Look at it this way: while the Palis launch their attacks from the "occupied" territories, what can Israel do? They are the "bully" beating up on the people they are "oppressing." But when Palis are sneaking over the wall, you can shoot them just like you do any invader. What is the protest going to be, how dare you shoot a foriegner sneaking into your county to bomb you? Sure, the French and Germans are going to say that, anyway, anti-Semites that they are. But the U.S. is in a much better position to turn a blind eye to it. It's very sad that Israel must formulate domestic policy to help give the U.S. cover, but that's the way I read this move. Stronger borders and a defined target... two big positives in the war on terror (and the Palis are part of the war on terror)...
I pray you're right. Some days I actually believe it. And other days I wake up so angry at Sharon, Rice, and Booosh I could spit.
Some days I feel like I'm living through 1935-38. The period we never paid much attention to when studying history because the part when all the guns started firing was so much more interesting.