A.B. Yehoshua : An open letter to Gideon Levy
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Title:#6 Address your question to Yehoshua, Ina
Name:Johnboy
City: SydneyState: Australia
I: "In a hypothetical scenario " ... "would Australian government announce its recognition of "full and independent government of New Zealand?"

Address that to Yehoshua, because he is the person making a song and a dance about the Gaza Strip being a "piece of land on which they are to maintain a full and independent government".

Not me.

I`m the one pointing out that AT NO TIME has the Israeli govt recognized the existence of any "full and independent government" anywhere or at any time.

But I will point out that your analogy is false, because your history starts only in 2006.

What was stopping Israel from recognizing the PA as a "full and independent government" after disengagement, Ina?

After all, Hamas weren`t in power when Sharon "disengaged" - Fatah and Abbas were.