The debate about Israel’s plan to pull out of most settlements in the West Bank is bound to be much more fierce in light of the apparent failure of the Gaza withdrawal and the Lebanese war. There are points to be made on each side, but short of a complete withdrawal from the West Bank including Jerusalem, which almost no one on the Israeli side is willing to do, it seems that the plan cannot succeed in the current climate. A new governmental report (and remember, this is the government’s plan, not the opposition’s) is out and some of the problems in such a withdrawal is stated succinctly in this Arutz-7 article. If you’ve been hopeful about Israel’s future, stop it.