Observation: Realistically Thinking About Post Shalit Deal

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 16 October 2011

If there are terror attacks after the Shalit deal is completed those who
pushed for the deal won’t have remorse. They will either say that terror is
inevitable regardless of the deal or that the only way to end terror is to
give the Arabs what they want (or both). Some might even criticize the
security services for failing to thwart the attacks. And if the attack
takes place beyond the Green Line then the victims will be to blame for
being there in the first place.

And If there are kidnappings then unless the parents of the hostages scream
for the heads of the terrorists rather than for PM Netanyahu to release
another thousand, there is every reason in the world to expect, once again,
a full press by the media for Israel to once again open the prison gates.

Is it possible to actually change any of this?

Are we locked into a perpetual spiral of concessions?

How can Israel respond differently to a post-Shalit terror attack that will
give the nation the feeling that we are not in some terrible free fall?

How can the next kidnapping be handled so that we are not demoralized?

Blood and revenge.

Yes. It sounds primitive.

But it is the lingua franca of the neighborhood.

And, In truth. Not just the neighborhood.

Blood isn’t shelling empty buildings in an ever growing target bank.

Then again, blood can very much be the mysterious disappearance and or death
of terrorist commanders and leaders.
A lot of blood.

After all, literally within walking distance there are hundreds – if not
thousands – of legitimate candidates.

Blood certainly doesn’t necessarily require an official press release from
the IDF Spokesperson’s Office.

As for kidnapping, we should be prepared to actively seek out the
whereabouts of the victim by bringing in the terrorist leadership associated
with the kidnappers. Of course, if these leaders resist while being taken
into custody their deaths will be on their own heads.

As for “revenge”, there is today one clear and indisputable form a “revenge”:
Jewish settlement construction.

Blood and revenge.

Certainly preferable to surrender.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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