Herzog: The 2005 disengagement from Gaza was a mistake

(Israel Hayom via JNS) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog believes the 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip was a strategic error, he told Israel Hayom in an interview, an excerpt from which was published on April 28.

“It is clear to me now that the disengagement was a mistake. Not the desire to separate from two million Palestinians — that was logical — but the act itself, which, due to the Palestinian Authority’s weakness, led to a Hamas takeover in Gaza,” said the president.

Ahead of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, Herzog finds himself caught in the middle.

“I’ve been called ‘the Kaplanist...