bodies transferred to Israel. After the painful Gaza pull-out, there was a feeling on the Israeli side that they would finally be granted international legitimacy and support. After all, Israel had voluntarily accepted all demands upon it, regardless of Palestinian weakness, corruption and extremism. This is a democracy that did all it could simply to survive in peace; and when the rockets inevitably flew, the world betrayed it once again. Is it any wonder that it rages against the international community today, which continues to demand "solutions" that Israel has so painfully tried and failed? However much Israel and the West may yearn for peace, it cannot be won with naivete or wishful thinking, but only determination, resilience, conviction and creativity. Peace through strength.
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