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Why Israelis support the Gaza offensive

Israel's post-traumatic war is not just about stopping Hamas rockets, but about repairing reputations -- and erasing the stain of failure.
By Aluf Benn

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 06:34 PM

    I sincerely wish it didn't have to be that way but this outcome has been more or less inevitable ever since 1948.

    Well the Arabs could try peace, but if it happens as you say then Israeli jews will do whatever they have to do to survive, which they cannot do as a minority in an arab state, and if that process results in their failure to survive they will take down whoever is the agent of that destruction with their nukes as they go. It would be smart for the arabs to deal.

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