By Andrew L. Jaffee

…A witness, who identified himself only as Amjad, said [Fatah] men were killed as their wives and children watched.

“They [Hamas] are executing them one by one,” said Amjad, who lives in a building that overlooks the Preventive Security complex. “They are carrying one of them on their shoulders, putting him on a sand dune, turning him around and shooting,” he said by telephone.

The killers ignored appeals from residents to spare the men’s lives, said Amjad, who declined to give his full name, fearing reprisal. …

AP, 6/14/07

So here we have it: Israel unilaterally withdraws from Gaza, answering the call of the “international community,” and what do Palestinians do with their new-found freedom? Rampant violence. Civilians murdered. Summary executions. “Mass looting.” Torching synagogues. Many criticized Ariel Sharon for his Gaza disengagement plan, but he was in fact crazy like a fox. He made sacrifices to expose Palestinian society for what it is. Israel has been out of Gaza since September 12, 2005. Who to blame?

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For years we’ve heard calls for an independent Palestinian state, even though Palestinians have yet to prove they are ready for their own state. They sure have created a lot of terrorist chaos. They’ve been kicked out of Jordan, destroyed Lebanon, were kicked out of Kuwait, and have watched their leaders steal foreign aid money. Now we see them fighting a civil war and battling the Lebanese army, yet some still continue to call for the founding of “Palestine.” On what logical basis would such a state be established? With the current blood-feud raging between the Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah, the former taking control of Gaza, the later controlling the West Bank, will we start hearing calls for two independent (terrorist) states instead of one? This turf battle had been confined to Gaza, but is spreading to the West Bank, making it more likely that these territories will become two separate de facto states. A “two-state” solution?

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By disengaging from Gaza, Israel has proven its good faith. It has given the “world community” precisely what it had been demanding for 38 years: a withdrawal from Gaza. Israel’s pullout was peaceful and governed by the rule of democratic law. Conversely, the Palestinian reaction has been an orgy of chaos.

Palestinians have much to learn about freedom, and are now squandering their new-found “liberty,” if one can call it that. Instead of working towards an independent state, Palestinians have spent the last hundred years teaching their children to hate Jews, building weapons to kill Jews, and using those weapons to kill Jews. They have not built social institutions or a vibrant economy. Note that little Israel Israel has built a true democracy and vibrant economy ($120.9 billion GDP), all while defending itself from ceaseless attacks by Fatah and Hamas. Witness now how the Palestinian culture of hatred is bearing fruit in Gaza.

What you sow, so shall you reap.

   

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Related: Israel, Palestinians, Terrorist Groups

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