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The Qatar Strike Signals a New Era for Israel
(Telegraph-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir said in the 1960s: "If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image." That sentiment is even more relevant today. With the attack on Hamas in Qatar, Israel's message is: If we are to be hated, at least let us live. If we cannot be loved, then we must be feared. If you are bent on killing Jews, nowhere is safe. This military operation shows that Israel is now fully invested in deterrence, whatever the West may think.