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'''Mowing the Lawn''' also '''Mowing the Grass''' is a matter-of-fact routine reference to periodic wars started by [[Israel]] against [[Hamas]] and the [[Palestinian]] population in the [[Gaza strip]]. The term was first coined by the [[Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies]]--an Israeli [[think tank]]--as a way to degrade Hamasโ military capability.<ref>[http://breakingdefense.com/2014/07/quick-kvetching-let-israel-mow-the-grass-rep-doug-lamborn/ Quit Kvetching & Let Israel โMow The Grassโ: Rep. Doug Lamborn]</ref> Beginning in 2008 with the [[Gaza | '''Mowing the Lawn''' also '''Mowing the Grass''' is a [[matter]]-of-[[fact]] routine [[reference]] to periodic wars started by [[Israel]] against [[Hamas]] and the [[Palestinian]] population in the [[Gaza strip]]. The term was first coined by the [[Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies]]--an Israeli [[think tank]]--as a way to degrade Hamasโ military capability.<ref>[http://breakingdefense.com/2014/07/quick-kvetching-let-israel-mow-the-grass-rep-doug-lamborn/ Quit Kvetching & Let Israel โMow The Grassโ: Rep. Doug Lamborn]</ref> Beginning in 2008 with the [[Gaza Holohoax]] and followed by 2012 [[Operation Pillar of Cloud]], 2014 is the latest chapter of Israelโs maintenance of her military dominance in the [[Middle East]]. ย | ||
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* [http://www.merip.org/israels-operation-mow-lawn Israel's "Operation Mow the Lawn"] | * [http://www.merip.org/israels-operation-mow-lawn Israel's "Operation Mow the Lawn"] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:18, 23 March 2024
Mowing the Lawn also Mowing the Grass is a matter-of-fact routine reference to periodic wars started by Israel against Hamas and the Palestinian population in the Gaza strip. The term was first coined by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies--an Israeli think tank--as a way to degrade Hamasโ military capability.[1] Beginning in 2008 with the Gaza Holohoax and followed by 2012 Operation Pillar of Cloud, 2014 is the latest chapter of Israelโs maintenance of her military dominance in the Middle East.
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