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Yair Lapid: Operation is aimed at restoring long-term quiet
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFinance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) says the Israeli government is not responding to cease-fire efforts at the moment because it wants “to ensure missile threat [from Hamas] is removed.”
“We are not looking for six months or a year of quiet, but long-term quiet,” he tells Channel 2.
Operation Protective Edge is aimed at restoring quiet, Lapid reiterates, adding that this is a face-off between a collapsing terrorist organization and a resilient Israel that will not tolerate having its citizens subjected to relentless rock fire.
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