Israel’s Vice Premier Haim Ramon says the Truce with Hamas is a ‘triumph for radical Islam’
“I am against a truce, because it is another triumph for radical Islam. It won in Lebanon and now it is about to win in Gaza. So what is the point of being moderate? Why would Hamas be interested in a resolution?” said Ramon at a Haifa University conference.
Ramon, together with Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz and Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann, abstained from a cabinet vote last Wednesday to refrain from embarking on a large-scale military operation in Gaza and instead to give more time to Egyptian-mediated truce efforts, although none of the ministers voted against the decision.
Ramon said that the Gaza truce deal must be brought to for a referendum. “The government must reach the framework of an agreement and then bring to a vote,” he said. “Any significant agreement with the Palestinians requires a referendum.”
National Religious Party MK Zevulun Orlev called the agreement “a balloon that will burst” and added that “A ceasefire agreement without Gilad Schalit is a moral crime that conveys the message of abandoning the kidnapped soldier to his fate.”
MK Arye Eldad of the National Union/National Religious Party said that “Because of a corrupt prime minister and an insecure defense minister Israel is capitulating to Hamas and accepting upon itself a cease-fire that will allow Hamas to hit Ashdod and Kiryat Gat later on. The residents of Israel will take note today of who is to blame when the entire center of the country turns into a war zone because of Olmert and Barak.”
Pray that the nay-sayers are wrong… but they probably aren’t.
