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Let's not neglect the economic reasons behind withdrawal.
Reader comment on item: "Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem"
Submitted by Alexandru Constantinescu (Romania), Aug 9, 2005 at 20:06
Although I agree with the essence of this article, I cannot ignore the main reason the mainly secular population of Israel support the planned withdrawal from the Gaza strip. The presence of Jewish colonies in Gaza and West Bank represent a heavy financial burden for Israeli taxpayer. Depending on the situation on site, the Israeli army's activity in Gaza, for the protection of Jewish enclaves, costs Israel between four and ten millions shekels a day. At the same time, I doubt that the existence of those colonies in Gaza had a role in mantaining the security of the state of Israel. I rather believe the opposite. If I'm wrong, please correct me.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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| Israel wants peace nothing else [34 words] | Phil Greend | Jul 6, 2007 22:59 | 103143 | ||
| The Gaza Pullout from an Israeli's point of view. [354 words] | Asaf Applebaum | Nov 8, 2005 16:06 | 28005 | ||
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| The Israeli Gift-Of-Land-Message to "palestinians" [377 words] | Lukas | Sep 16, 2005 03:54 | 25894 | ||
| Compare Jerusalem Post Column by Carolyn Glick [45 words] | Yocheved Menashe | Sep 15, 2005 16:24 | 25872 | ||
| Time for the truth! [718 words] | Lukas | Sep 15, 2005 04:50 | 25857 | ||
| RE:Time of truth! [163 words] | Emmanuel Etchells-Ayre | Sep 20, 2009 19:19 | 25857 | ||
| The disengagement from Gaza may not be the right thing to do but [72 words] | Armageddon | Aug 27, 2005 08:41 | 25143 | ||
| Today Gaza tomorrow Haifa and Tel-Aviv [121 words] | Armageddon | Aug 27, 2005 08:22 | 25141 | ||
| Brief Summary Of Some Recent Headlines [423 words] | orange yonason | Aug 21, 2005 02:01 | 24933 | ||
| The Gate of the Western World [39 words] | Ben Steinberg | Aug 19, 2005 20:20 | 24912 | ||
| Gaza disengagement will tell the world the truth [186 words] | Dr. Richard & Arlene Rose | Aug 19, 2005 14:36 | 24903 | ||
| Gaza will not bring Peace [137 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 19, 2005 11:10 | 24901 | ||
| To Mr. Walter [85 words] | Ibrahim Metwalli | Aug 18, 2005 16:51 | 24877 | ||
| Don't Waste Money On Words,.... [75 words] | orange yonason | Aug 18, 2005 15:49 | 24875 | ||
| Is Israel really defeated? To Mr. Ibrahim Metwalli [53 words] | Walter | Aug 18, 2005 13:52 | 24873 | ||
| UN Contribution to Terror- Bruce [76 words] | Anatoly Tsaliovich | Aug 17, 2005 23:02 | 24852 | ||
| To Ellen Horowitz [19 words] | orange yonason | Aug 16, 2005 23:20 | 24808 | ||
| To Bhuvan Chaturvedi [132 words] | orange yonason | Aug 16, 2005 22:39 | 24801 | ||
| Israel is Clearly defeated [146 words] | Ibrahim Metwalli | Aug 16, 2005 20:35 | 24795 | ||
| To Ibrahim metwally [208 words] | Emmanuel Etchells-Ayre | Sep 20, 2009 18:56 | 24795 | ||
| UN funding anti-Semitism [19 words] | Bruce | Aug 16, 2005 13:10 | 24754 | ||
| Voilence [25 words] | peter | Jan 2, 2009 08:52 | 24754 | ||
| Learn from the Indian Experience! [123 words] | Bhuvan Chaturvedi, India | Aug 16, 2005 12:35 | 24751 | ||
| Now Gaza, soon Jerusalem !!! [55 words] | Stan | Aug 16, 2005 10:23 | 24743 | ||
