Saturday October 29, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

Ultimately, the Israeli pull out from Gaza will result in improved security for all of Israel, with the most noticeable improvement in Southern Israel.

How will that come about?
Behavior Modification
Deterrence
Incentives

Palestinians need to be re-taught how to behave with Israelis and when their behavior improves, i.e. when terror attacks are vastly diminished, they need to be rewarded. Conversely, if attacks pick up, they need to be harshly reprimanded.

The comparison can be made with Israel's neighbors to the north, Lebanon and Syria. Today, those borders are relatively quiet, but only after terrorist attacks were hit back hard, over and over until, eventually, they stopped.
Lebanon is still full of weapons and Southern Lebanon is still controlled by Hibuzllah, and yet the border with Israel is relatively quiet.

It won't happen right away, but that is the situation that hard work, perseverance and persistence will create for Israel's Southern border with the Palestinians.