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The falsehood of proportionate response

The phrase 'disproportionate response' will again rear its ugly head with the upcoming anniversary of the Second Lebanon War and the Gaza flotilla on the horizon. Instead of trying to answer accusations of disproportion, Israel needs to ask other world leaders what they would do.

PM Netanyahu with Russian PM Vladimir Putin 311 GPO
PM Netanyahu with Russian PM Vladimir Putin 311 GPO
(photo credit: Avi Ohayon / GPO)
ByCAMERON S. BROWN
JUNE 27, 2011 15:46
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