We Used To Be Better Than This
Israel to mull ceding part of Ghajar JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Nov. 19, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404780593&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFullIsrael will consider letting UNIFIL control the northern part of the village
of Ghajar, a village cut in half by the Israeli-Lebanese border.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert convened a limited discussion on the request,
made by UNIFIL, and decided that Israel will discuss the idea with the UN.The IDF reportedly supports ceding part of Ghajar but the Foreign Ministry
opposes the move, Army Radio reported.The IDF wishes to avoid clashing with UNIFIL while it sees the northern part
of Ghajar as having low strategic value. Foreign Ministry officials called
on UNIFIL to "prevent Hizbullah from rearming before they make demands of
Israel."The dispute over Ghajar began immediately after Israel's withdrawal from
Lebanon in 2000. Lebanon and Hizbullah demanded that Israel withdraw from
the northern half of the village, built on Lebanese soil.The residents of Ghajar hold Israeli identity cards and oppose becoming part
of Lebanon, preferring to remain under Israeli rule. They see themselves as
Syrian citizens and hope the village will become part of Syria in a future
agreement between Jerusalem and Damascus.
So Israel has so many friends in the world that we can afford to throw people who want to be part of Israel to the dogs.
Just a new chapter in the shameful actions of Israel toward friends, I will never forget the night we slunk away from Southern Lebanon like thieves in the night leaving many of the South Lebanon Army to the mercy of our enemies.
We used to be better than this.
