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Dan Gillerman: You cannot leave this to fester in the cesspool of terrorism, neither for the sake of Lebanon nor for the sake of Israel…

On the recordJuly 18, 2006
You cannot leave this to fester in the cesspool of terrorism, neither for the sake of Lebanon nor for the sake of Israel or for the sake of civilization as we know it.
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Dan Gillerman

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Gillerman argues for the necessity of addressing terrorism for the benefit of Lebanon, Israel, and global civilization.

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