"We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule."

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When, during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George Medal for bravery: today Israel should be awarded a similar decoration for defending democracy, tolerance and Western values against a murderous onslaught that has lasted twenty times as long.

— Andrew Roberts