Why Biden’s Gaza Gambit Is Likely to Fail

The bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas happened only two short years after Israel withdrew, bringing every Israeli’s biggest nightmare to life and handing a perfect “We told you so” to the right-wing Israeli hawks.

But in 2005, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the hawkish right-wing general, decided that Israel should get out of Gaza, and he pulled out unilaterally. The plan was supported by about 60 percent of the Israeli population at the time, me among them. In the Gaza disengagement, Israeli soldiers dismantled settlers’ homes and uprooted their livelihoods i

The best proof of Ross’s point is that Arafat did not even offer a counterproposal to Israel’s offer. He simply rejected it and ordered preparation for renewed terrorism.