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Israeli Public Sees Gaza Operation as a "War of No Choice"
(CNN) Mick Krever - International condemnation of Israel's conduct in its offensive against Hamas in Gaza seems to have totally backfired in Israel, New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jodi Rudoren told CNN. The Israeli public is overwhelmingly supportive of the operation in Gaza - 95% according to a recent poll by the Israel Democracy Institute. "It's just reinforced this notion that nobody outside of Israel really understands what they're going through, that they're surrounded by enemies, and that they have no choice but to defend themselves." There is serious palpable fear here, particularly from the threat of the tunnels that go into Israel from Gaza, through which there have been several attempted attacks during this war. And also of course from the ongoing rocket fire, which they have been dealing with for thirteen years now, and has become much, much more intense and also much, much more widespread within Israel." Israelis see the operation as "the war of no choice."