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Moshe Feiglin is head of the Jewish Leadership faction in the Likud and can be reached via the web site.
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By Moshe Feiglin
August 3, 2006
Three weeks have now passed since the beginning of the war with no name. Two weeks fighting a war that we deny. "Refugee camps" and "tent cities" are springing up in the "safe" parts of Israel, housing the residents of the north who were forced to flee their homes. All available spots are immediately taken, and yet there are not enough accommodations for the steady stream of refugees from the north. But State Attorney Mazuz explains that this is not a war.
Businesses in the north are caving in. But never fear -- the government has a "solution for every settler." According to the media, we are winning and it is really the Hizballah who have become refugees. It reminds me a bit of Cairo Radio at the start of the Six Day War reporting that the Egyptian soldiers are already celebrating on the beaches of Tel Aviv.
It is possible -- and vital -- to win this war. But in the meantime, without a clear strategic goal -- in other words, a vision -- confusion reigns. The most that we can expect under the current circumstances is a cease fire, or, in other words, an honorable defeat. Olmert's spin doctors are surely already working on the new marketing formula that will transform his defeat into a momentous achievement.
Then the real war will start. Against the settlers, of course. Although it may seem surrealistic, Olmert is still determined to carry out his Convergence plan which would eliminate the Jewish presence in most of our biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria by "disengaging" another approximately 100,000 Jews from their homes. Need some convincing?
- "Olmert has another, unspoken, consideration in this war. He wants to set a precedent for convergence on the West Bank." (Ha'aretz July 14th, '06)
- "The Prime Minister must convince the public that he has a security answer for the post-withdrawal dangers. His leadership skills are now being tested." (Ha'aretz July 14th '06)
- "This must be the strategic goal of the fighting -- restoring the Convergence Plan." (Reserve General Uzi Dayan, former head of Israel's National Security Council)
And just today, Ehud Olmert himself stated that an Israeli victory over the Hizballah in Lebanon would give impetus to his Convergence plan and therefore to the creation of a Palestinian Arab state inside Israel.
G-d works in mysterious ways. At this point, the safest place for an Israeli to be is in the formerly most dangerous areas of Judea and Samaria. Nasrallah's promised "surprises" are not necessarily limited only to the wide range of his missiles. He may surprise us in other ways, as well. Our advice to the local councils is to start to prepare the infrastructure for huge refugee camps in Judea and Samaria (Yesha).
Why be taken by surprise? It's time to prepare food, water, sewage pipes and all the basics that the refugees from Israel's cities will need. The Jewish settlements in the mountains of Judea and Samaria might well be the elixir of life for millions of Israelis.
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