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Will Gaza Reconstruction Funds Be Used to Support Palestinian Terrorism?
(Ynet News) Rami Simani and Dr. Adam Reuter - The rehabilitation of Gaza is an enormous prize for terrorism and runs completely counter to the Israeli interest. The chances that the real rehabilitation of Gaza will actually take shape are slim. There is no logic in investing astronomical sums, in the range of $50-70 billion, in order to reestablish an entity whose only desire and purpose is harassing Israel and attempting to destroy it. Previous rehabilitation funding never prevented terrorist organizations from wanting to rearm and fight Israel again. The rehabilitation of Gaza is also a prize for terrorism. A murderer who took part in the massacre and whose home was destroyed will receive a new home - not at his own expense but with international funding. Past experience shows that rehabilitation funds are essentially "protection money" to keep the population quiet, most of which will be used for the renewed military strengthening of the terrorist organizations. For a large portion of Gaza's population, the center of life is the war against Israel. They chose Hamas, whose founding manifesto is the destruction of Israel. As long as that ideological infrastructure exists, no reeducation toward values of peace will succeed there. In our assessment, most Gazans would be happy to leave this hellish wasteland and relocate. It is even morally right to help them do so. If the Egyptians refuse to open the crossings to Egypt for passage to other countries, Israel must allow any Gazan who wishes to do so to leave voluntarily by air or sea.