July 9, 2014 | Quote
Egypt and United States, Usual Brokers In Cease-fires, May Not Help This Time
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Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, said Israeli officials told him that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exercised restraint in Israel’s response to the rocket fire until a blitz of 80 rockets on Monday.
“That was the tipping point,” Schanzer said, speaking from Jerusalem. “Everybody we talked to made it clear Bibi was not interested in escalation.”
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