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Israeli Public in No Mood for Compromise
[Independent-UK] Kim Sengupta - The overwhelming view among Israelis in Jerusalem Friday was that their government was right to attack Gaza and the offensive should go on for as long as it takes. A common reaction of Israelis is that outsiders simply don't understand what they have been going through. Domestic opposition has been much more muted than in some past wars, and even in those areas deemed to be Jerusalem's most liberal, the mood was generally uncompromising. "I feel terribly sorry for the poor people of Gaza, but this had to happen," said Alona Keren, 34. "Going in on the ground is necessary because that would be the only way to make sure that Hamas cannot continue firing rockets." "I have friends in the army and some of them may not come back from such an operation. But I am afraid that is the price we must prepare ourselves to pay."