Give the bullies a chance to repent

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For that reason, the disengagement should take place before the Ninth of Av, since there are no sins that Israel society has grown more used to than the sins of the occupation and repression that are committed on a daily, indeed hourly, basis toward the people of the Palestinian nation. The IDF and the settlers continue to dispossess them from their lands, jail them behind ghetto walls and harm their most basic civil rights. All the talk about "a return to the peace process" is hollow and empty. Since the disengagement plan was made public in December 2003, nothing has changed in the lives of the Palestinians. Day in and day out, the occupation only deepens its grip. More.

One reason why Israel´s government has moved the evacuation of Gaza settlements to mid-August could be that the western countries have basically given Israel a free hand in the West Bank as a reward for the Gaza plan. After the settlers have left Gaza things will most likely change, so Israel will try to grab up as much land and put up as many new houses for settlers in the West Bank as it can prior to the "disengament" from Gaza. If so, the time for the "disengagement" will likely be moved again to a later date.