| Standing Up [584 words] | Ellen W. horowitz | Aug 16, 2005 07:15 | 24736 | ||
| The beginning of the end [84 words] | Arvind Madhavan | Aug 16, 2005 03:51 | 24726 | ||
| Sharon not that stupid or naive. [205 words] | Anthony Dee | Aug 16, 2005 01:07 | 24715 | ||
| History Shmistory [322 words] | yonason | Aug 15, 2005 03:47 | 24643 | ||
| the gaza withdrawal [275 words] | nick wright | Aug 15, 2005 02:11 | 24641 | ||
| History begins in 1948- Response to Henri [354 words] | Walter Manchur | Aug 14, 2005 18:17 | 24639 | ||
| AL QAEDA POSITIONED TO MOVE INTO GAZA [1175 words] | Jack Still | Aug 14, 2005 17:48 | 24637 | ||
| Sharon is the father of the Palestinian Terror Capital in Gaza [47 words] | Robert Harris | Aug 14, 2005 17:21 | 24636 | ||
| Response to Gary Frankford [350 words] | Dvora | Aug 14, 2005 14:12 | 24635 | ||
| Henri Bin Mitty [207 words] | henri | Aug 14, 2005 10:59 | 24633 | ||
| Gaza Today, Israel tomorrow [273 words] | Dvora | Aug 14, 2005 07:40 | 24630 | ||
| 1 | Response to Henri: Balfour and his bowler hat [261 words] | Walter Manchur | Aug 14, 2005 02:30 | 24628 | |
| It is time for every non-muslims to wake up [182 words] | Albert Swe | Aug 14, 2005 02:22 | 24627 | ||
| THE VIEW FROM GOLDA'S BALCONY HASN'T CHANGED [324 words] | Jack Still | Aug 13, 2005 20:39 | 24623 | ||
| Why Gaza? Why Iraq? [1662 words] | Gary Frankford | Aug 13, 2005 12:41 | 24617 | ||
| Balfour The Cynical ... [428 words] | henri | Aug 13, 2005 10:45 | 24614 | ||
| This is not the way to tackle Islamism [326 words] | Amitabh Tripathi | Aug 13, 2005 09:15 | 24613 | ||
| God is in control [109 words] | Susan Walker | Aug 13, 2005 00:56 | 24608 | ||
| Response to Henricrun [211 words] | Walter Manchur | Aug 12, 2005 23:43 | 24607 | ||
| GAZA, JERUSALEM, AND MEF [2108 words] | Anatoly Tsaliovich | Aug 12, 2005 21:06 | 24606 | ||
| 2 | JUMP START TO PHASED DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL [361 words] | Bruce Josloff | Aug 12, 2005 20:36 | 24605 | |
| I agree/Je suis d'accord [58 words] | Robert Mooney | Aug 12, 2005 10:36 | 24598 | ||
| Humanity For All [277 words] | henricrun | Aug 12, 2005 05:01 | 24594 | ||
| Israel's tired supporters... [166 words] | Aaron | Aug 12, 2005 03:05 | 24592 | ||
| To think like a terrorist [395 words] | Werner | Aug 12, 2005 00:31 | 24590 | ||
| The "Chopped Liver" Majority [292 words] | LLR | Aug 11, 2005 22:01 | 24586 | ||
| Anti-Terror Contingency [60 words] | Ephraim lior | Aug 11, 2005 20:13 | 24582 | ||
| Might this be what Sharon is looking for? [147 words] | David Aronin | Aug 11, 2005 17:50 | 24580 | ||
| Gaza withdrawal [58 words] | Mort Reichek | Aug 11, 2005 12:37 | 24576 | ||
| Whose fault is it? Whose fault will it be? [395 words] | Jeremy Slavin | Aug 11, 2005 11:04 | 24575 | ||
| Somalia redux? [135 words] | David W. Lincoln | Aug 11, 2005 10:23 | 24574 | ||
| The human and long-term social costs glossed over [224 words] | Raphael Pinto | Aug 11, 2005 09:19 | 24572 | ||
| Response to SteveGW, August 10, 2005 at 23:56 [93 words] | Wallace | Aug 11, 2005 08:12 | 24571 | ||
| Disengagement plan is beginning of Destruction of State of Israel [255 words] | Eli | Aug 11, 2005 07:27 | 24570 | ||
| The Most Dangerous Critics of Israel [156 words] | Martin E. Weinstein | Aug 11, 2005 03:42 | 24566 | ||
| Gaza Crazy [94 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Aug 11, 2005 00:11 | 24563 | ||
| TINA [108 words] | SteveGW | Aug 10, 2005 23:56 | 24562 | ||
