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Recommended Readings: January 2009 Archives

Ha'aretz: "How to beat Hamas" by Akiva Eldar

This is the time to prove to the Palestinian voters that the way of getting Israel out of the territories is not through exchanging fire, which harms civilians, but through exchanges between leaders.
Price, D-N.C., chairs the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC), which works with governments in emerging democracies to strengthen representative institutions for stability and governance.

Ha'aretz: "Left afield" by Akiva Eldar

Israel's experience in Lebanon should have taught it the futility of the concept of "burning a message into the consciousness" of the civilian population through collective punishments intended to incite them to rebel against forces hostile to Israel.
`Beware of logical conclusions that don't make sense.' The question you need to ask is how to put an end to the miserable reality...

Ha'aretz Editorial: "Time for diplomacy"

This is the time to move from war to diplomacy. After a week of aerial activity, we cannot let a ground operation deepen, prolong and complicate the chances for a quick end to the operation.
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