Both of these countries must be considered traditional social welfare states, but at least show some degree of moderation in their socialist practices.

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After pressure from the Bush administration, Israel also reacted with some degree of moderation to an attack last weekend, in which Hizbullah, a Shia militant group based in southern Lebanon, shelled the northern Israeli town of Shlomi, killing a 16-year-old Israeli boy.

ECONOMIST: Call this a ceasefire?