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While You're At It, Raze the Settlements

This is somewhat gratifying for anyone concerned with the deterrence hit that Israel will take for disengagement:

The IDF is likely to reoccupy large swaths of Palestinian cities in the Gaza Strip prior to evacuating the settlements to prevent a withdrawal under fire, National Security Adviser Giora Eiland said Monday. Large forces are expected to fan out into the cities and keep them under curfew.

Obviously, withdrawing under literal fire would be a disaster. But Israel needs to do more to counter the perception that it's "withdrawing under fire" in general - that is, the more Israel can show that its withdrawing on its own terms, the less Palestinians will believe that disengagement is a victory for terrorism.

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