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         Israeli Press Condemns its Government's Actions   
               Sunday, July 02 2006 @ 09:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time   
      
      
               Israeli press harshly reacted to the Israeli government's attack   
   on Gaza, which has caused worldwide outrage.   
      
               Leading Israeli newspaper Haaretz questioned the operation's   
   legality and legitimacy, and stressed the attacks will not help rescue the   
   kidnapped Israeli soldier.   
      
               As for "arresting politicians for possible exchange," the paper   
   criticized, "To arrest people for the purpose of using them as a bargaining   
   chip is what gangs do, not states."   
      
               Liberal Haaretz reported the issue under the headline "Israel   
   loses senses."   
      
               The news also stressed it is hard to believe the Tel Aviv   
   administration launched the attacks just to rescue the kidnapped soldier.   
      
               The paper listed all avenues the Israeli army is using to rescue   
   the soldier, and added, "To bomb bridges used by vehicles and people, to   
   seize a long-in-ruins airport, to blow up power plants and leave most of   
   Gaza City in the dark, to deliver notices that Palestinians should fear for   
   their lives, to fly planes over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's palace,   
   and to arrest elected HAMAS officials: The government wants us to believe it   
   is doing all these actions to rescue Shalit."   
      
               Haaretz believes the Israeli government's claim that Syria and   
   the HAMAS leader in Syria Khalid Mashal play the "key role" and pressuring   
   the elected HAMAS government and Palestinians is absurd, and asked, "Then   
   why attack the local Palestinian administration that is not responsible for   
   the kidnapping?"   
      
               The Israeli paper stressed that Israel will not achieve its goal   
   by punishing Gaza civilians, and reminded Israel finally had to make peace   
   with Hezbollah and withdraw from Lebanon after destroying the infrastructure   
   in southern Lebanon and pressuring civilians.   
      
               "The problem is not to rescue a kidnapped soldier and modify the   
   face of the Middle East," Haaretz said, and stressed the Israeli government   
   should immediately release HAMAS officials and start negotiations.   
      
               Meanwhile, according to a poll conducted in Israel, most   
   Israelis support the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the   
   kidnapped soldier.   
      
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