http://www.sefer-torah.com/blog/2006/03/17/connecting-the-dots-on-the-jericho-action/ The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://www.sefer-torah.com/blog/2006/03/17/connecting-the-dots-on-the-jericho-action/#comment-945 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:20:43 +0000 http://www.sefer-torah.com/blog/2006/03/17/connecting-the-dots-on-the-jericho-action/#comment-945 In order to get Israel to backi off from Mukata, the UK and the US promised Israel that they would monitor the prison to ensure the prisoners stayed there. Their duty was to Israel. They had no right to leave other then by coordinating with Israel. Whether the PA was in breach had nothing to do with their obligation to Israel. Thus, the only way they could extricate themselves was to turn the prison over to Israel. This was not a favour to Israel. This was an obligation. In order to get Israel to backi off from Mukata, the UK and the US promised Israel that they would monitor the prison to ensure the prisoners stayed there. Their duty was to Israel. They had no right to leave other then by coordinating with Israel. Whether the PA was in breach had nothing to do with their obligation to Israel. Thus, the only way they could extricate themselves was to turn the prison over to Israel. This was not a favour to Israel. This was an obligation.

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