(Christian Science Monitor) Joshua Mitnick - Despite absorbing a week of rocket attacks and a Jerusalem bombing, Israeli officials find the idea of a broad offensive in Gaza unappealing at a time when the region is awash in protests. Zalman Shoval, a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., said: "Although the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has nothing to do with the unrest that goes all the way from Morocco to Afghanistan, it would not be an advisable step for Israel to give in to the provocations of factors like the Islamic Jihad, which would very much want to put Israel in the center."
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