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Israel’s Rafah operation is tragically necessary

7 May 2024

7:38 PM

7 May 2024

7:38 PM

There is, as Ecclesiastes reminded us, a time for war and a time for peace. In its 76-year history, Israel has rarely selected the time for war, almost always reinforcing its position and responding in self-defence to Arab attacks. The invasion of Rafah will be another such tragic chapter in the tragic history of the Jewish state.

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