Israel-Hamas: a clash waiting to happen
Agencies : Jerusalem, Sat Nov 17 2012, 10:14 hrs
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Four years ago the man who defeated Peres then, Benjamin Netanyahu, was staging a comeback after a few years out of office, and surging in the polls. The government of Ehud Olmert, far more moderate than Netanyahu, ordered an operation against Hamas.
The reason will be familiar to anyone watching the news today: Israeli public opinion was fed up with rockets from Gaza.
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