Monday June 6, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

Is it that they have totally lost touch with reality?
Or are they desperate enough to do anything to gain media attention?

How else do you explain what would in other societies be called a suicide pact?
A group from 3 of the 4 settlements in the northern West Bank slated to be evacuated simultaneously with the Gaza withdrawal have signed on to an initiative and sent it to Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas.

They want to stay in their homes.
They are asking for political asylum under the Palestinians.
They are saying: "If the State of Israel does not want us then we do not want it either." We will live under "Palestinian jurisdiction and not under Israeli rule."
They are saying: "We are not afraid, and we expect it will be good and secure for us" under Palestinian rule. After all, "There are Jews all over the world."

I have recently visited these places.
These communities are regularly attacked by their Palestinian neighbors.

I fear the ramifications. I hope this is merely a misconceived media ploy.
No one can realistically entertain this action as an alternative lifestyle move.