montelatici, et al,
And therein rests the backbone of the problem.
Israelis never withdrew from anywhere. Gaza is under the complete control and occupation of Israel.
(COMMENT)
In 2005, there was no Naval Blockade. Border crossings were still operational and comparatively open, given that Palestinians were still running attacks. The Airspace was under Israeli control simply because it was beyond the capability of the Palestinians given the dynamics of a 21st Century Air Traffic Control Zone and Air Defense Zone requires.
In a rough, truncated thumbnail view, this is how the externals saw the Palestinians as we approached the 21st Century:
The Palestinians were developing a network of terrorist organizations. The oldest of the groups is the PLO, stared in 1964. The PLO set the primer for violence in the movements to follow. Immediately after the Six Day War in 1967, the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was founded; and the 1968 splinter group known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). In 1969, the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PDFLP) was founded when it split from the PFLP. In 1979, Islamic fundamentals form a the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; and in 1988 the Islamic Resistance Movement emerged. In the year 2000, the PLO formed a series of Fatah related terrorist cells operating against Israeli military and civilian
settlers in the
West Bank,
Gaza Strip, and
Jerusalem; known as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades; in the same year the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) emerged and became active in the
Gaza Strip.
The most significant of the groups where, of course, the PLO and the PFLP.
The PLO set the general content that the long-term organization needed.
- Fatah: The political face as a Palestinian political party on matters of national liberation.
- Tanzim: A specialized Militia for Fatah; to offset the Palestinian Islamism.
- Force 17: Was a failed attempt to establish an Intelligence Service for Fatah.
- Abu Nidal: A strong-armed terrorist set of cells that splintered off of Fatah.
The PFLP was/is a bit more cerebral. It was violence with an agenda.
It promoted a "People's War." (From 1968 to 1984, under the leadership of George Habash, it was the most violent and active of the Palestinian terrorist groups.)
- The purpose of the war was to FORCE a "Peaceful Solution."
- The "Revolutionary Theory" --- Palestinian National Movement; destroying Israel outright. (No two-state solution.)
- The Revolution should include the reformation of Jordan. (The PFLP has a Jordanian Branch.)
All this goes to establish a pattern of criminal behavior, that the Hostile Arab Palestinian rejects as terrorism because they promote themselves as "freedom Fights." The general HoAP rejects the notion that: "Nothing can justify terrorism — ever. No grievance, no goal, no cause can excuse terrorist acts. The HoAP see there cause as an exception. They have openly rejected the concept that: All disputes, including their dispute, should be addressed by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered.
THUS, this establishes the reasoning for the continuation of the HoAP containment (not occupation) in the territories. Let loose, the International Community would be libel for the death and destruction that the HoAP would visit upon the region; endangering the peace and security.
Most Respectfully,
R