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Purveyor

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Wed Aug 27, 2014, 04:34 PM Aug 2014

Netanyahu Tries to Sell Bill of Goods that Israel Won Goals In The War [View all]

Has Netanyahu ever heard of Lincoln’s phrase, “You cannot fool all of the people all of the time?”

By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu
Published: August 27th, 2014

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave a miserable sales pitch to the Israeli people Wednesday night in a weak effort to turn around public opinion that is unhappy, if not disgusted, with his agreeing to the cease-fire announced by Hamas and its new war partner, Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.

The Prime Minister, followed by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantzת repeated over and over Israel’s achievements in the war

Netanyahu claimed that Israel achieved the goals it set from the beginning, mainly to restore quiet to Israel and to destroy terror tunnels.

He also rewrote his promise earlier this month that there will no cease-fire without disarming Hamas. Magically, that now has become a “long-term” goal.

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http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/netanyahu-tries-to-sell-bill-of-goods-that-israel-won-goals-in-the-war/2014/08/27/
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