Mere Rhetoric Has Lots of Good Ideas
The Ha'aretz editorial staff wants Sharon to coordinate the disengagement on the same day that Akiva Eldar makes fun of Israelis for thinking Abbas is weak (two things about the whole Abbas not being weak thing: (1) yes he is and (2) make sure you check out Lynn B's to read it is to mock it coverage of the Eldar story). But back to the Ha'aretz editorial, which closes (with a heavy-handed, overly dramatic flair) on their best argument:
Those who fear pictures of Hamas members flying their flags over the houses of settlers as a sign of victory should themselves produce a ceremony as it should be held, for all the world to see, in which an Israel Defense Forces officer takes down the Israeli flag, and a Palestinian officer raises the flag of his own nation.
I have a different way to prevent Hamas members flying their flags over the houses of settlers. Raze the settlements on the way out. They can raise their flags over rubble - that'll be more symbolic of the future Palestinian state anyway.
Those who fear pictures of Hamas members flying their flags over the houses of settlers as a sign of victory should themselves produce a ceremony as it should be held, for all the world to see, in which an Israel Defense Forces officer takes down the Israeli flag, and a Palestinian officer raises the flag of his own nation.
I have a different way to prevent Hamas members flying their flags over the houses of settlers. Raze the settlements on the way out. They can raise their flags over rubble - that'll be more symbolic of the future Palestinian state anyway.
