A Voice from Israel

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This war is not a just war. Israel is using excessive force without distinguishing between civilian population and enemy, whose sole purpose is extortion. That is not to say that morality and justice are on Hezbollah's side. Most certainly not. But the fact that Hezbollah "started it" when it kidnapped soldiers from across an international border does not even begin to tilt the scales of justice toward our side. -- Ze'ev Maoz in Haaretz

Even in the midst of war the Israelis are freer than we are, or so it seems from the Upper West Side of Manhattan.