Why Israel is playing hardball with Hamas

Those of you who haven't voted in the last 24 hours, please go vote for my blog as the Best Midsize blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Voting ends at 10:00 PM GMT Tuesday night (Midnight Israel time, 5:00 PM EST, 2:00 PM PST). Thanks.Some of you may be wondering why Israel has been so stubborn about stopping the shooting in Gaza. After all, the media tells you, these are 'primitive missiles' that