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The only method that proved effective, not justified or moral but effective, when Arabs plant mines on our side . If we try to search for the Arab , it has not value. But if we harass the nearby village . . . then the population there comes out against the . . . and the Egyptian Government and the Transjordanian Government are to prevent such incidents, because their prestige is , as the Jews have opened fire, and they are unready to begin a war . . . the method of collective punishment so far has proved effective. (en) |