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|quote="Of course, Israel has every right to defend itself. It is difficult to imagine what it must be like to live with the constant threat of rocket attacks from a movement which espouses terrorist violence and denies Israel's right to exist. But Israel's approach is self-defeating: the overwhelming use of force, the unacceptable loss of civilian lives, is radicalising moderate opinion among Palestinians and throughout the Arab world."
|quote="Of course, Israel has every right to defend itself. It is difficult to imagine what it must be like to live with the constant threat of rocket attacks from a movement which espouses terrorist violence and denies Israel's right to exist. But Israel's approach is self-defeating: the overwhelming use of force, the unacceptable loss of civilian lives, is radicalising moderate opinion among Palestinians and throughout the Arab world."
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{{Opinion|2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict|Israel was right to attack Gaza|against}}
{{Opinion|Gaza War|Israel was right to attack Gaza|against}}

Latest revision as of 17:50, July 14, 2009

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Author(s) Nick Clegg
Source The Guardian
Date January 7, 2009
URL http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/07/nick-clegg-israel-gaza-war
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Quotes-start.png "Of course, Israel has every right to defend itself. It is difficult to imagine what it must be like to live with the constant threat of rocket attacks from a movement which espouses terrorist violence and denies Israel's right to exist. But Israel's approach is self-defeating: the overwhelming use of force, the unacceptable loss of civilian lives, is radicalising moderate opinion among Palestinians and throughout the Arab world." Quotes-end.png


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