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Reader comment on item: Ariel Sharon's Folly
Submitted by Joseph (United States), Apr 5, 2005 at 19:59
I don't believe that Sharon has "wounded Israeli democracy" by ordering the removel of Israeli citizens from Gaza. Two points: first, you fail to mention that there is in fact a precedent to removing Israeli settlers from their homes: Israelis were removed from the Sinai Peninsula as a result of the Camp David Accords with Egypt. I realize that this removal occurred under different circumstances than the current one, but you hurt your argument by failing to address this fact. Furthermore, while Sharon may be betraying his own constituency by removing the settlers, the majority of Israeli citizens do support this move. The goal of representative democracies is for the elected officials to represent the views of the people through laws. Far from "wounding" democracy, Sharon is acting in line with democratic principles.Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".
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| The Gaza pullout [131 words] | asaf | Nov 21, 2005 14:43 | 28654 | ||
| Regarding Ariels Sharon's Folly [505 words] | Gabrielle | Aug 14, 2005 08:52 | 24632 | ||
 re Ariel Sharons Folly [24 words] | Gabrielle | Jun 23, 2008 11:36 | 24632 | ||
| If Israel did not exist would the world be a safer place? [78 words] | sharron | Aug 13, 2005 13:08 | 24619 | ||
| The real issue [231 words] | Scott | Aug 8, 2005 02:38 | 24418 | ||
| Is Sharon Still the Sly Old Israeli Warrior With A Motive To His Madness [140 words] | Arnold Wolf | Aug 3, 2005 18:15 | 24307 | ||
| wonder [128 words] | Brian Foster | Jul 31, 2005 14:03 | 24156 | ||
| The experiment of the creation of Israel has FAILED [63 words] | Ali Adawiya | Jul 28, 2005 16:17 | 23963 | ||
| Sharon is for the military strategy "the pullout" [113 words] | Albert Bello | Jul 22, 2005 17:28 | 23705 | ||
| EXCELLENT ARTICLE AND BRILLIANT INSIGHT by Daniel Pipes [23 words] | Z. Wrotzlovsky | Jul 20, 2005 15:00 | 23652 | ||
| Well written! [49 words] | Michael Tambler | Jul 19, 2005 21:52 | 23619 | ||
| Democracy? Peace? [189 words] | Bella Kaltman | Jul 19, 2005 21:33 | 23617 | ||
| suicide, schmuicide [39 words] | rafael ben david | Jul 19, 2005 15:10 | 23590 | ||
| Long term vision and planning needed for long term peace [228 words] | Steve Silver | May 27, 2005 23:50 | 22455 | ||
| The Gaza Pull-out [21 words] | Pete Gibson | May 23, 2005 02:04 | 22330 | ||
| Responce to B. Bix [67 words] | J. Penn | Apr 25, 2005 13:20 | 21799 | ||
| On the forcible removal of citizens from their lawful homes [107 words] | B. Bix | Apr 18, 2005 18:59 | 21712 | ||
| 1 | Really lawful? [78 words] | Egypt Steve | Apr 17, 2005 20:02 | 21700 | |
| Precedent [168 words] | Dan | Apr 15, 2005 12:36 | 21680 | ||
| The real folly-- settlement without annexation [108 words] | Kalman Neuman | Apr 14, 2005 00:18 | 21649 | ||
| Removing Gaza residents from their homes [89 words] | J. Sheff | Apr 13, 2005 22:56 | 21647 | ||
| Gaza plan has strengthened Israel's position [419 words] | Dan Harder, editor of Danish website Israel-Online.dk | Apr 13, 2005 19:54 | 21644 | ||
| Protective Measures [32 words] | Casey O'Connor | Apr 13, 2005 17:05 | 21640 | ||
| 1 | Israel's democracy [320 words] | Lisette Murad | Apr 13, 2005 08:28 | 21615 | |
| There is a precedent. [121 words] | Zev Saffer | Apr 13, 2005 04:00 | 21606 | ||
| Sharon's folly - on balance, no [547 words] | S.Brockwell | Apr 12, 2005 22:57 | 21598 | ||
| Skillful engineering of minds [120 words] | Mordechai Kramer | Apr 12, 2005 16:46 | 21583 | ||
| Muslims in Indian subcontinent in 1947 [327 words] | Berjees Taaj | Apr 12, 2005 10:51 | 21566 | ||
| wrong things [165 words] | sara | May 11, 2011 12:50 | 21566 | ||
