I’m watching the entire Gaza pullout with much interest. It seems as if Israeli Arabs were shot on a bus today by a Jewish extremist, who was promptly lynched. PM Sharon has called for calm, but it doesn’t look as if the Jews remaining in Gaza are going to leave quietly.
On the flip side of the coin, the Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating the withdrawal, while the IDF is promising payback in militants interfere.
I seriously doubt the IDF will leave Gaza without conducting some sort of final sweep – blaming either extremist Jews or extremist Palestinians as the reason why. Still, this is an important and necessary first step towards peace. Let’s all hope that Sharon and Abbas have the will to see it through to the end.