Israel Withdraws

Here we go yet again. Israel withdraws, Israel gives in -- and the terrorists continue to attack. Why do we continually back down?

Israpundit says about the Israeli Foreign Ministry's explanation, "[The last sentence]should read 'Israel is allowing the terrorists to rearm and rebuild'. As for the rationale for allowing this to happen the FM argues that they did it to end the violence (thereby inviting more violence) to enable political negotiations. Better to remove the threat coming from the terrorist buildup before negotiations. We must negotiate from a position of strength and superiority rather than from a position of capitulation and subservience. This is elementary."