| Hong Kong and Macau [45 words] | Robert Mooney | Apr 12, 2005 02:26 | 21550 | ||
| The Ultimate "Fighting Jew" [178 words] | Dave M. O'Neill | Apr 12, 2005 01:39 | 21547 | ||
| Sharon's move [123 words] | jack adams | Apr 12, 2005 00:08 | 21545 | ||
| A golden opportunity! [88 words] | Les Cherow | Apr 11, 2005 23:16 | 21542 | ||
| India and Muslims [280 words] | Vijay | Apr 11, 2005 17:53 | 21524 | ||
| Response to Octavio Johanson's submission [162 words] | Vijaykumar Chalasani | Apr 11, 2005 16:34 | 21518 | ||
| Et l'Algérie alors? Don't forget Algeria 1962 [74 words] | Georges CLEMENT | Apr 11, 2005 07:48 | 21511 | ||
| Hong Kong [131 words] | Brian Allen | Apr 11, 2005 04:37 | 21510 | ||
| The deal's done - now what [43 words] | Rafi | Apr 10, 2005 21:10 | 21509 | ||
| Response to Eliyezer Ben Ari's "Eminent Domain" comment [74 words] | Jim Anderson | Apr 9, 2005 12:38 | 21497 | ||
| Good Leadership implies change [173 words] | Ross Gordon | Apr 9, 2005 09:15 | 21495 | ||
| Maginot sindrome [134 words] | Kantor | Apr 8, 2005 18:36 | 21490 | ||
| Morally right [121 words] | John Halloff | Apr 8, 2005 11:57 | 21483 | ||
| Israeli Tactics [70 words] | Rob James | Apr 8, 2005 09:28 | 21482 | ||
| Painful decisions [31 words] | Jaime Eisen | Apr 8, 2005 00:02 | 21480 | ||
| Sharon is correct, partly [119 words] | Walter Manchur | Apr 7, 2005 17:25 | 21474 | ||
| Gaza, the new Sudetenland [55 words] | Jorgen | Apr 7, 2005 16:11 | 21471 | ||
| Disengagement [91 words] | Yo Menashe | Apr 7, 2005 13:55 | 21469 | ||
| With Israelis it is "withdrawal", with Palestinians, it is "expulsion" [114 words] | Ignacio | Apr 7, 2005 07:16 | 21463 | ||
| Challenge to the reader [103 words] | Lauren Lok | Apr 7, 2005 06:58 | 21462 | ||
| Gush Katif [87 words] | Rachel Botbol | Apr 7, 2005 02:46 | 21459 | ||
| A follow-up article would be welcome [29 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Martha | Apr 7, 2005 01:59 | 21458 | ||
| Sharon has gone too far!! [299 words] | Linda Goslin | Apr 6, 2005 22:25 | 21456 | ||
| Sharon's Folly fails US? [187 words] | Deb | Apr 6, 2005 22:09 | 21455 | ||
| RE: Dr. Pipes' response to the comment, "A Disaster In The Making" [89 words] | Yonason | Apr 6, 2005 21:44 | 21454 | ||
| "Eminent Domain" clause does not fly! [247 words] | Eliyezer Ben Ari | Apr 6, 2005 16:11 | 21450 | ||
| Sharon is only the leader [36 words] | John Auld | Apr 6, 2005 14:34 | 21447 | ||
| Sharon's forceful relocation of Israelis [138 words] | Howard G Morgan | Apr 6, 2005 13:27 | 21446 | ||
| Under what circumstances [154 words] | Ivan | Apr 6, 2005 13:26 | 21445 | ||
| Sharon's Folies [76 words] | Tom Rockland | Apr 6, 2005 12:48 | 21444 | ||
| Give him (PM Sharon) a break! [298 words] | Robert B. Arbetman | Apr 6, 2005 12:46 | 21443 | ||
| Not Folly, but rather a rare opportunity [100 words] | Chris Chrisman | Apr 6, 2005 11:58 | 21441 | ||
| Israel/US policy [19 words] | kim segar | Apr 6, 2005 11:40 | 21440 | ||
| Sharon's Folly [45 words] | Berton Zaslow | Apr 6, 2005 11:15 | 21439 | ||
| SHARON -- STRATEGIST AND SEER [79 words] | Graham Raelbrook | Apr 6, 2005 10:48 | 21438 | ||
| One minor quibble [272 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | J. Lichty | Apr 6, 2005 10:03 | 21437 | ||
| Accepting the Challenge [21 words] | Matthew Dewar | Apr 6, 2005 09:51 | 21436 | ||
| Ariel Sharon's Folly [90 words] | Menahem Dunsky | Apr 6, 2005 09:17 | 21435 | ||
| Perhaps there is an upside [307 words] | Kenneth S. Besig | Apr 6, 2005 08:57 | 21434 | ||
| Relative calm of 2001-03? [183 words] | Stephen E. Connor | Apr 6, 2005 08:21 | 21433 | ||
| Possibly there is a "method behind folly" [105 words] | Srini Varadarajan | Apr 6, 2005 08:17 | 21432 | ||
| Who's behind Sharon's behavior? [245 words] | Marcos Berenstein | Apr 6, 2005 07:56 | 21430 | ||
| Thank you [191 words] | Pircha Lottner | Apr 6, 2005 06:30 | 21429 | ||
