Rockets fly from evacuated territory as PM Olmert calls for West Bank withdrawal
It's really great how evacuating all that territory helped Israeli security...NOT!! Sometimes I wonder if Olmert is really a pali terrorist in disguise.
JERUSALEM – Israel must stop the missiles fired regularly from the Gaza Strip aimed at nearby Jewish communities “at any cost,” including possibly reoccupying parts of Gaza, Israel’s Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said at a cabinet meeting yesterday.
The statements come days after a series of missiles landed hundreds of feet from the home near Gaza of Israel’s defense minister and follow an Israeli Defense Forces anti-rocket operation last week conducted deep inside the Gaza Strip – reportedly the first such operation since Israel evacuated the territory nine months ago. Defense officials said more ground operations in Gaza will likely follow.
Critics of Israel’s Gaza withdrawal had warned the retreat would prompt an onslaught of terrorism requiring the IDF to re-enter the territory. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is currently planning a second, larger withdrawal from most of Judea and Samaria, mountainous terrain within rocket firing range of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the country’s international airport.
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