Israel & Gaza

-Diverse analysis on the increasingly urgent issue of whether and how Israel should invade Gaza:

-A ballistic expert says that Sderot should be protected by an American anti-missile system called Phalanx. (Haaretz)

-It turns out that the Iron Dome defense system cannot defend Sderot from Kassams launched from Beit Hanun in Gaza. (Haaretz)

-And Reuven Pedatzur sees this failure as “Another chapter in a gloomy saga.� (Haaretz)

-Schmuel Rosner reports that the US wants Israel to be fully prepared for a massive invasion of Gaza. (Haaretz)

-The invasion of Gaza is seen as “inevitable,� because of the Qassams, but it hasn’t occurred, because of the Qassams. (Forward)

-According to Safed’s Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, leveling the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun [pop. 32,000] is “the only efficient solution” to Kassam fire. (Ynet)

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