Yitzhak Laor, an Israeli novelist writes a cutting article about the militarism of the so-called Israeli “left”. When people say the “left” disappeared after the intifada began, they are talking about an illusion. The number of Israelis who truly believe in a just peace and reconciliation with the Palestinians are a tiny minority. The rest sound just like A.B. Yehosua as quoted in this passage:
“Because after we remove the settlements and after we stop being an occupation army, all the rules of war will be different. We will exercise our full force. We will not have to run around looking for this terrorist or that instigator–we will make use of force against an entire population. We will use total force. Because from the minute we withdraw I don’t want to know their names. I don’t want any personal relations with them.”