The first Katyusha had barely been shot at the north when the "Right" was already meeting to discuss joining Ehud Olmert's left-wing government. There was only one small problem: Olmert did not want them.
After skulking away, a week later, National Union MK Effie Eitam ran to the press to tell us that Olmert had completely abandoned his retreat plan from Judea and Samaria, "at least for the time being." A mere three days later the Jerusalem Post ran the following headline, "Olmert Stands Behind Realignment Plan." The paper quoted Olmert as saying, "We will yet evacuate communities...."
Not only has Olmert not abandoned his retreat plan from Judea and Samaria, but its implementation is already being felt. While the country fights for its life from the areas in the north and south from which Israel retreated, the police and army have found time to persecute residents of Judea and Samaria. A "police pogrom" in the yeshiva in Yitzhar ended with the beating of the yeshiva dean, demolition notices were distributed to a Jewish town next to Har Bracha, police arrested a human rights activist and put him in jail for three months without charging him, and they continue to hold four Jewish children in jail in gross violation of basic human rights.
In the wake of the unfolding tragedy over the last two retreats, not one major left-wing politician has had the guts to admit the last two retreats were mistaken, let alone call for shelving the next retreat. And yet, the "Right" tells us it's all over. This wishful thinking is the greatest enemy of the national camp. When the buses started blowing up all over Israel in the wake of the Oslo Accords fiasco, right-wing politicians also promised us the Left had finally "seen the light." When will we stop fooling ourselves?
A known problem with drug addicts is that long after they run out of money, they continue to do drugs. How do they manage this? Their own families help them subsidize their addiction. "How can I abandon my baby?" they say. And, "He promised me it was the last time." By desiring to help, we hurt the ones we love most.
Roni Mehatzri, mayor of Ashkelon and Yona Yahav, mayor of Haifa, are now enjoying the fruits of the retreats they both supported. 30 Jews have already died in the wake of the retreats from Gaza and Lebanon, and yet we have not heard even one politician call for the resignation of the people who got us into this mess.
Supporters of the retreats claimed they would save soldiers' lives. Yet, dozens of soldiers have already died in the past two weeks, and it is expected that dozens more young Israeli lives will be lost as the IDF retakes the very security strip it abandoned just six years ago.
Instead of taking responsibility for their failure, the Left has a new excuse: "Thanks to the retreat we now have world legitimacy to fight back." Yes, thanks to the retreat, we now have (waning) legitimacy to fight a war we should not have had to fight in the first place.
In the coming days, we will be bombarded with messages from the rabbis that we are all one and must stand and fight "together". Hundreds of religious soldiers from Judea, Samaria and Gaza will risk their lives to save those who voted to destroy theirs. And then when the bulldozers come to destroy the towns of Judea and Samaria, and the terrorists begin shooting rockets at Gush Dan from the rubble, we will once again ask ourselves how it could all happen.
We are tired of putting out the fires started by the Left. We are tired of dying for the Left's mistakes.
Isn't it time we put a stop to this madness?
After skulking away, a week later, National Union MK Effie Eitam ran to the press to tell us that Olmert had completely abandoned his retreat plan from Judea and Samaria, "at least for the time being." A mere three days later the Jerusalem Post ran the following headline, "Olmert Stands Behind Realignment Plan." The paper quoted Olmert as saying, "We will yet evacuate communities...."
Not only has Olmert not abandoned his retreat plan from Judea and Samaria, but its implementation is already being felt. While the country fights for its life from the areas in the north and south from which Israel retreated, the police and army have found time to persecute residents of Judea and Samaria. A "police pogrom" in the yeshiva in Yitzhar ended with the beating of the yeshiva dean, demolition notices were distributed to a Jewish town next to Har Bracha, police arrested a human rights activist and put him in jail for three months without charging him, and they continue to hold four Jewish children in jail in gross violation of basic human rights.
In the wake of the unfolding tragedy over the last two retreats, not one major left-wing politician has had the guts to admit the last two retreats were mistaken, let alone call for shelving the next retreat. And yet, the "Right" tells us it's all over. This wishful thinking is the greatest enemy of the national camp. When the buses started blowing up all over Israel in the wake of the Oslo Accords fiasco, right-wing politicians also promised us the Left had finally "seen the light." When will we stop fooling ourselves?
A known problem with drug addicts is that long after they run out of money, they continue to do drugs. How do they manage this? Their own families help them subsidize their addiction. "How can I abandon my baby?" they say. And, "He promised me it was the last time." By desiring to help, we hurt the ones we love most.
Roni Mehatzri, mayor of Ashkelon and Yona Yahav, mayor of Haifa, are now enjoying the fruits of the retreats they both supported. 30 Jews have already died in the wake of the retreats from Gaza and Lebanon, and yet we have not heard even one politician call for the resignation of the people who got us into this mess.
Supporters of the retreats claimed they would save soldiers' lives. Yet, dozens of soldiers have already died in the past two weeks, and it is expected that dozens more young Israeli lives will be lost as the IDF retakes the very security strip it abandoned just six years ago.
Instead of taking responsibility for their failure, the Left has a new excuse: "Thanks to the retreat we now have world legitimacy to fight back." Yes, thanks to the retreat, we now have (waning) legitimacy to fight a war we should not have had to fight in the first place.
In the coming days, we will be bombarded with messages from the rabbis that we are all one and must stand and fight "together". Hundreds of religious soldiers from Judea, Samaria and Gaza will risk their lives to save those who voted to destroy theirs. And then when the bulldozers come to destroy the towns of Judea and Samaria, and the terrorists begin shooting rockets at Gush Dan from the rubble, we will once again ask ourselves how it could all happen.
We are tired of putting out the fires started by the Left. We are tired of dying for the Left's mistakes.
Isn't it time we put a stop to this madness?