Lieberman Tours Gaza Belt, Bemoans 2005 'Historic Mistake'

Arutz Sheva ^ | 12/1/12 | Gil Ronen

[Eleutheria5]

Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman toured the Gaza Belt Thursday along with ministers and Knesset Members from Yisrael Beitenu. They visited Ein HaBsor, Shlomit, Avshalom, and Naveh, where families evicted from Gush Katif reside.

They also visited Kissufim Base and received a security briefing.

"When one sees the community of Naveh, which was built in two years on barren sands, one is heartened," Lieberman said. "This community is a proper Zionist response to the historic mistake made in the Disengagement when the government of Israel tore down 21 flourishing communities with no agreement, in return for nothing at first – and later, in return for missile attacks and terror."

Lieberman said that the communities proved that the spirit of Zionism was still alive.

The Chairman of the Settlement Department in the Zionist Federation, Danny Krichman, said that the Eshkol communities could take in thousands of families, and provide a proper solution for the housing crisis....

[Eleutheria5]

Avigdor is absolutely right. And inasmuch as the present government has done the exact opposition, especially last night (here's the video: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/229352#.Tw9uhKUjHrQ), that begs the question. Why is Avigdor Lieberman still the Foreign Minister, and why is Yisrael Betenu still in coaltion with Bibi's Likud and Ehud's...whatever the hell his affiliation is this week. It's time to walk the walk, Avigdor. These are not partners for you.

[dervish]

I don’t agree.

Lieberman has a voice here.

[Eleutheria5]

Sure. So why isn’t he Prime Minister or Defense Minister? His voice, as part of this government, is not being heeded. He’s stated with that voice an ideology that is at odds with the practices of the government. If he and other like-minded people leave, there will be elections and a new government, one that won’t include Bibi or Ehud, and which will not destroy people’s homes, or at least will destroy everyone’s homes equally when required, whether Jew, Arab, Druze, Samaritan or Christian, instead of only Jews’, and will at least do so openly and honestly, instead of invading like a thief in the night and treating their victims like so many animals.