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restraint is strength

Netanyahu does not prescribe to Ariel Sharon’s rule “restraint is strength” nor to Yitzhak Rabin’s maxim “Crying does not make for leadership”. In recent days, in Netanyahu’s Israel, hysteria is strength, wailing is leadership and shouting gevalt is the new Zionist ideal. Decades of support that Kerry has shown Israel in the Senate and the State Department account for nothing compared to the concern for each and every Jewish settlement. Eight years of steadfast Obama support for Israel’s security are thrown aside when the administration dares to challenge Netanyahu’s staple “we’ve done nothing wrong it’s all the Palestinians” excuse. Ingratitude, Jewish sages teach us, is the absolute worst of traits. “Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house,” as Proverbs puts it. read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.761917?utm_content=%24sections%2F1.761917&utm_medium=email&utm_source=smartfocus&utm_campaign=%24segmentId&utm_term=20161228-...