Bad Statement, Worse Timing

Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, has declared that the war in Lebanon is creating momentum for further withdrawals from Judea and Samaria. If Olmert should have learned one thing, it's that giving land for peace only results in giving land while leaving terrorists with the impression that violence doesn't result in defeat but in gaining land. Omert's statement would be terrible at any time but is particularly unfortunate in its timing. The one message that he should be sending now, while his country is fighting Islamofacsists on two fronts, is that Israel will not give an inch to terrorism.