Letters
Letters to the Editor
It may be the most ideological presidency in recent memory, but on at least one issue, the Bush administration is pure pragmatism.
Dan Halutz, a former air force commander, replaced Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya\’alon as chief of the Israel Defense Forces\’ General Staff at a blue-ribbon ceremony Wednesday.
Israeli officials are expecting such massive resistance to the disengagement that they have developed a detailed plan of operation to carry it out.
Sharon hopes to create sufficient motivation among settlers to evacuate their homes willingly in exchange for generous compensation packages, avoiding violent confrontations like those in Yamit.
Politically — for the first time in the history of the Jewish people — the State of Israel is apparently working toward establishing foreign sovereignty over a part of our land.