WAKE UP AND SMELL THE HUMMAS

Chorus of Hypocrites - Amnon Dankner
We withdrew from the Gaza Strip, down to the last centimeter, in a painful, wrenching step; we shattered communities and families and we are entitled to demand complete quiet from the Palestinian side in Gaza. We are also entitled to respond with force when the lives of Israeli residents are put at risk and to try to remove the harrowing nightmare that is hanging over our heads day and night.

Once, my lot was with those who thought that if we would only be nicer, show more goodwill, be more humane, and offer more concessions - everything would be just fine. But the lesson that we learned, and which cost us so much blood, is that this approach which thinks that if we just give peace a chance, it will crown us with garlands; if only we do not respond with force and do not stand up for our lives, a warm sun of marvelous tranquility will shine upon us - is so stupid in the perspective of what we have gone through, that the brain bubbles with astonishment at hearing such things. The writer is the editor of Ma'ariv. (Ma'ariv/IMRA)