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Livni: Israel will no longer show restraint when attacked
By Haaretz Service

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The foreign minister, who returned from Paris on Monday following talks with French officials, added that Israel has no choice but to retaliate when attacked.

Meanwhile, Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg stressed the European Union's stance that a cease-fire must be reached immediately between Israel and Gaza. Schwarzenberg said the EU rejected Israel's approach that a truce could not be reached until the Israel Defense Forces had achieved all of its aims in Gaza.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak earlier Monday defended Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip, saying any nation seeking to survive would have taken the same form of action.

Prior to briefing the political-security cabinet on the situation in Gaza, Barak told Israeli radio station that while Hamas has suffered great losses under Israel's air, sea and ground offensive, many of the military's goals had yet to be achieved.

"Hamas has so far sustained a very heavy blow from us, but we have yet to achieve our objective and therefore the operation continues," Barak said.

"The fundamental objective is to change the reality of security for the south," Barak said, referring to Israeli towns that have come under continuous Palestinian rocket attack from Gaza.

"We are striving for a new reality in which there won't be activity from Gaza against Israeli civilians or our soldiers, a situation which will dramatically change the state of smuggling and in which quiet will prevail in the south," Barak added.

The defense minister also said he was certain that Israel would end its operation in Gaza "with an upper hand." He added that Israel was engaged in diplomatic contacts with international officials regarding the operation.

As part of an eventual halt to the fighting, Israel is seeking help from international and regional partners to increase security along Gaza's border with Egypt to prevent Hamas from rebuilding tunnels and rearming.

"It is clear Hamas cannot be allowed to rearm and we have to find workable solutions to prevent that rearming. And here our international and regional partners have a role to play," said Mark Regev, spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

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      1.   Barak is correct 11:13  |  Adrian de Klerk 05/01/09
      2.   New Reality 11:31  |  Leslie 05/01/09
      3.   a governments first duty is to protect its citizens 11:32  |  John 05/01/09
      4.   Barak: A man in search of a clue and a vote 11:33  |  Natallie Durson 05/01/09
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      6.   Will goals ever be achieved 11:42  |  Brian 05/01/09
      7.   LOL: Any nation seeking to survive would do the same 11:49  |  Tupac 05/01/09
      8.   Good job, I.D.F. 11:57  |  Judah 05/01/09
      9.   and Leslie do you believe yourself? 12:10  |  alan 05/01/09
      10.   West Bank & Golan occupation compromises Israel`s defense 12:14  |  Ivar 05/01/09
      11.   Reality 12:46  |  Foxbat 05/01/09
      12.   Durson and the right to exist 13:03  |  Israeli citizen 05/01/09
      13.   Barak is correct and I will tell you why. 13:10  |  David Nigel Braham 05/01/09
      14.   Responsibility 13:25  |  Hansi Hinterseer 05/01/09
      15.   diplomacy 13:39  |  Hansi Hinterseer 05/01/09
      16.   It was the Americans who insisted that every movement have a vote 13:47  |  JO 05/01/09
      17.   Israel/OPT: Immediate access to humanitarian workers and observer 13:52  |  Gajate 05/01/09
      18.   Israeli citizen and the right to exist 13:56  |  Natallie Durson 05/01/09
      19.   How To Stop Smuggling? End The Siege! 14:02  |  neil robertson 05/01/09
      20.   O Israel! 14:16  |  Dav 05/01/09
      21.   Realityt applies to both parties 14:26  |  AKH 05/01/09
      22.   Life Loving? 14:31  |  Don 05/01/09
      23.   Durson 14:51  |  Ehud 05/01/09
      24.   WHY did Egypt allow those tunnels in the first place 14:51  |  Alan SA 05/01/09
      25.   Don - what don`t yu understand about 14:52  |  ChanahS 05/01/09
      26.   Livni`s totally lost touch with international opinion. 14:53  |  Michael 05/01/09
      27.   Dundee 14:57  |  Ehud 05/01/09
      28.   Michael, really? 16:09  |  Larry 05/01/09
      29.   Did they have to travel to... 16:17  |  Dan Johansson 05/01/09
      30.   Innocent Civilians 16:20  |  TERRY 05/01/09
      31.   Durson, stop playing word games 16:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/01/09
      32.   to Salzburg 16:22  |  Unity 05/01/09
      33.   israeli aggression 16:23  |  photoray 05/01/09
      34.   #10 Land for peace is a lie where Hamas is concerned 16:24  |  DesMnsDave 05/01/09
      35.   Livni is a typical sabra 16:28  |  Henry Michalski 05/01/09
      36.   Escape routes 16:54  |  Colin 05/01/09
      37.   Cleared from Qassams. 16:57  |  Jean Van Daem 05/01/09
      38.   to no 35 /dont you understand? 17:00  |  Tina 05/01/09
      39.   #35, "Livni is a typical sabra" 17:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/01/09
      40.   Henry Michalski: on "typical sabra` 17:01  |  Israeli citizen 05/01/09
      41.   The `legitimate self defence` from ... 17:01  |  Edith 05/01/09
      42.   Israelis living in the South must thank election for the relief 17:02  |  Jay 05/01/09
      43.   We are the New Rome 17:02  |  Abraham 05/01/09
      44.   To #7 poor Tupac so deluded 17:07  |  The Mik 05/01/09
      45.   About time Israel is doing something about the 6,000 rockets 17:08  |  JB 05/01/09
      46.   Livni 17:17  |  Fred 05/01/09
      47.   israel is right to hang on to gaza, wb and golan 17:18  |  jd 05/01/09
      48.   Dav. you owe guns and roses a million dollars 17:18  |  rob 05/01/09
      49.   Michael # 26 Then International Opinion Has Lost Touch With Reali 17:19  |  Jeff Northridge 05/01/09
      50.   talmud 17:22  |  Robert 05/01/09
      51.   newsflash 20:37  |  Harry 05/01/09
      52.   #26 20:51  |  dan 05/01/09
      53.   time to make them understand 20:53  |  sad reality 05/01/09
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