20 years ago, the State of Israel defeated terrorism.
It did happen very late and bleeding, but she did.
The State of Israel of Pesach 2002, bruised and battered, launched Operation Defensive Shield to eradicate terrorism.
To understand the magnitude of achievement, one needs to understand the atmosphere and context.
The context is, of course, the Oslo Accords, signed in 1993.
Rabin, Peres and Beilin led the State of Israel on a peace adventure that soon turned out to be an irresponsible and bloody tragedy.
They waved the pessimistic and cautious predictions with contempt, and for years preached to us that "peace is made with enemies."
In the years 1996-1993, 256 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorism, compared to 97 who were murdered in the four years before them.
The years of peace have bled more than the years of the Intifada.
When we dared to challenge the idyll of peace, they preached that "terrorism does not win by force."
The second intifada broke out in October 2000 and was institutionalized and organized, directly from Arafat's bureau.
It is difficult to describe in words the years of this intifada.
A young man will not understand, and it may well be so.
The manifestations of civilian heroism were enormous, and to this day it is not clear how the Israeli public spirit was not broken.
The public scraped the best of his sons and daughters from the sides of the cafes and buses, and until March 2002, we did not do a single thing in the war on terror: we did not enter Area A. With the exception of a few special unit arrivals, the State of Israel did not violate the Oslo Accords. Exploding.
She expressed her faith time and time again in the same sacred security coordination, even when it came to abandoning a soldier in the tomb of Yosef, Madhat Yosef. , The soldier bled to death.
For years we nurtured a monster in Area A. We left the city centers and refugee camps out of bounds.
We surrendered voluntarily, we abandoned the citizens of Israel by choice.
We have chosen to prefer the Oslo Accords to the security of the residents of Israel.
Military and political experts have estimated that if we enter refugee camps and city centers, thousands of soldiers will be killed.
Sow fear and terror among the strong Israeli public, who cried and did not lose hope forever.
Until the attack on the Park Hotel in Netanya.
So Israel decided to launch a terrorist clean-up operation and put its best forces into the city centers and refugee camps, went from house to house, wall to wall, and cleaned up the terrorist laboratories, the terrorist funds, the terrorist leaders.
The price was tragic, but far from the black estimates of the executives.
That is how they brought peace.
The State of Israel tried to make peace through dialogue and negotiations and international summits, it gave up territory, evacuated bases, helped establish the Palestinian Authority, established Palestinian police and even allowed them to be given guns.
It built economic agreements, trusted and conducted joint security patrols, granted international legitimacy and promises to a new Middle East.
All of these brought us blood, sweat and tears.
We brought true peace that spring of 2002, the Feast of Liberty.
So we broke the concept and the hollow slogans.
Who will give and not forget this lesson, written in a great deal of blood.
Were we wrong?
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