Gaza rocket strikes south Israel for fifth time in 24 hours

First you have to understand why the terrortories were occupied, simply put it was because Arabs initiated a slew of wars from those places, starting with '48, '56, '67 Visualize it as the forts of the Olde American West, it kept the hostiles at bay Now then, whoever said war was fair, it certainly wan't when five (5) Arab armies, Plus Palestinian Irregulars, first attacked Israel in May 1948, having many more and better weapons than the Jews had, not to mention aircraft and heavy cannon Grow up, you sound like an immature child

The ultimate borders have been defined more than 2,000 years now by an authority greater than neither the UN nor Obama's -GOD. The borders defined by Him will be the final arbiter of this contentious issue. So, to wrap up, the rockets which fell in and around Gaza were in Israel.

get elected in your state and mine ? Through a canny deception program that only gets worse. millions of Americans will olose their jobs once this health care bill gets passed and thousands of American lives will be lost because he supports terrorist ambitions over the sovereign state of Israel's land

and it will never happen. The US President is on the verge of having more problems than his deception artists can handle if th ehealth care bill gets approved. Egypt has always sided with its Arab brothers behind the backs of the Western powers. How many Gaza smuggling tunnels are there remaining ? A lot .

England's borders defined by UN mandates ? No. Does Israel hassle the US about taking lands that were inhabited by American Indians ? No. So , why are you in England supporting UN boundaries defined 60 years ago before the results of a few wars in the Middle East ?

"Why doesnt America let Taliban have New Jersey?" A) Does the US occupy it? B) Is it rightfully Taliban territory?

Follow the USA's demand and let the murdering PA terrorists have all of east Jerusalem. That will stop all of the rocket attacks, want it? Why doesnt America let Taliban have New Jersey?

NO one in his saint mind would give arms to Hamas a small group of terrorists. Israel must defend itself from evil gangs. Best would be if Egypt make room for them in the Sinai.

the name of Gilad shalit, does that not bother ANYONE? someone dies and no one cares to even find out his name. Because he's just another poor Thai worker...

for all - Apparently, Egypt can't put order there, and can't control the smuggling of rockets through tunnels. the rockets keep flying on civilians Jewish towns. The UN does not care. the only solution is to send them all in Egypt or into the Sinai desert

I don't get the significance of your post to the article Arthur. But since you raise the point, there was nothing in Balfour, which was very carefully and deliberately worded, that promised the WHOLE of Palestine to the Jews. The letter refers to the 'establishment IN Palestine of a national home to the Jewish people'. In Palestine could have meant one square mile. What you actually got was well within the definition, and the intention. The establishment of TransJordan was by the rules too. While I am well aware of Article 5 of the Mandate, anyone reading Article 25 of the Mandate will see that it allowed Britain to withhold the provisions of the Mandate from the area east of the Jordan. Article 27 requires consent of the League of Nations for this, but this acquired was acquired by Britain. You ain't got a case sunshine. Get your facts right before you go public next time.

should be everyday task not in response to usual terror acitivity by palestinian entity. There should be separate much more hursh response to murderouse projectiles sent by and supported by palestinian terror infrstructure headed by abbas.

Heather Czerniak are you actually that thick to not know Hamas govern Gaza and the PA govern the West Bank, it's best people like you who do not live in the region and know nothing about it to keep shut as you add fuel to the fire.

Perfect timing, indeed. Several years ago allday business was to hit and get hit back. I remember a situation when Israel had again brutally hit at Palestinians - and there was no retaliation by Palestinians! One week passed by, two weeks, three weeks without armed conflict, without hitting back on Israel. Seven (7) weeks passed by without any retaliation by Palestinians: Might have been the wonderful beginning of two serious people talking to each other how to live side by side in peace. After seven weeks of non-armed conflict Israel attacked the Palestinians in a heavy attack, WITHOUT ANY REASON. And the show of armed conflicts went on. Perfect timing. The show must go on.

You have to ask? It's the guys who are bigger shmucks than the Israelis.

