Yep, That Counts
Tensions about the disengagement are understandable - it's potentially the most contentious issue Israel has ever faced. Even on the blogosphere, opposition oscillates between reasoned debate and pure vitriol. But there should be - and in most places is - an understanding that incitement should be avoided and that tempers cannot substitute for reasoned debate (Many of you have noticed that I sometimes cross-post on IsraPundit despite it being one of the most stridently anti-disengagement sites - and I'm quite clear about being an open supporter of leaving Gaza).
So I think it behooves everybody not to compare the disengagement to Hitler's march on Russia:
"Tens of thousands will come to Homesh and Sa-Nur in northern Samaria," MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) told the crowd. "They won't care about any law. No fence will stop them. Nor the security cordons of the police and army," he said...
"It will not be Masada, heaven forbid. It will be the Stalingrad of Samaria. Sa-Nur will not be removed from here. Tens of thousands will tell Sharon's evil regime: 'That's it.' We have the power to stop him and we will indeed do so," he said.
And I may not know much about how democratic societies are supposed to work, but in general don't we try to avoid celebrating it when people refuse to "care about any law"? So on a scale of 1 to helpful, I'd give MK Eldad maybe a 2 for his political dialogue yesterday.
So I think it behooves everybody not to compare the disengagement to Hitler's march on Russia:
"Tens of thousands will come to Homesh and Sa-Nur in northern Samaria," MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) told the crowd. "They won't care about any law. No fence will stop them. Nor the security cordons of the police and army," he said...
"It will not be Masada, heaven forbid. It will be the Stalingrad of Samaria. Sa-Nur will not be removed from here. Tens of thousands will tell Sharon's evil regime: 'That's it.' We have the power to stop him and we will indeed do so," he said.
And I may not know much about how democratic societies are supposed to work, but in general don't we try to avoid celebrating it when people refuse to "care about any law"? So on a scale of 1 to helpful, I'd give MK Eldad maybe a 2 for his political dialogue yesterday.
