MY SAY: ARIEL SHARON
“Arik” Sharon was elected by a landslide in 2001. He promised a tough response to Palestinian Arab uprisings and terrorism. His tough stance and his frequent and defiant visits to East Jerusalem won him opprobrium from the leftist media but he was reelected by a large majority two years later. He encouraged settlement of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and funneled money and supplies to aid and encourage the settlers.
Then……in 2005 he stunned his supporters as well as his detractors by declaring a withdrawal from Gaza-the forcible removal of 85,000 settlers and the abandonment of all the homes and state of the art farms, which American philanthropists purchased and gave to the local Arabs of Gaza.
After the completion of the withdrawal, the Arabs plundered, vandalized, looted and destroyed all the crops, seeds, homes, greenhouses, and equipment, and commenced their terrorizing of Israeli citizens in Sderot with daily rocket barrages. Then Hamas established its permanent foothold in Gaza.
If, one could speak to him now, how would the great and courageous general respond to the tragic outcome of his “painful concessions?”
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