The withdrawal was a nightmare. Jews pulled from their homes, forced to abandoned the lives and livelihoods that they built. Businesses were given to the Gazan Muslims so that they would have a ready made thriving economy. Only to see the Gazan Muslims set fire and destroy those businesses. And worst of all, the Gazan Muslims elected Hamas.
All that for “peace and security.”
in an interview with the daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot, Ariel Sharon gave a strikingly succinct explanation of his diplomacy, “I’ve made a deal with the Americans.” That was the position of the Condi-Bush administration.