| Why stay with no water? [178 words] | Andy | Apr 6, 2005 05:33 | 21427 | |
| I disagree with your stand on the Gaza Pullout also [138 words] | Abbie Applestein | Apr 6, 2005 03:27 | 21425 | ||
| "...to take private real estate for public use." But for whose "public," ours or theirs? [427 words] | Yonason | Apr 6, 2005 03:08 | 21424 | |
| FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION GOVERNS [80 words] | Bob | Jan 27, 2006 15:59 | 21424 | ||
| As For International Law, I Believe You Are Correct, Bob, And... [44 words] | orange yonason | Jun 7, 2009 23:13 | 21424 | ||
| Sharon's Folly [25 words] | Steven Fishbein | Apr 6, 2005 02:06 | 21422 | ||
| Sharon's and Bush's [89 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Apr 6, 2005 01:30 | 21420 | ||
| 1 | Male Adumim [175 words] | Moshe Moser | Apr 6, 2005 01:12 | 21419 | |
| You are blaming the wrong party [284 words] | Joseph Mamelak | Apr 6, 2005 00:24 | 21417 | ||
| Untenable Gaza [86 words] | Allen Newman, Montreal, Canada | Apr 5, 2005 23:47 | 21416 | ||
| Gaza [156 words] | Nora Amrani | Apr 5, 2005 22:32 | 21413 | ||
| Sharon and the settlements [129 words] | Nora Amrani | Apr 5, 2005 22:22 | 21412 | ||
| A Disaster In The Making [89 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Doris J. Snyder | Apr 5, 2005 21:40 | 21411 | ||
| The Gaza Pull-out [161 words] | Martin | Apr 5, 2005 21:33 | 21410 | ||
| Folly [87 words] | Paul Rinderle | Apr 5, 2005 20:44 | 21408 | ||
| Ariel Sharon Has A Past [167 words] | Yonason | Apr 5, 2005 20:19 | 21406 | ||
| No Folly Then, No Folly Now [184 words] | Saul Rapkin | Apr 5, 2005 20:08 | 21403 | ||
 Forgetting something... [133 words] | Joseph | Apr 5, 2005 19:59 | 21402 | ||
| Another point [351 words] | Yuri Guri | Apr 5, 2005 19:49 | 21401 | |
| A disaster called Sharon [102 words] | Batya dagan | Apr 5, 2005 19:40 | 21399 | ||
| Gaza withdrawal [72 words] | Bruce Boyman | Apr 5, 2005 19:39 | 21398 | ||
| Sharon the Wise [206 words] | Dan Weil | Apr 5, 2005 19:29 | 21396 | ||
| Removal of settlers from territories [29 words] | Karen Eble | Apr 5, 2005 19:25 | 21395 | ||
| Governments removing residents.... [24 words] | Steve Swaja | Apr 5, 2005 19:15 | 21394 | ||
| Let's be realistic [52 words] | Neila Charchour Hachicha | Apr 5, 2005 18:56 | 21393 | ||
| Totally Disagree on Gaza [192 words] | Robert Savet | Apr 5, 2005 18:54 | 21392 | ||
| American Indians [109 words] | Ellyn L Wood | Apr 5, 2005 18:40 | 21391 | ||
| Exactly Right [165 words] | Jonathan Keiler | Apr 5, 2005 18:31 | 21390 | ||
| rebuttal on Ariel Sharon article [296 words] | Leo Charendoff | Apr 5, 2005 18:09 | 21389 | ||
| Israel's folly? [150 words] | Melvin A. Fechter | Apr 5, 2005 18:06 | 21388 | ||
| Sharon's Decision to Evacuate from Gaza [193 words] | Jerrold Katz | Apr 5, 2005 17:55 | 21387 | ||
| Democracies seizing land isn't unprecedented... [110 words] | Laurence Schreiber | Apr 5, 2005 17:25 | 21386 | ||
| My attempt to answer the challenge [249 words] | Octavio Johanson | Apr 5, 2005 17:06 | 21385 | ||
| NOT SHARON'S FOLLY..IT'S THE PA BEING SQUEEZED [300 words] | Martin Schwartz | Apr 5, 2005 16:49 | 21383 | ||
| The Wall [131 words] | Marci Mays | Apr 5, 2005 16:29 | 21382 | ||
| Shades of gray [47 words] | Herb Jacobson | Apr 5, 2005 16:29 | 21381 | ||
| Legal issues [61 words] | Sigmund Silber | Apr 5, 2005 16:14 | 21380 | ||
| Democracies that legally and forcibly remove people from their houses [131 words] | Kevin Heald | Apr 5, 2005 16:04 | 21378 | ||
| Forced removal in a democracy [158 words] | jack adams | Apr 5, 2005 15:57 | 21377 | ||
| a soldiers view [38 words] | bernard j finestone | Apr 5, 2005 14:57 | 21373 | ||
| I accept your challenge to the reader [29 words] | Joshua Brook | Apr 5, 2005 14:47 | 21371 |
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