[tpanther]

The thing that jumps out at me is the next to last statement...I thought the "Islamists" already HAD taken over Pali society!

[Publius6961]

So, is the "occupation" over?

The "palestinians" are all leaving Israel?

[kinoxi]

The muslims will never rest until the 'Jewish occupation of muslim lands' is over.

[marron]

There will never be an independent arab Gaza, and there will never be an independent arab West Bank. As an independent country, they are not viable and never will be. They have no markets, no source of employment other than welfare and terrorism, no manufacturing base, nothing at all.

The destruction of this fence points to the only solution, even if its a solution no one wants. The solution is for Israel, first, to choose the borders she is prepared to live and die by, seal them, and defend them. They have largely done this. Part two is to force the mother countries to resume kicking and screaming their responsibilities for the contiguous arab territories. Egypt and Gaza, Jordan and the arab portions of the West Bank.

Jordan and Egypt don’t want to? Of course not. These two territories are designed to be a cancer on Israel’s hide. But the answer is to reverse the game, and force the mother countries to deal with their orphaned brethren across the imaginary border. If Israel doesn’t play the game, Jordan and Egypt have no choice but to resume control, or face outlaw enclaves on their own border. Israel has been playing along all this time, trying to control the border between Gaza and Egypt, for example, when all they need to do is control the border between themselves and the arabs in general, and let the arabs deal with the arabs.

If the arabs sail a missile over the line, move the line, it doesn’t matter whether it is Hamas or Egyptian military. Israel certainly had no qualms in the past seizing land from Egypt proper, or Jordan proper, they should have no qualms about doing it again if the current border is not respected. Gaza and West Bank are only “jails” if the line separating them from the rest of araby is closed by Israel. If it is closed by Jordan and Egypt, it isn’t Israel’s affair. Israel has to stop being the heavy, and let Egypt do Egypt’s dirty work for themselves.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The best that Israel can hope for is to completely cut off Gaza from anything from Israel. Then either the Gazans go to Egypt, or Egypt comes to Gaza.

Israel can then position four or five Phalanx CIWS to shoot down any projectile thrown over the wall with airburst 20mm rounds, and begin reinforcement of the wall itself, to diminish any chance for it being easily destroyed or penetrated.

Then they should erect 100 foot observation towers on the Israeli side, giving them the ability to observed organized mass attacks on the Gaza side.

Except for the Phalanx CIWS, this is comparatively inexpensive. And by shutting off any flow of anything between Gaza and Israel, the Gazans again become solely an Egyptian problem.

[muawiyah]

It was noted earlier that a pack of cigarettes now costs less than before the wall came down. Of course the much higher pre-opening price was still lower than that in most of the United States.

[G Larry]

Ahhhh...this has the sweet scent of “chickens coming home to roost”.

I’m sure this analogy isn’t PC, but I love it’s many possible interpretations.

[Cinnamon]

but didn’t Egypt say they would not turn aways ‘refugees’?

[Dagnabitt]

What does Hamas loose on the Sinai mean for the safety of the tourist town Sharm el-Sheikh ?

[sheik yerbouty]

Israel needs to call Turbanex..