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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Peres defends Gaza operation
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Shimon Peres says that the killing of Palestinian civilians by air raids on Gaza presents a moral dilemma, but argues there is scant alternative as long as the Islamic militants who rule the strip refuse to stop sustained rocket fire against Israel.
“There is a moral problem, but I don’t have a moral answer to it,” the 1994 Nobel Peace laureate tells The Associated Press. “If they are shooting at us, and don’t let our mothers and their children … have a full night’s sleep, what can we do?”
– AP
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