Olmert On Unilateral Withdrawal [Disengagement, Consolidation, Realignment, etc]: Clueless in 2003, Clueless Now

Commentary;

Ehud Olmert was clueless then and is clueless now. Yet the answers, the solutions are not so difficult to comprehend as to our current predicament. To gain a higher level of understanding regarding the point that Dr. Lerner is conveying here, click here for Parsha Shelach and Political Abrogation of Mutual Responsibility — One for His Brother.

Like the Miraglim of Shelach who sought and lusted after maintainance of their own power and influence at all cost over going right into Eretz Yisrael, first and foremost to the Olmerts’, the Peres’, the Livnis’, the Baraks’ and their ilk is the maintainance and perpetuation of their power, influence, their self-enrichment. Their true motivations are concealed by their rationalizations; the US, the EU, Oslo, “Land for Peace”, “Roadmaps”, disengagement, convergence, etc. — their electorate be damned.

To repeat again from this author’s Parsha HaShevua of parsha Korach;

What other rationale could there be for this regime’s actions which appear as nothing other than forced suicide being inflicting on B’nai Yisrael? When this blog asserts that the regime’s true aim is a forced separation or expulsion, a “disengagement” if you will, between Israelis and their Jewish roots, heritage and laws; can anyone give a reasonable, rational alternative explanation, in light of the above, of why anything that Olmert and his immediate predecessors makes sense?

These evil politicians who seek, at all costs to deny the Jews the entirety of the eternal Jewish legacy — Eretz Yisrael do so in dire fear of the Torah concept of Mutual Responsibility — One for His Brother. MB

[Archives 2003]Background: Media Doesn’t Challenge Olmert For Being Clueless How Israel Would Handle Post Retreat Security, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)

[Redistributed on 14 June 2007 as Hamas forces were capturing the last Fatah strongholds in Gaza]

“Olmert has a retreat slogan but apparently is not only clueless as to how such a retreat would play out – even worse he does not care to think about it.

Rather than address this very serious issue, interviews with Olmert focus exclusively on the impact of his retreat slogan on his political prospects.”

Background: Media Continues To Give Olmert Free Ride On Retreat Slogan Aaron Lerner Date: 24 December 2003

For several weeks Deputy Minister Ehud Olmert has been promoting his retreat “plan”, carefully declining to direct questions to him that would indicate that the “plan” is actually a “slogan” bereft of any content.

+ When Olmert first revealed his slogan in an interview in Haaretz in the middle of November, he explained that “these are my own personal
contemplations not yet evolved into a full strategy.”

+ In Olmert’s follow-up interview in Yediot Ahronot on Friday December 5, Olmert said that “ultimately there will be a state there, without neglecting our rights to insure the elements of our security. . .we will not allow, for example, the entry of tanks.” On December 7, Olmert’s media advisor, Hagai Elias, explained to IMRA that Olmert hasn’t yet developed a plan that would actually insure that this could be achieved.

+ During the December 16 question and answer session at the Herzliya Conference, Former US Ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, asked Min. Ehud Olmert what would happen in the vacuum created under Olmert’s proposal for unilateral withdrawal. Olmert responded that he is talking about unilateral withdrawal with “no Israeli control or presence” in the area vacated and no understanding with the Palestinians with regard to what they do in the area. Olmert went on to explain that he expected that there would be terror even if an agreement was reached and that “we will have to deal with the terror” after a unilateral withdrawal. Olmert noted that he has no idea who would end up controlling the area vacated by Israel but asserted that even if Hamas controlled the area that this would not increase the level of danger to Israel.

Simply put: Olmert has a retreat slogan but apparently is not only clueless as to how such a retreat would play out – even worse he does not care to think about it.

“Olmert was only asked if he thought he would succeed in positioning himself to take Prime Minister Sharon’s place at the helm of the Likud.”

Rather than address this very serious issue, interviews with Olmert focus exclusively on the impact of his retreat slogan on his political prospects.

This morning, for example, Israel Radio interviewed others prior to Olmert who raised substantive concerns about Olmert’s retreat slogan, but Olmert was only asked if he thought he would succeed in positioning himself to take Prime Minister Sharon’s place at the helm of the Likud. Olmert’s interview was in two parts, breaking for the 7:30 news headlines. The headlines included a report of Kassam rockets that hit Sderot within the Green Line.

The item was a natural basis for asking Olmert about how Israel would deal with a post retreat situation when the Palestinians would be able to deploy thousands of Qassam rockets in the evacuated West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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