"A great disaster has suddenly come upon Israel: The cease-fire has gone into effect. Cease-fire, cease-Qassams, cease-assassiations, at least for now. This good, hopeful news was received in Israel dourly, gloomily, even with hostility. As usual, politicians, the military brass and pundits went hand in hand to market the cease-fire as a negative, threatening and disastrous development"
In George Orwell`s "1984", the totalitarian state of Oceania is perpetually at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. The enemy changes periodically, but the war is permanent; its true purpose is to control dissent and sustain dictatorship by nurturing popular fear and hatred. |
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