Ever since the October 7th massacre, we’ve heard nonstop about the IDF’s intelligence failures—how they ignored warning signs, how they were unprepared, how Hamas caught them off guard. And yes, those failures are real, and they must be addressed. But what we almost never hear about is the person who led us to this moment, the man who made all of this possible: Ariel Sharon.
It was Sharon, not the current government, who handed Gaza to Hamas on a silver platter. It was Sharon who ignored the Mossad, the Shin Bet, the IDF, and every security expert who warned him that a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza would turn it into a terror state. And it was Sharon who dismissed those warnings with a wave of his hand, convinced he knew better.
And now? The bodies of the Bibas family have come home in coffins—Sharon’s legacy made flesh.
The predictions made in 2005 about Gaza weren’t vague guesses—they were accurate, chilling warnings that played out to the letter:
- Mossad and Aman warned that a unilateral withdrawal would empower Hamas. They were right. Two years later, Hamas violently seized power in Gaza, throwing Fatah officials off rooftops and turning the Strip into a terrorist fortress.
- The Shin Bet warned that without the IDF in Gaza, Hamas would smuggle in weapons and build a massive terror network. They were right. The tunnels, the rockets, the weapons arsenals—they all flourished the moment the IDF left.
- The IDF warned that withdrawing from Gaza would not lead to peace, but rather to a surge in terror attacks. They were right. Since 2005, Israel has endured thousands of rocket attacks, multiple wars, and endless terror operations—all originating from the very territory Sharon handed over.
The only people who didn’t see this coming were the so-called “visionaries” who believed that making deals with bloodthirsty terrorists would lead to peace.
As I watch the Bibas family’s remains return from Gaza in coffins, I feel nothing but utter rage—rage at Sharon, rage at every politician who has ever believed in “land for peace”, and rage at every moron in Israel who still insists on repeating the same suicidal mistakes.
How many times does Hamas need to prove itself before we finally believe them? How many rockets, how many kidnappings, how many slaughtered families before we stop pretending that there is a deal to be made with those who dream of annihilating us?
Sharon should have known better. He wasn’t naïve—he was a hardened military leader who had seen Arab terror up close. But in his arrogance, he believed he could control the uncontrollable. That he could defy reality. That he could rip Jews from their homes, hand land to our enemies, and somehow, it would all work out in Israel’s favor.
It didn’t. And it never will.
Of course, we must recognize that this is what Hashem decreed. Everything that happens is part of His plan, even when we do not understand it. But that does not absolve us of responsibility. Just as we do not blindly step into danger and expect a miracle, we do not hand over land to genocidal terrorists and expect peace.
Sharon made a catastrophic mistake, and we are still paying for it. The blood of October 7th is on Hamas’ hands—but the opportunity for Hamas to slaughter our people was given to them by Ariel Sharon.
Signed,
P.N.
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11 Responses
Everyone keeps saying the word we as if it’s really the people of Israel’s faults that we keep getting destroyed and butchered and learning the hard way with everything. Everyone knows it’s the Lefty government and the crime against humanity Supreme Court that does everything they can to serve the Arabs and those who murder us. If you’re angry you should revolt against them because they are the Hamas that lives with us. We will never get anywhere defense wise until they are gone. Every military decision and every government decision and every display of weakness comes from their dictating. That’s what the hold judicial reforms were about and it was what Netanyahu was trying to do but the left has already sealed its control. We are all victims of their abuse and it’s time to turn the anger on them
I heard from one of my Rebbeim once that there are 4 holy cities related to each other in Tanach and the Gemora – Yerushalayim, Chevron, Yericho and Azza (Gaza)
We need to control all 4 for some reason for Moshiach’s era. But they were all given away by the secular Zionists, not out of carelessness or stupidity but rather to avoid the 3rd Beis HaMikdosh, which we should see speedily
Not one wrong word.
Sad but true.
This take is absolutely correct.
The disengagement was a blatant violation of the laws of pikuach nefesh.
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 328) rules that (even on Shabbos) we must go to war against goyim who attempt to seize even an inch of Jewish land—even if they come only for hay and straw—because once our enemies gain a foothold on our border, the entire land becomes vulnerable, endangering all its Jewish inhabitants.
This applies to any Jewish city, whether in Eretz Yisroel or chutz la’aretz, even in times of golus.
The disregard for Torah, the abandonment of basic common sense, and the misplaced mercy on the cruel enabled these horrific attacks. Hashem yerachem.
Distortion and disinformation!!
May 14 1948 is THE day this bloodshed was brought upon us by all signatories of the independence declaration, I. M. Levin included!
Remember, the day Jews/Zionists signed off on,
“רק בדם תהי’ לנו הארץ”
Israelis have unearned arrogance. They think they can give away strategic positions because they are so strong and smart. They are neither.
True
Baltimoremaven is correct the real underlyingissue here is a battle to prevent the building of the 3rd Beis Hamikdash. The entire world is boiling now over whether or not the first Rashi in Chumash is true or not! Everyone knows the terrorists in Gaza are the last remaining (non Jewish) obstacle to the rebuilding of the 3rd Beis Hamikdash on Har Habayis. This is the true reason the Gazans are holding on so tight instead of migrating to so many other better options. Unfortunately the Israeli Supreme Court and Neturei Karta are on the side of Hamas and the woke leftists of the world.
Why did Oct 7 happen.
It was the yom kippur before Oct 7 simchas Torah shabbos.
The israeli court ordered that no mechitzas Allowed on Yom Kippur. And lefties went around twenty minyans tearing down the mechitzas. Then Oct 7 and the court again ruled that hakofas can not be held with mechitzas. It must be mixed dancing. The arabs broke down the mechitza wall in Gaza and crashed the Oct 7 festival on shabbos.
But -but – but – the “Gadol Hador” said we’d be better off if the Arabs were in control – so how can this letter, complaining about giving Arabs control, be right? It really is the fault of those evil Zionist, with their schemes to come up with excuses to draft heilige Yeahivaleit and Kolel Yungeleit – they pulled out of Gaza knowing that it would cause a major war 18 years later, which would then give them a pretext to insist that the holy Bachurim leave the coffee room – err, Beis Medrash – to join the army and defend Klal Yisrael. Right?
an Israeli Yid
Faceit
And even the 1929 Chevron massacre was because of May 14 1948. Right?
על שם העתיד.