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July 14, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-izmood13jul13,1,5666287.story

Opening of Second Front Leaves Israelis Both Fearful and Defiant

[Los Angeles Times] Ken Ellingwood and Tami Zer - The kidnapping of three Israeli soldiers inside Israel near Gaza and Lebanon represents for many Israelis a test of their nation's resolve in the face of a threat by Islamist militants. "These are the first three cases where Israelis are kidnapped inside Israel and taken to outside Israel. This is a new step. This is why Israel can't tolerate it," said Mordechai Kedar, a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Uri Dromi, of the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem, said few Israelis favor a return to Lebanon, but there probably would be wide public support for tough military reprisals, including airstrikes against Lebanon. "It's like a bad neighborhood. You're in a bad neighborhood, but you're not moving."

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