| dont be too alarmed [259 words] | gary | Aug 10, 2005 22:46 | 24561 | ||
| A Few Comments on the Gaza Disengagement [473 words] | Solomon Weiskop | Aug 10, 2005 22:06 | 24560 | |
| Downsizing and Outsourcing [47 words] | Dan | Aug 10, 2005 21:23 | 24559 | ||
| Beware the flames of frustration in the streets of Gaza [144 words] | Melvin Hassan | Aug 10, 2005 20:53 | 24558 | ||
| psychological games [208 words] | dave | Aug 10, 2005 19:24 | 24556 | ||
| remember Bernadotte? [72 words] | Asaf Golan | Aug 10, 2005 12:49 | 24551 | ||
| Response to Armand Laferrere [289 words] | Elizabeth | Aug 10, 2005 12:46 | 24550 | ||
| Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem and then the whole of Israel [163 words] | Lars Nielsen | Aug 10, 2005 12:23 | 24549 | ||
| Is Gaza Withdrawal Strategic? [71 words] | Jeremy Kareken | Aug 10, 2005 11:57 | 24548 | ||
| Gaza, Jerusalem [45 words] | J Middagh | Aug 10, 2005 11:51 | 24547 | ||
| Jihad [221 words] | Ben | Aug 10, 2005 11:32 | 24545 | ||
| Unilateral withdrawal a mistake [213 words] | wilinsky | Aug 10, 2005 11:14 | 24543 | ||
| Removing Settlements Does not End Occupation [216 words] | Peter | Aug 10, 2005 10:46 | 24542 | ||
| Will the new borders be easier to defend? [130 words] | Joe Dokes | Aug 10, 2005 10:21 | 24541 | ||
| Change of Perspective. [301 words] | Melvin Hassan | Aug 10, 2005 10:11 | 24540 | ||
| The Lebanon precedent for Gaza [91 words] | mhw | Aug 10, 2005 09:53 | 24539 | ||
| Withdrawal from Gaza [77 words] | Kamath | Aug 10, 2005 09:53 | 24538 | ||
| Disengagement as a long term goal [344 words] | SteveGW | Aug 10, 2005 09:34 | 24537 | ||
| strategic withdrawal [123 words] | Marvin Rabinovitch | Aug 10, 2005 04:15 | 24531 | ||
| Israel v/s Islam [846 words] | Kanad | Aug 10, 2005 03:39 | 24530 | ||
| Doomed to relive it. [42 words] | Howard E. Cook | Aug 10, 2005 03:32 | 24529 | ||
| appeasement and retreat lead to utter extermination [123 words] | Gilbert Simons | Aug 10, 2005 03:16 | 24528 | ||
| I get your point, but I'm still in favor of the pull-out [286 words] | Armand Laferrere | Aug 10, 2005 02:26 | 24526 | ||
| Stop the pullout now! [115 words] | Yoven | Aug 10, 2005 01:05 | 24523 | ||
| It is darul harb vs darul isalm, not Gaza or Kashmir [91 words] | voice of india | Aug 10, 2005 00:25 | 24520 | ||
| today Gaza ... [132 words] | Steven L | Aug 9, 2005 23:03 | 24517 | ||
| Islamic Agenda 21st Century [66 words] | Eskay | Aug 9, 2005 22:10 | 24516 | ||
| Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem? [247 words] | William Klein | Aug 9, 2005 21:36 | 24515 | ||
| There´s value in the withdrawal [72 words] | Gerald S. Dankner | Aug 9, 2005 20:54 | 24513 | ||
| A voice of sanity [46 words] | Steven Fishbein | Aug 9, 2005 20:38 | 24512 | ||
 Let's not neglect the economic reasons behind withdrawal. [112 words] | Alexandru Constantinescu | Aug 9, 2005 20:06 | 24511 | ||
| TODAY GAZA TOMORROW JERUSALEM [154 words] | batya dagan | Aug 9, 2005 19:14 | 24510 | ||
| It must be stopped before its to late. [150 words] | Salim | Aug 9, 2005 19:02 | 24509 | ||
| Gaza [118 words] | Irving Wiseman | Aug 9, 2005 18:33 | 24507 | ||
| Another way of "naming" the Gaza Pullout [10 words] | Bill Toutz | Aug 9, 2005 18:26 | 24506 | ||
| Justifiable War? [133 words] | Bill Karkow | Aug 9, 2005 18:26 | 24505 | ||
| Same Elephant In Room, Same Paradigm [435 words] | JTP | Aug 9, 2005 18:16 | 24504 | ||
