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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/25/AR2006072501387.html
Wide Support in Israel for Campaign in Lebanon
[Washington Post] John Ward Anderson - Yossi Beilin, one of Israel's most prominent peace activists, says, "People like myself led the movement to withdraw from Lebanon in 2000, and when we were asked what would happen if they continued to use violence against us and shoot at us from Lebanon, we said that when we leave Lebanon according to a UN agreement, then we will have a free hand to use against those who act against us....It is clear-cut that there was no Israeli provocation." Two weeks into the war, Israelis have shown extraordinary unanimity in backing the military campaign to inflict a punishing and perhaps lethal blow to Hizballah, despite a rain of rockets into northern Israel. The current campaign "is an old-fashioned war where we are right, and we were attacked for no reason whatsoever. This is probably the most justified war in our history," said Ari Shavit, a columnist for Ha'aretz.