Not even one "settlement" must be removed [View All]

[Herschel]

Regarding the issue of removing Jewish communities ("settlements") from so-called Arab territories, there is no legitimate reason whatsoever for removing even one. Moreover, there is every practical reason for leaving each and every one of them in place.

To begin with, the fundamental, underlying motivation for removing Jewish settlements is hopelessly flawed. Why must all Arab territories - disputed or otherwise - be Judenrein (Jew-free) as a pre-condition to any negotiated settlement? Isn't that racism?

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Secondly, the willingness to dismantle existing settlements is and always has been considered a grave weakness in the eyes of the Arab world - a weakness that only encourages the enemy and strengthens their terror infrastructures, including the master terrorist himself, Abdul Rauf el-Codba el-Husseini, aka Yasser Arafat, and his henchmen in the PLO.

While I am sorely tempted at this point to invoke our unalienable, biblical rights to ALL the Land of Israel, the third reason I am citing for not removing settlements is the most pragmatic reason of them all-namely, the strategic necessity of maintaining a Jewish presence in a demonstrably hostile and unstable region that could turn combative in a heartbeat.

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While some concepts in the article may seem inappropriate, interesting arguements are made.