Israel repeatedly says, it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools and mosques
If they didn't... this war would have been over in no time and “Hamas terrorists, out”
A perilous path — Israel’s expansionism is a danger to others—and itself
It risks turning hubris into disaster
It is Hard to believe today but 18 months ago Israel was in grave peril still is.... 1. Surrounded by enemies always 2. bickering with its main ally in Washington 3. and reeling after Hamas’s attack caused the most murderous day, in the country’s history
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Israel of the old when Israeli leaders would never have let,
their kibbutzim be overrun by
terrorists
terroriststaking Israeli hostages
soldiers carted off to captivity
Those were the generations that won the 1967 war in six days against a coalition of Arab states primarily Egypt, Syria and Jordan
Operation Thunderbolt — 04 July 1976 Israeli forces conducted one of the most audacious, daring and successful military operations in the nation's history, to rescue Jewish civilian hostages held by terrorists, at the Entebbe Airport, in Uganda
The Jewish state seemed vulnerable always and confused Now, by contrast, Israel is rampant
It is still fighting — 1. occasionally in Lebanon and Syria 2. more permanently against Palestinian militants in the West Bank 3. and once more, on an even larger scale, in Gaza
Gaza where an American-sponsored ceasefire has broken down But this time Israel is fighting on its own terms and with full American backing We might think that makes Israel safe again No one thinksthat
Yet its renewed military supremacy comes with a danger of over-extension and bitter strife at home As its government charges ahead, it risks turning hubris into disaster “Out! out! out! Netanyahu get out!”
