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Titolo: Moshe Arens: Ritiro = Disastro

L'articolo che segue non si trova nel sito Internet inglese di Haaretz. Esso
sostiene che chi ha congegnato gli Accordi di Oslo e chi propone ora un
ritiro unilaterale dai Territori Occupati stanno facendo lo stesso errore
che ha portato nel 2000 a ritirarsi unilateralmente dal Libano.
Come non s'e' appagato Hezbollah di avere gli Israeliani fuori dal Libano,
cosi', secondo Arens, non si appaghera' l'OLP.
Moshe Arens: Withdrawal - Recipe for disaster
Ha'aretz 19 March 2002
The Hezbollah murder of Israeli civilians in the North inevitably returns us
to the arguments that raged over Ehud Barak's decision to unilaterally
withdraw the Israel Defense Forces from the South Lebanon security zone
while abandoning our allies, the South Lebanon Army. In the wake of that
tragedy there is little satisfaction in saying I told you so, but
nevertheless, hopefully some lessons will now be learned from that grossly
mistaken move.
Barak's decision was preceded by many months of public protests and
agitation for a unilateral withdrawal, with the participation of bereaved
mothers, members of Knesset, and Israelis from all walks of life and from
all political parties. They argued that the presence of the IDF in the
security zone led to needless loss of the lives of Israeli soldiers. That
the Hezbollah's aim was limited to ridding Lebanese soil of Israeli
occupation and that once that aim had been achieved by an IDF withdrawal,
they would become just another political party in Lebanon and cease their
military activities against Israel. And that even if they or their allies
were tempted to engage in hostile action against Israel after the
withdrawal, the dire warnings issued by Israel would be sufficient to deter
such activity.
Backed by these arguments, Israel's towns and villages in the Galilee one
fine day found themselves facing the Hezbollah across a fence that
demarcated the international border.
Neither international approval for Israel's withdrawal nor Barak's strident
warnings were sufficient to deter Hezbollah from continuing hostile action
against Israel after the withdrawal. At first, this was limited to
demonstrations and stone-throwing at the border fence, then it went on to
attacks against the IDF in the Shaba Farms sector, resulting in the killing
and kidnapping of IDF soldiers there. The promoters of the unilateral
withdrawal comforted themselves by the fact that the rate of IDF losses
after the withdrawal was lower than in the preceding period and that there
had been no attacks against the civilian population in the Galilee. All that
ended last week near Shlomi.
What was behind this miscalculation by so many Israelis? Good intentions and
wishful thinking. The intentions were the best - to save the lives of
Israel's young soldiers. That, plus the hope that the Hezbollah's aims were
really limited to Lebanese soil led to disregarding their frequent public
pronouncements of enmity to Israel. Good intentions and wishful thinking can
lead to dire consequences.
Is it any wonder that the same people who called for a unilateral withdrawal
from Lebanon were also behind the Oslo accords with the PLO. Beset by the
same weakness, they wished to bring an end to the conflict with the
Palestinians, a most commendable objective, and wanted to believe in the
good faith of Arafat and the PLO. Undismayed by Arafat's record of terrorist
atrocities and his ambiguous statements regarding Israel, they proceeded to
push for Israeli concessions to the PLO in the belief that that would bring
an end to the conflict. Arafat's decision to wage war against Israel after
rejecting Barak's egregious offers at Camp David had a sobering effect upon
some, but not all of them. Now some of these same people are engaged in
demonstrations calling for unilateral Israeli withdrawal and supporting
conscientious objectors.
The war that the Palestinians have been waging against Israel since
September 2000 has brought death to over 350 Israelis, wounded over 3,000
and damaged the Israeli economy. It may be convenient to engage in wishful
thinking and believe that Palestinian violence is backed by a small minority
dedicated to terror, and that by targeting individual terrorists an end can
be put to the violence. But there is little doubt that Palestinian violence
at present has the support of the majority of the Palestinian population in
Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Our prime minister, after repeatedly insisting that
he would not be dragged into a war, has finally conceded that we are
involved in a war in defense of our homes. The Israelis feel that they have
everything to lose, wrote a correspondent of the New York Times recently.
Unfortunately this is the reality. Everything dear to us is at stake.
The war must be pursued in full recognition of this reality. Only continued
IDF operations in Palestinian towns and villages can reach those
Palestinians involved in planning and organizing violent acts against Israel
and impress the Palestinian population with Israel's ability to control the
situation. It cannot be done by remote control. The decision to withdraw the
IDF in the hope that a cease-fire can be arranged is another case of good
intentions mixed with wishful thinking. It is bound to fail.
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Troppa fretta per leggere l'articolo. Ma un commento sul titolo: sì. Il
ritiro dai territori verrà letto dal mondo arabo come una sconfitta di
Israele, Davide che spaccia Golia, come in Libano. Io non mi ritirerei
se fossi negli Israeliani. Cercherei di tenere duro fino a quando
l'Intifada si sarà consumata (sia pure nel sangue). Ma il problema è che
Israele è troppo occidentale per essere immune dalla malattia o virtù
cronica dell'occidente: il dubbio, l'autocritica, l'introspezione.
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 cronica dell'occidente: il dubbio, l'autocritica, l'introspezione.
cioè non è una società di bantù, in poche parole.
Meno male....
A.
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