More on the Gaza “hostile territory” designation

The Jerusalem Post says the designation of Gaza as a hostile entity is a prelude towards dumping responsibility for Gaza back to Egypt—who, I’m sure, doesn’t want the responsibility. I wonder how that’s going to go over.

A day after the cabinet defined the Gaza Strip as “hostile territory,” The Jerusalem Post learned Thursday that the IDF is working on a proposal that calls for a “complete disengagement” from the Gaza Strip – involving the closure of all border crossings with Israel and the transfer of all responsibility over the Palestinian territory to Egypt.

[…] While Israel removed its military positions and settlements from the Gaza Strip in 2005, it has maintained a certain level of responsibility for the Palestinian population there, including coordinating the Gaza-based activities of humanitarian organizations such as UNRWA, the World Bank and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

According to the proposal, which officials stressed was in its early stages, Israel would completely disconnect from Gaza by closing off the Erez, Karni, Sufa and Kerem Shalom crossings and instead directing humanitarian organizations to work with Egypt.

“The idea is to finalize what was started with the 2005 ‘disengagement,'” explained a senior defense official. “No matter how much we try and what we do, the humanitarian organizations consistently blame us for the humanitarian situation in Gaza. This way they will no longer have a case against us, since we won’t be involved.”

[…] The parallel being suggested is southern Lebanon, which is home to Hizbullah guerrillas and their weapons but, following Israel’s withdrawal from its security zone there to the international border in 2000, is plainly no longer under Israel’s responsibility.

Could they have picked a worse example? Granted, Lebanon is no longer Israel’s responsibility, but gee, look at all the rockets in southern Lebanon aimed at Israel.

I think that it’s a good idea to completely disengage from Gaza in one respect—in that the world would no longer be able to blame Israel for the events within Gaza. Except for the fact that they will always blame Israel. The world will never let Israel take anything but the blame for the plight of the Palestinians. The world will never place the blame on the Palestinians, being stuck forever on the “oppressed” and “oppressor” roles. The world will never stop using this as a club to beat Israel.

And I’m sure the world will rise up as one and try to prevent Israel from shedding any responsibility for the Gaza Strip. They’re already freaking out at the prospect of Israel shutting off the fuel and power. Funny how you don’t see anyone considering ways to help Gaza create its own fuel and power sources. But then, you heard nothing about the destruction of the Gaza greenhouses after the disengagement, either. It doesn’t fit the narrative of helpless Pals vs. oppressing Israelis.