Operation ' Go Nuts' Is a Success so Far -- But for How Long?
Spectator, The; London › September 02, 2009
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This is a Hanukah miracle.' (Israelis will not have missed the significance of calling the operation 'Cast Lead'. This refers not only to a bullet, but to the popular Hanukah children's song, about a joyful holiday spent playing with a spinning top made of cast lead. ) So is Operation 'Go Nuts' a success? We must remember that these are early days. In the initial stages, Lebanon too looked like a success before Israel withdrew, battered and humiliated.
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Operation ' Go Nuts' Is a Success so Far -- But for How Long?
Jerusalem
A couple of months ago in Gaza, I found myself sitting across a table from a young Palestinian woman who had volunteered to become a suicide bomber. Umm Anas was 18 years old and wearing a niqab which revealed only her large brown eyes. She was full of implacable hatred for Israel and impatient for the ceasefire to end. 'This is a gift from God, ' she said, talking about the opportunity to kill herself and as many Israelis as possible. 'We were created to become martyrs.' She went on: 'If we just throw stones at the Jews they get scared. Imagine what happens when ...See the full content of this document
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