Dear Friends of the Free World, Dear Friends of Israel,
We are now into the 14th day of Operation Cast Lead. When I arrived in Israel 14 weeks ago, I did not know that Israel would finally find the courage to respond to almost eight years of rockets fired at it. The perception was that Hizbollah and Hamas can continue their race for armament, that Iran can continue its nuclear program and its calls to the annihilation of the Jewish State, while the world looks the other way and Israel itself has lost its deterrence, its conviction, its will to prevail.
