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<i.And the basic reason that Israel can’t win the internal security battle is that it has been denied the time and opportunity to partner with Arabs of constructive disposition by the political consensus in the Arab world and in Europe.

My opinion is that Israel went into this war with their eyes wide open, and that a cessation of rocket fire and border monitoring will be acceptable to them, as long as it is enforced BY SOMEBODY ELSE. The enforcement may be patchy, but that is a price probably worth paying.

The SOMEBODY ELSE will be the UN, Europe, the Arab world, and these SOMEBODIES know it. That is why Gordon Brown and Sarkozy et all called for an “immediate ceasefire”, because they don’t want to have to provide the policing infrastructure going forward, and they are trying it on now. Thanksfully, Israel saw through that little ruse and is essentially saying “put your money where your mouth is”.

When others are paying to allw Israelis to go about their daily business without fear , Israel will have won, and at little cost.

And isn’t foreign peacekeepers keeping two sides apart the Middle Eastern way?

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