By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents: ANALYSIS / Gaza gains have softened Israel stance on Shalit deal
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Title:Oh Susanna, what an optimist! # 5
Name:Clickfool
City: SussexState: England
"The war changed the most extremist Hamas leadership by killing them"

And the casual, uncaring slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza hasn`t made the mildest of people even more violently hostile to Israel?
What a cockeyed optimist you are, Susanna.
For every Hamas leader killed, Israel has radicalised a hundred more.