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02:18 PM, February 7th 2007 
Disabled Prime Minister Ariel Sharon initiated a plan for Israel to separate from the Palestinians and it was called disengagement. Sharon was known as a mover and shaker leader that was effective under pressure; however his developmental capabilities in long range planning were his weakness. Sharon was a powerful leader that commanded respect with an ability to back track from his weaknesses. Sharon shook up Israeli politics when he acquiesced to the Bush Administration insistence to establish a Palestinian State. When it became clear that the Palestinians under the Palestinian Authority were attempting to call the shots as to how a Palestinian State would be established. Sharon developed his “disengagement” plan to unilaterally establish Israeli borders. The problem with “disengagement” is that the plan called for the termination of long time Jewish settlements in both Gaza and the West Bank. Only Sharon’s remarkable political leadership skills successfully began the initial stages of “disengagement.”
Sharon’s multiple strokes incapacitated him, therefore enter Ehud Olmert. Olmert eventually became the official Prime Minister when it became obvious Sharon might never recover.
Olmert exchanged Sharon’s euphemism of “disengagement” to “convergence.” This is a different name with the same plan of unilateral defining Israeli borders to leave the Palestinians on their own to figure out their internal problems.
Enter Palestinian and Hezbollah kidnappings of Israeli soldiers.
The editors of ZionNet have compiled an essay entitled “The Empire Strikes Back.” ZionNet implies that Olmert used the excuse that of kidnapped soldiers to give credence to his “convergence” plan.
The theory goes like this: If Olmert wups up on Hezbollah grandly maintaining Israel’s legendary image of being undefeatable, then Olmert would reap huge public opinion favorability to continue to institute the “convergence” plan.
Olmert of course had a good plan; the problem though was horrible execution. Hezbollah had years to develop a cagy plan to confront Israel’s military. By no means did the Israeli Defense Forces lose in Lebanon. On the other hand the IDF did not execute a humiliating victory over Hezbollah as in previous victories over Mohammedan armies and terrorist commandos. In fact the IDF win was so pyrrhic that Hezbollah, Syria and Iran LOUDLY proclaimed at the end of the cease fire that was a Hezbollah victory.
The result is a huge dent into Israeli invincibility. Olmert’s dream of a huge political advantage to complete “convergence” has become a political albatross around his neck. Instead of shoring up support, public opinion is calling for his resignation.
If Olmert and his Kadima Party are cast out of Israeli power, what will become of “disengagement/convergence?”
Certainly a new Prime Minister would have a mandate to end “disengagement/convergence.” If a new Prime Minister ended unilateral withdrawal, what would be America’s position? Israel may be at a point of no return with “disengagement/convergence.” If that is the Israeli political sense, will Israel expand their unilateral borders in the West Bank (and/or take some land in Gaza)?
None of it is pretty picture. The United Nations has failed to keep Hezbollah from re-arming. If Israel makes political unilateral decisions that Mohammedan Arabs will largely frown on, will Hezbollah join a Palestinian explosion of violence by engaging Israel once again?
Questions. Questions. Questions. Only time will show the portrait of a Middle Eastern future.
The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem reports that Olmert is still dedicated to what he is now calling "realignment." Sharon used "Disengagement" to signify a unilateral policy of withdrawing from the West Bank and Gaza and to cut the cords of Israeli financial support to a people who hate the existence of Israel.
Olmert inherited the Prime Minister position and began calling Sharon's "Disengagement" a "Convergence" plan. I am still not entirely certain the image that was to portray. Possibly the thought of Jews converging on a homeland to the exclusion hateful Palestinians.
Now I read that Olmert is committed to "Realignment." Again I am left to guessing the meaning. I am convinced "Realignment" means Sharon's dream of unilaterally withdrawing connective support toward the PA. The Palestinian lives in a realm of hate, so why support and prop a sovereign nation of Jew haters.
The problem I have with all this is the relinquishing of land to provide a land for the sovereignty of Jew haters - Palestinian-Arab Mohammedans. It makes more sense to me to expel these Arabs into neighboring Arab lands and force those Jew hating nations to deal with the plight they created in the first place.
Guy Benyovits offers a Ynetnews.com opinion:
The disengagement, my friends, was a glorious tactical success – and a glowing strategic failure. This, by the way, is exactly what generations of Israeli prime ministers thought about Ariel Sharon – great at tactical planning, terrible at long-range strategy.
Olmert is incapable of thinking beyond the strategy set down by his former mentor. Disengagement-Convergence-Realignment is a good tactical plan for Israeli security. Israel needs a strong leader to rework the strategy that does not give up land and yet still disengages from a people that are consumed by hate. Olmert is not that man.
