Death of the Concept, by Meir Eindor
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What else has to happen before the architects of this catastrophe admit their failure?
The entire new concept of security, based on the notion that Israel should dig in and realign itself behind a fortified wall, crumbled at Kerem Shalom. Once and for all it was proven that there is no substitute for a strong IDF presence in areas where terrorists organize.
The evacuated area has been filled with dozens of sub-groups of terror organizations, and hundreds of armed cells receive weapons, some from “official” sources, some (mostly anti-tank weapons) which move freely across the Philadelphi Route – an additional Israeli mistake which was given over to Palestinian and Egyptian supervision.
Since the tragic events of Sunday morning, government ministers have competed amongst themselves to warn the Palestinians about our “long arm” that would catch the attackers.
In the eyes of the attackers, that arm may have been significantly shortened over the past year. But Israeli society, generously spurred on by the media, continues to buy the product. And as long as there are buyers – there will be sellers.
And in the meanwhile, the terror victims are the ones to pay the real price.
Brig. Gen. (res.) Meir Eindor is the director of the Almagor terror victims organization