printIsraeli Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. Yet they sanction an operation other lefties around the world call barbaric. Let me hazard a guess: For westerners sitting comfortably and safely in their abodes, it’s hard to imagine what living under a barrage of “harmless” rockets is like. Perhaps we too would want the state to step in and perform its one legitimate function: stop rockets from landing on our heads.
On the other hand, I could be wrong and Jews simply seek to colonize Gaza, and then conquer the world.
Reports the Jerusalem Post:
“The Israeli military operation against Hamas in Gaza enjoys the overwhelming support of Israeli Jews despite the loss of civilian life in the Hamas-run territory, a survey released Wednesday showed.
A whopping 94% of the public support or strongly support the operation while 92% think it benefits Israel’s security, according to the Tel Aviv University survey.
The poll found that 92% of Israeli Jews justify the air force’s attacks in Gaza despite the suffering of the civilian population in the Strip and the damage they cause to infrastructure.”
I suspect that the realization is sinking in generally among the Israelis that the halcyon days of American and European support are over and that — if they wish to live to see another decade — they need to act decisively. Reading posts on Israeli sites [please supply a sample.–IM], it appears that the only thing holding back the Israeli armed forces is the weak-kneed leadership at the top (Read: Olmert, Livni, and Barak). Why the political leadership in the West obdurately closes its eyes to both Hamas’s and the PA’s stated goal of eliminating the “Zionist entity” from the face of the earth is troubling, to say the least.
Ms. Mercer: For starters, please read the COMMENTS by (the Israeli) readers on this piece: Cabinet Okays Unilateral Truce; Hamas Continues Rocket Fire
One more e.g. — a recent post from an Israeli blog: If Hamas survives, Israel has lost