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Olmert Stands by 'Realignment'
Denies prisoner swap for Shalit
ICEJ News
10 Jul 2006
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert informed the foreign press Monday that despite recent events he had not given up his vision of withdrawing civilians and IDF troops from Judea and Samaria. "Violence is a threat to any peace process," Olmert said, in his first public comment on 'realignment' since the eruption of the Gilad Shalit kidnapping crisis two weeks ago. "I haven't changed my basic commitment to the realignment plan," the prime minister said, adding that he was "absolutely determined to ultimately separate from the Palestinians."
"If terrorist organizations force a violence confrontation, I am afraid both Israelis and Palestinians will bear the consequences," Olmert said. "But they can't stop the inevitable historic process. It is the only solution, the only way that Palestinians can realize their dream of a Palestinian state."
The prime minister went on to reiterate that Israel would not release any Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit and ruled out any negotiations with the Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Meshal.
Olmert went on to question the EU's criticism of Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip, saying the EU should focus instead on Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel. "When was the last time that the European Union condemned this shooting and suggested effective measures to stop it?" the PM asked.
Introverts anonymous
Mr. Olmert now calls it not hitnatkut, “disengagement”, but hitkansut, or going-into-oneself, often rendered as “convergence”. A better word, if it existed in English, would be “introvergence”. It is a fitting description. Israel plans to tuck itself in behind the barrier it began building four years ago in the West Bank, withdraw from the land on the other side, pull the settlers living there back over, and hunker down.
As well it might. The plan, though still vague, involves keeping three large settlement blocks that jut out into the West Bank, hindering Palestinian movement. The current gap between Maale Adumim, the largest settlement, and Jerusalem will be filled in with houses, slicing the Palestinian area into two. Almost all of Jerusalem, which is a core Palestinian as well as Israeli city, will be inaccessible to Palestinians. Israel will keep control of the border with Jordan and possibly also the sparsely populated Jordan Valley, as a security buffer. Otniel Shneller, a Kadima candidate who used to head the Yesha Council, the association of settlement mayors, says Israel could also keep its settlements in and near Hebron, arranging shared access to the tombs that are sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
A Palestinian state under such constraints would not prosper. So long as Israel controls its borders, it would not even count as sovereign. It would be much like Gaza since the disengagement. Citing intelligence reports of planned terrorist attacks, Israel has kept Gaza's main border-crossing for goods closed more often than open since the start of the year, causing serious food shortages and leaving Gazan fruit and vegetable exports worth millions of dollars to rot. Such friction between security and economics would keep the West Bank poor and angry, encouraging attacks across the border.
But if the polls are to be believed, Israelis see no other choice. Kadima will get ... (Economist.com)
The Israeli's have a perception of a rock and a hard place and many view this is the best option of a lot of bad options. Will Convergence/Introvergence save the day? Many sense that it will increase the violence. Many take the stand the violence is inevitable and Convergence will better contain the violence.
Palestinian Arabs will view it as interference in the future sovereignty of their undeserved national state. Thus the future clash will be inevitable.
Evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews view the Convergence plan as a relinquishing of God's Promised Land to Unbelievers. Christians and Jews agree on this but for different reasons. Christians put their beliefs in the prophetic return of Jesus Christ. To be honest I am not sure of the Orthodox Jewish view, I am just certain it does not relate to Christ. I am a Christian and have not investigated the Jewish reason. If I was to speculate the Jewish position probably centers on a Davidic Messiah and the Promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Maybe someone can help me on the Orthodox Jewish reasons for not giving up their land to Mohammedans.
The ultimate result will be conflict as long as Mohammedans insist on the destruction of Israel. I pray that American continues to back Israel's existence. I place no hope in the conscience of anti-Semitic Europeans. The EU is very supportive of the PA and thus Hamas and also ergo to Islamofascist terrorism. The EU is cutting its own throat in that misguided support.
So, let us wait for the convergence of conflict and violence.
So there are riots and arsons and deaths because of the very cartoons I posted in my last entry. Now the following cartoons are some that have run (or are soon to be run) in the Arab and other Muslim/Muhammadan media. Honestly, tell me if they are on any high ground against the Danes.
And now these are some even newer ones... I think shiny or tootboy mentioned the Hitler and Anne Frank one before...
The Danish Bloggers are also having a hay-day with all this hooplah against them... They've turned mocking Muhammad (PBOH) into a sport! A lot of it is pretty vulgar... but I liked this one a lot...
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