(New York Sun) Fiamma Nirenstein - In Gush Katif I found consolation in the unique strength of the democracy in Israel. It was difficult to avoid thinking about the never ending suffering of the Jews all along the centuries when the soldiers had to drag from their synagogues many crying old men wrapped in their prayer shawls while they kept reading their prayer books. But consolation came to me in the amazingly sweet, understanding, and yet firm, professional, and morally clear attitude of the Israeli soldiers and policemen, who created a sincere, warm but uncompromising relationship with the very people they were removing. This will be forever an example for all the armies of the world.
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