Israel's Policy Is Perfectly 'Proportionate'

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Author(s) Alan Dershowitz
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date January 2, 2009
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123085925621747981.html
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Quotes-start.png "While Israel installs warning systems and builds shelters, Hamas refuses to do so, precisely because it wants to maximize the number of Palestinian civilians inadvertently killed by Israel's military actions. Hamas knows from experience that even a small number of innocent Palestinian civilians killed inadvertently will result in bitter condemnation of Israel by many in the international community." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Israel was right to attack Gaza on the topic Gaza War.