Lest there be any confusion, what is happening in Gaza is neither a whiplash, nor a purely military response. Fifteen years ago :

"We will wield disproportionate power against every village from which shots are fired... and cause immense damage and destruction... This is a plan that has already been authorised. (Head of IDF Northern Command...)"

Finkelstein (2018) "Gaza" University of California Press, p21

#ceasefirenow

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