Limits of hard power

A month into Operation Protective Edge, the limits of hard power in general and of Israel’s vast military force in specific are apparent.

Religious IDF soldiers pray near the Gaza border on July 23.

Religious IDF soldiers pray near the Gaza border on July 23.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

ByMICHAL HATUEL RADOSHITZKY

AUGUST 17, 2014 21:58

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