Ha'aretz Moves The Goalposts For The Arabs
The Arabs don't have to bother moving the goalposts on Israel - we do it just fine all on our own:
Even after a full military and civilian withdrawal from Gaza, the Palestinians will have excuses for war, but Israel's duty is to narrow as much as possible those reasons. Leaving the IDF in Gaza would be a job half done - the settlements would disappear, but the occupation would remain.
Notice the implicit assumption here – that there can ever be anything that justifies the terrorist onslaught against Israeli civilians that the Palestinians call a "war." That assumption, to the extent that it is allowed to guide reaction to Palestinian atrocities, is probably even more dangerous than the disgusting, explicit advocacy of the editorial – that it is Israel's duty to keep playing the impossible game of appeasement. Think about that for a minute - the Ha'aretz staff is so far gone that even while they explicitly acknowledge that it is impossible to meet Palestinian demands, they still consider it Israel's duty to weaken itself trying.
Even after a full military and civilian withdrawal from Gaza, the Palestinians will have excuses for war, but Israel's duty is to narrow as much as possible those reasons. Leaving the IDF in Gaza would be a job half done - the settlements would disappear, but the occupation would remain.
Notice the implicit assumption here – that there can ever be anything that justifies the terrorist onslaught against Israeli civilians that the Palestinians call a "war." That assumption, to the extent that it is allowed to guide reaction to Palestinian atrocities, is probably even more dangerous than the disgusting, explicit advocacy of the editorial – that it is Israel's duty to keep playing the impossible game of appeasement. Think about that for a minute - the Ha'aretz staff is so far gone that even while they explicitly acknowledge that it is impossible to meet Palestinian demands, they still consider it Israel's duty to weaken itself trying.
