Over the past few months, Israel has deliberately refrained from using overwhelming force to stop the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks against Jewish towns and cities in the Negev.
 
The result has been daily barrages against Israeli communities, which continued even after the start of yesterday's precarious cease-fire.
 
But there is a hidden cost to Israel's inexplicable restraint, as some newly published research now reveals....

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Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.