Dichter: W. Bank will turn into Gaza after pullout [Raanana-Kfar Sava the
next Sderot]
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 4, 2005
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1104808686430&p=1078027574097

The security situation in the West Bank is not likely to change after the
anticipated election for Palestinian Authority chairmanship scheduled for
January 9, Shin Bet head Avi Dichter told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee on Tuesday.

Dichter told committee members that if the IDF were to withdraw from the
West Bank, terror groups would develop an infrastructure as wide and
effective as in the Gaza Strip.

The Shin Bet head also said that there are at least five anti-aircraft
rockets in Gaza. Dichter noted that the IDF's presence along the
Philadelphia Route is crucial to preventing terror organizations from
smuggling more sophisticated weapons from Egypt's Sinai.

Dichter told the committee that an IDF redeployment in Rafah will turn
southern Israel into south Lebanon, Army Radio reported.