"An officer who took part in the evacuation of the settlements from the Gaza Strip a year ago recalled, at that time, the evacuation of Yamit, in northern Sinai, which within weeks led to the Lebanon War, and wondered when the IDF, which was then pulling out of Gush Katif, would return to Lebanon. His evaluation was sound, but he did not imagine that the "northern confine" of Gaza - the area of the Israeli settlements - would reappear so quickly across the border fence in the far north. [ Looks to me like the Israelis have misplaced their copies of Brown's "Bodyguard of Lies". -ed. ] "