| Disengagement is a mistake [82 words] | Jacob | Aug 9, 2005 17:36 | 24503 | ||
| Never Appease [108 words] | Elizabeth | Aug 9, 2005 17:29 | 24502 | ||
| Negative thinking of all Israeli Leaders from Left to right [195 words] | David Goshen | Aug 9, 2005 16:55 | 24500 | ||
| NO to Palestinian Access to Gaza -West Bank Route. [133 words] | Alan | Aug 9, 2005 16:45 | 24499 | ||
| Fighting from the wrong mindset [261 words] | Steve Chambers | Aug 9, 2005 16:12 | 24498 | ||
| Develop a test [123 words] | John | Aug 9, 2005 15:51 | 24497 | ||
| How about the real reason? [43 words] | Tom from Minneapolis | Aug 9, 2005 15:40 | 24496 | ||
| the price of errors [185 words] | Shelley | Aug 9, 2005 15:26 | 24495 | ||
| Madness [7 words] | Phillip | Aug 9, 2005 15:02 | 24494 | ||
| to Emannuel [250 words] | Paul Z | Aug 9, 2005 14:21 | 24493 | ||
| Maybe eventually Palestinians will be treated to their own medicine. [52 words] | maksman | Aug 9, 2005 14:12 | 24492 | ||
| Gaza [179 words] | Donald W. Bales | Aug 9, 2005 13:56 | 24490 | ||
| Sadly correct analysis... [67 words] | J.S. | Aug 9, 2005 13:47 | 24489 | ||
| The Samson Ethic? [349 words] | Yehoshua Zeller | Aug 9, 2005 13:31 | 24487 | ||
| That's not the point... [269 words] | diane | Aug 9, 2005 13:13 | 24485 | ||
| Sadly, the Gaza Pullout is not Unique in Israeli History [168 words] | Liz Wagner | Aug 9, 2005 13:05 | 24484 | ||
| Gaza withdrawal [53 words] | Alyn Starkman | Aug 9, 2005 13:04 | 24483 | ||
| What the real goal is ... [71 words] | Gudrun Eussner | Aug 9, 2005 13:02 | 24482 | ||
| The hatred will never end... [70 words] | Dave Katz | Aug 9, 2005 12:23 | 24480 | ||
| You are 100% correct!!! [33 words] | Michael & Jacquelyn Hevajra | Aug 9, 2005 12:22 | 24479 | ||
| Mr. Pipes is right, but... [163 words] | Mark Tyler | Aug 9, 2005 12:20 | 24478 | ||
| Yep [9 words] | Melissa Seaman | Aug 9, 2005 12:14 | 24477 | ||
| I hope you are wrong. [92 words] | Tim Kaine | Aug 9, 2005 12:11 | 24476 | ||
| Who Cares? [53 words] | Thomas Dinsmore | Aug 9, 2005 11:48 | 24474 | ||
| I wish you weren't correct, but I fear you are. [45 words] | Magdalene Iglar | Aug 9, 2005 11:43 | 24473 | ||
| Oh, oh! [62 words] | yonason | Aug 9, 2005 11:42 | 24472 | ||
| Life vs Death [11 words] | Jay Martin Bennett | Aug 9, 2005 11:21 | 24471 | ||
| Democracies DO move citizens. [120 words] | David | Aug 9, 2005 11:06 | 24470 | ||
| Forcible eviction from Gush Katif [79 words] | Dr. Leo Horowitz | Aug 9, 2005 11:05 | 24469 | ||
| social-science experiment. [123 words] | Johanna Stephens | Aug 9, 2005 11:02 | 24468 | ||
| Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem [164 words] | Moses Tay | Aug 9, 2005 10:56 | 24467 | ||
| Confusing points [367 words] | Emanuel | Aug 9, 2005 10:54 | 24466 | ||
| Deluded And Deceived [171 words] | DONEVAN | Aug 9, 2005 10:45 | 24465 | ||
| Disengagement leads to war? [68 words] | Jan Vink | Aug 9, 2005 10:37 | 24464 | ||
| Gaza Retreat Article [102 words] | John Schwartz | Aug 9, 2005 10:31 | 24463 | ||
| the Hezbollah model? [104 words] | mike | Aug 9, 2005 10:20 | 24462 | ||
| Give an inch and take a mile [82 words] | Vijay Dandapani | Aug 9, 2005 10:04 | 24459 | ||
| Engagement Not Disengagement [64 words] | Daniel | Aug 9, 2005 09:37 | 24458 | ||
| Israel's Critics [226 words] | Stephen Berman | Aug 9, 2005 09:36 | 24457 |
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