re: #601 tsionguy

And another thing. You did say “There was nothing anti-Semitic about the withdrawal from Gaza…”
This is your opinion, so own up to it.
In my opinion, forcing 9,000 Jews to leave their homes is anti-semitic any way you slice it. It doesn’t matter who’s policy it was. The action is judged on its own merits. History has already shown that it was a terrible mistake.

Had the Jews of Gaza been left there to fend for themselves when Israel withdrew, they would have been slaughtered. Having made the decision to withdraw from Gaza, Israel really had no choice but to remove the settlers.
As for the decision to withdraw, it was a democratic decision taken by Ariel Sharon the hawk, based on a (mistaken) belief that the move would enhance the chances for peace. Hardly ant-semitic, though.