[AFP/Yahoo] Michaela Cancela-Kieffer - Tal Levi and Mark Schon, both 27, are reservists in an Israeli artillery unit that is bombarding southern Lebanon. They have no doubt whatsoever that what they are doing is justified. "What would you do if Italy was bombarding Paris and it said it couldn't do anything, that the attacks were by a group it can't control?" asked Levi. "We don't have any choice. No other country would tolerate this accumulation of forces on its border," he said. Both are from Haifa, the port city that has been a main target of the rockets Hizballah has been raining down on northern Israel. They are here to "protect their families." Their views are typical not just of Israeli troops but of the entire nation. A recent opinion poll showed that Israelis are almost unanimous in their belief that the Jewish state's massive offensive against Hizballah is justified.
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