Jewish settlements from Gaza and parts of the West Bank told WorldNetDaily he thinks the disengagement plan is "wrong," and he will refuse orders if his unit is called to participate in the withdrawal.

Police commander Uri Bar Lev

Rafi Bar Lev, son of police commander Uri Bar Lev, said, "I think [the withdrawal] is wrong and I will say to my commander that I want to do something else, to give food to the soldiers, something like that." When asked if he would refuse orders to serve should his Israel Defense Forces unit be assigned to participate this summer in the removal of Jewish settlers, Bar Lev responded "yes." Critics of the Gaza evacuation argue the areas given to Palestinian control may be used to stage attacks against Israel, and warn that Palestinian groups will view the retreat as a victory for terror. A confidential Hamas memo written by Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar, Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, and obtained last summer by WorldNetDaily, stated the terror group views Sharon's unilateral withdrawal as a capitulation to terror and is planning to continue its "armed struggle" against the Jewish state until "all territories" are in Palestinian hands. "The withdrawal, if it is implemented, is an important achievement by the Palestinian people, its intifada and armed struggle, its determination and great sacrifice, and confirms the willingness, correctness and usefulness of employing an armed struggle and its ability to attain political objectives," writes al-Zohar.

"We will emphasize our people's right to resist the occupation [outside the Gaza Strip] so long as the occupation of the land and the aggression continue, with the understanding that withdrawal from Gaza is not the end of the story and occupation is still present in the rest of the lands and that not all rights and holy sites have been returned yet," the memo stated.