Aluf Benn : Barak's restraint in Gaza is a huge elections gamble
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Title:Restraint - or refusal to demonstrate failure?
Name:Manny Goldstein
City: LondonState: UK
Israeli military prestige was damaged by the Lebanon War of 2006. Barak will know better than most that if he uses the military option against Gaza BUT fails to prevent rockets being fired, Israel will find itself in a difficult position.

The Winograd report was scathing about not planning all aspects of military actions, and Barak knows the damage a failed IDF assault could do.