'Supporters of disengagement in Israel and around the world feel cheated. After the determined and sensitive withdrawal from the Gush Katif settlements, the government of Israel is avoiding the necessary follow-up steps, and is imposing a choking air, sea and land blockade against the Gaza Strip's residents.
This complaint has been voiced not only by the Palestinians, but also by James Wolfensohn, the Quartet's envoy for disengagement, in a letter last week to the Quartet's foreign ministers and the United Nations secretary-general.
Wolfensohn warned that the government of Israel was preventing the economic recovery of Gaza's population by referring the most urgent matters to committees that work unreasonably slowly. Whether this is being done maliciously, because of turf wars, or whether it is merely ordinary foot-dragging, the result is the same. The agreements involving the opening of the Gaza Strip crossings to people and goods, which are the cornerstone of Gaza's economy, have been delayed for too long. The proposal by the World Bank to implement a temporary system of convoys to ferry merchandise has not been implemented, and even discussion of it has been repeatedly put off. Israel has not responded to a proposal by the European Union to temporarily monitor the Rafah crossing; the Erez roadblock is almost hermetically sealed; the passage of goods through Karni is especially slow; and there are only two or three buses between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank once every few days. This situation has nothing to do with security, the meticulous protection of which is obvious.
Wolfensohn's letter took a dramatic tone, intended to wake the decision-makers from their apathy, warning that "if we miss this opportunity for change, we will regret it for the next decade."
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