Israeli action in Gaza becomes a matter of when, not if
DAVID FURST/AFP/Getty Images This past weekend, 40 Qassam rockets fell on southern Israel. An eight-year old boy’s leg was amputated as a result, and there has been a marked increase in fightin’ words from Israel. Residents from the southern town of Sderot even staged mock rocket-attack drills on the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv ...
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This past weekend, 40 Qassam rockets fell on southern Israel. An eight-year old boy's leg was amputated as a result, and there has been a marked increase in fightin' words from Israel. Residents from the southern town of Sderot even staged mock rocket-attack drills on the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to demonstrate what it's like to live under the constant threat of attack. Israelis are boiling over despite four retaliatory air attacks in Gaza Saturday night.
Sderot's mayor stepped up the pressure on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to act, saying,
This past weekend, 40 Qassam rockets fell on
Sderot’s mayor stepped up the pressure on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to act, saying,
“It’s got to be a direct war — killing Mr. Haniya, killing his deputy, killing all his staff, his house, his government house.”
(That would be the first time a Seven Questions interview subject was assassinated.) But Olmert, who seems to have become more level-headed since his widely criticized attempt to neutralize Hezbollah in
Defense Minister Ehud Barak chimed in with an Israeli version of the Powell Doctrine: the need for clear goals, “a [political] exit plan,” and international support prior to military action.
The shadow of Winograd is apparent, yet it sounds like expanded action is likely against
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