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Sir, - Your editorial of May 16 "Hamastan must go" started off well, but faltered in its closing section. The "escalating steps" you prescribe begin with "the elimination of Hamas's key leaders and continuing with... artillery fire at the sources of rocket launches, whi...

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Published inThe Jerusalem post
Main Authors Dayagi, Menachem, Rotenberg, Mattias, Newman, Aryeh, Eigner, Alice, Kasten, Sydney L, Bronstein, Shalom, Koves, Tom Avri
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jerusalem The Jerusalem Post Ltd 21.05.2008
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Summary:Sir, - Your editorial of May 16 "Hamastan must go" started off well, but faltered in its closing section. The "escalating steps" you prescribe begin with "the elimination of Hamas's key leaders and continuing with... artillery fire at the sources of rocket launches, while making every effort to minimize civilian casualties." Isn't that what we have doing for the last while? Your "ultimate" step, "if necessary," is "temporarily retaking some or even all of the Strip." Do you believe that retaking some of the Strip will cause any change of mind? This benighted reader believes that, just as in Hizbullized South Lebanon, Hamas has been busy turning Gaza into a little Stalingrad. The only way we will be able to retake any of Gaza is to go all-out. Sir, - Nachman Shai's "My brother, Beduin tracker" (May 15) described some of Israel's most unsung heroes. They don't have to join the IDF; all are volunteers. They walk before the Israeli troops and are the first to stop bullets.