Leading Israel Columnist: Hamas Wanted This War Despite Israeli Restraint

Despite its arsenal, Barnea writes, Netanyahu offered Hamas "calm for calm," and would have held back from further escalations if Hamas had stopped firing on Israel's south.   John Hames shared with you:   Leading Israel Columnist: Hamas Wanted This War Despite Israeli Restraint thetower.org - Nahum Barnea, one of Israel's best known columnists who writes for the daily Yedioth Ahronot and is often a critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote a column today observing that "Hamas is doing a lot" to provoke Israel into invading Gaza but that it is "facing Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the most restrained prime ministers in the State of Israel's history when it comes to using military force." Available on the App Store.

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