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Jerusalem Post/Opinion

What did Biden mean by ‘proportional’? - opinion

Proportional does not mean that retaliation must be proportional to the previous attack by the enemy; an attack must be proportional relative to the anticipated military advantage.

 THE REMAINS of a missile fired from Iran into Israel last week, seen in a forest in Safed. ‘The US does not want Israel to lose this war, but it doesn’t want Israel to win either,’ the writer maintains.
THE REMAINS of a missile fired from Iran into Israel last week, seen in a forest in Safed. ‘The US does not want Israel to lose this war, but it doesn’t want Israel to win either,’ the writer maintains.
(photo credit: David Cohen/Flash90)
ByPESACH WOLICKI
OCTOBER 10, 2024 02:09

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