Olmert and Livni Cave: No Schalit and No Control Over Border Crossings
Written by: Aaron Katsman | February 1, 2009
So much for the concept of negotiating from strength. Ynet is reporting that the terror group Hamas has agreed to an Egyptian brokered 1 year lull in missile attacks against Israel. It seems pretty obvious tat just like the last case fire of 4-5 months ago, this year will be used for the Hamas to re-arm, and start attacking innocent Israeli’s.
The article says: “The Palestinian sources said Hamas has agreed to have Palestinian Authority forces manage the crossing, as long as the Hamas government would be able to send inspectors there and the two sides would cooperate and coordinate their activities. According to the report, Israel has agreed not to intervene in the Rafah crossing’s operation. Hamas was expected to demand that the opening of the crossing would not be linked to the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. This issue is expected to be included in the understandings, but not as part of the official agreement.”
This deal is an embarrassment to outgoing Israeli PM Olmert as well as to current FM and PM wannabe Tzipi Livni. What happened to their claims that any border openings would be contingent on a Schalit release? Second, why on earth would Israel turn over security of the border crossings to the Palestinian Authority?
Once again this government buckled under pressure and did more to harm its’ citizens than to help them.
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