"For years, we have believed Israel to be a country whose vast military power is tempered by moral strength, supported by social solidarity and guided by well-balanced leadership. The recent war with Hezbollah shattered, at great cost, what was left of this belief. However, to my perhaps overly optimistic eyes, the war may have finally taught us β for the better β the limits of power. Just as a president and a Cabinet minister cannot resort to coercive persuasion when the charms they allegedly exercise fail to convince, so too the government and the military cannot continuously insist that where power has already failed more power will win."
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Yael Dayan
Yael Dayan (Hebrew: ΧΧ’Χ ΧΧΧΧ, 12 February 1939 β 18 May 2024), also known as YaΓ«l Dayan, was an Israeli politician and author. She was the daughter of Moshe Dayan.
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