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Article: As a Jew, I have never felt such a sence of foreboding... In a passionately personal piece, Melanie Phillips argues that the very existence of Israel is now under threat and that since September 11th, anti-Semitism has returned to Britain.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 6, 2002
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Byline: MELANIE PHILLIPS
ON AND on it goes, in a rapidly escalating spiral of horror. Israel has become a bloodbath. Palestinian suicide bombings and frenzied gun attacks are followed by Israeli military reprisals against the terrorists, providing the excuse for yet more Palestinian attacks.
The Israeli public is turning against its Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for not halting the violence. His failure is palpable. But now he is stepping up military action in a desperate attempt to teach the Palestinians that violence will not succeed. It is a strategy which Israeli doves are convinced will make matters
worse.
But what if Sharon is not, ...