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Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1116469383210
Prelude or Sideshow?
(Jerusalem Post) Arieh O'Sullivan - The sudden barrage of mortars and Kassam rockets fired by the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip is not a harbinger of things to come when the disengagement begins in August. The IDF plan of operation is based on shaping reality, not reacting to it. Anticipating that the Palestinians would likely abandon all cease-fire agreements and do their utmost for the pullout to be carried out "under fire," the IDF is planning to preempt the Palestinians. It has allocated tens of thousands of troops to reconquer large swaths of the Palestinian areas from which an attack could be launched at the evacuees. Calls for a "Defensive Shield" type operation in Gaza are premature. The massive army action in the Gaza Strip will come, but on the IDF's terms.