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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

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.

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 01:35 PM

    dick dworkin

    true but the Israelis will have 50 years longer to design some sort of system which will allow them to live i.e have control even with an Arab majority

    That doesn't sound err... democratic.

    In fact it sounds rather like Apartheid, an ethnic majority being ruled by an ethnic minority.

    I was under the impression that Israel being a democracy was one of the major selling points.

    I grew up under our own Apartheid system here in the US, it was horrendous, and I'm fish-belly white.

    Apparently in your mind the only Israelis are the Jewish ones, Arabs don't count even if they are Israeli citizens.

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