By Jerusalem Newswire Editorial Staff
Aug 18, 2005
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a meeting of his government's ?disengagement committee? Thursday that he expects the Palestinian Arab mobs to loot anything left behind by the Jews in Gaza.
?The moment we leave the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians will break in and the looting will begin,? said Sharon.
Regarding his ?peace? partners in the Palestinian Authority, the prime minister said:
?I don't trust the Palestinian security forces to stop the looting.?
Security officials expected the evacuation of all Jewish civilians from Gaza to be completed by Tuesday of next week.
Many Jewish residents left behind houses filled with their belonging as they were dragged away in acts of passive resistance.