...for Bibi to walk away from any peace negotiation with the Palestinians. It always amazes me how home building in East Jerusalem could be so much more contentious to Obama than rockets that kill. Israel cannot be serious about peace because Israel has no serious peace partners. And I wonder if anyone in Washington realizes that they are helping to fulfill a prophecy. Call me a lunatic, but that's what they called prophets back in the day. And who had the last laugh in the end?

timing perfect

The timing is perfect to deflect pressure off Israel. One would say ,see , we can't trust them , they are animal and keep shelling Israel. Obviously Hamas and Co. won't benefit as they have no super power giving them the best and mightiest but Israel wanting to prove it's point in front a vehemently opposing world that does not recognize the tentacles of Israel on occupied territories since 1967 will be on the defensive and one leading to the other everything is shelved and back to building again.

How many more will be murdered by Hamas till Israel starts Cast lead 2 and ends Hamas terrror?

It is truely idiotic to promote the view that Hamas - 20,000 under arms, so efficient and lethal at hunting "collaborators", can not control the tiny area of NE Gaza used for most rocket launches: 1-2 sq. miles. And photo showed rocket used was finely constructed, not crude - from a Hamas mass-produced factory, making even one is not as easy or simple as the media would have us believe. THESE ARE HAMAS ROCKETS! Arafat always used the phony ploy of "the previously unnamed group" to avoid responsibility. And a better way to strike back in a way that really incentivises Hamas to stop rockets for good - use helicopter missiles to destroy big fat targets they can't replace or smuggle through tunnels - tractors, heavy trucks, earth-moving machinery, parked cars and jeeps near Hamas installations. Systematically destroy ALL of them. Hamas uses these for bunker building and rocket transport (big Iranian ones are way too big to carry). Sends better message, and insurance for the future.

Look Israel's official borders as defined in UNGA Res. 181 in 1947, and as declared by Israel in 1948. Now look where the rocket fell. Israel? Nope.

...without putting Israeli troops in harms way. No doubt there are a lot of people on Talkback who will relish that. If Israel loses troops, they'll point to how weak Israel is. What a bunch of morons.

"A previously unknown group, Ansar al-Sunna, believed to share the hardline ideology of al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire at Israel, as well as the Al-Aqsa Martrys Brigades, a wing of the mainstream Fatah movement." - Reuters As the Al-Asqa Martrys Brigade is not attacking Israel from the west bank where Fatah rules, one must entertain the idea that Fatah wants a Cast Lead II. Ansar al-Sunna must have gotten their construction plans from Islamic Jihad. Cold comfort to those targeted by the rockets that the political target of the Palestinian rocketeers might well be Hamas.

It's time for Israel to take the moral high ground for a change. Hamas' kidnapping of Shalit and holding him incommunicado and its staging rocket attacks on civilian targets are unambiguous crimes that should be dealt with under international law. The international consensus seems to be that it's time for peace; there will not be much tolerance for Hamas' actions, and Israel should exploit this sentiment. There can be no peace as long as Hamas uses violence. It is more than reasonable for Israel to insist that guaranteed cessation of such acts be foremost on a list of reciprocal measures for complete cessation of settlement activity before borders are established. This would put the onus on Hamas.

Historically, Lebanon was Syria-Lebanon and Palestine was Syria-Palestine, and Jordan was not part of Syria-Palestine and even when the Arabs used the term Filistin in their records they called it a western Syrian province. The Hashemite Kingdom was part of the Mandate for administrative reasons and had no real connection to historical realities. As well, the kingdom became Trans-Jordan long before 1948, so historical Palestine entails the land west of the West Bank, but some want to distort history. At any rate, the firing of rockets by Hamas is wrong. It can kill Jewish civilians. Unfortunately, the Israeli electorate doesn't care that its government deports Christian and Muslim inhabitants. It's immoral to do so, to hurt people just because they are of a different religion or color. Some people feel Israel is launching a Jewish holy war against Muslims with the ethnic cleansing of Arabs who are mostly Muslim, and America is not served by such racist policies.

Israel is again losing credibility. After promising a strong response to the unprovoked terror attack,the respone is rather weak. Expect more attacks.

Israel should be decisive in pummeling the Islamist-Jihadist terrorists. Israel should not be a sitting duck for their rockets and bombs. If any external entities try to meddle on this, Israel should tell them to spend time to be on the receiving end of those rocket attacks. If they dare not do it, they should shut up and stop meddling in Israel's internal affairs.

Lets say loud and clear : ALL ERETZ ISRAEL BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL The palestinians have more than half of the original British mandate of Palestine, i.e. Jordan , where they constitute some 70% of the population. Jews are NOT allowed by the Jordanian law ,to acquire any land or property in any part of JordaN. What about that?