KISSUFIM CROSSING, Israel -
Israel lowered a road barrier sealing the
Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians at midnight Sunday — signaling the start of a historic withdrawal that will end its 38-year occupation, redraw borders and reshape prospects for Mideast peace.
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But several hundred settlers vowed to stay in their homes and ignore orders to leave Gaza within 48 hours. They were reinforced by up to 5,000 hard-line activists from outside Gaza who planned to block forceful evictions.

Israel withdraws
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Maybe not.

No, quite the opposite. This'll create a whole new batch of terrorists. Giving terrorists what they want encourages them to commit more acts of terror.

Quoted: No, quite the opposite. This'll create a whole new batch of terrorists. Giving terrorists what they want encourages them to commit more acts of terror.

+1

Quoted: Quoted: No, quite the opposite. This'll create a whole new batch of terrorists. Giving terrorists what they want encourages them to commit more acts of terror. +1

Also, Bush is giving billions of our tax money to the F***ing Palistinians!

This may actually increase the security of the Jewish State.  By retracting all the far-flung bastions, the IDF will not be stretched as thin.  Several outposts and check points will be eliminated.  

But then again, the terrorists never hardly did bombings in the settlements anyway because they knew everyone there was a gun-toting wildman with long curly sideburns and beards.  Most suicide attacks were deep in Israel.

But no-we will still send them free weapons.

Quoted: This is a good move.  Any responsibility israel had for the savages in the gaza strip is now firmly on the shoulders of the PLO.  And any offensive action they can just lob some 155 and call it an act of war.

I wish they'd just duke it out already.

I'm so sick of this crap.