Destroy it all--Turn the homes of Gaza settlers over to the Palestinians? Never!

Jerusalem Post ^ | 5-6-05 | URI DAN

[Evolution]

If the government is compensating the settlers then the government owns the houses and facilities, and can do with it as they wish. If the settlers want to burn the houses then fore go the compensation and flame away.

The Settlers dont have a choice they are being forced to leave , so therefore they should be allowed to destroy their homes!

[anotherview]

Finance Minister Netanyahu, as is often the case, gets this right. The Palestinians want an end to occupation. Fine, since we're giving them just that we should do a proper job of it. Give them precisely what they say they want and remove all sign of the Israeli presence: the homes, the crops in the fields, the greenhouses, everything.... Not a thing should be left standing. See, no more occupation! It was barren desert before we came and we'll give barren desert back, precisely as you have demanded.

Perhaps the Palestinians will learn to be careful of what they demand next time. Nah! Won't happen.

Oh, and yes, Peres is terminally naive and I sometimes wonder if he is suffering from a touch of senility. He's 82 now and is entitled to a very nice, long, peaceful retirement from Israeli politics. We'll all be better off when that happens.

[SJackson]

Give them precisely what they say they want and remove all sign of the Israeli presence: the homes, the crops in the fields, the greenhouses, everything.... Not a thing should be left standing.

I'd tend to agree. You'll see images of the destruction internationally, but Israel isn't going to get any good publicity out of the withdrawl anyway.

It seems to me that the fact that the PA want not only homes destroyed, but commercial facilities as well, and industrial parks shut down, argues definitively against their ability to manage a viable "state".