IDF: Residents south of Haifa will have one-minute rocket warning

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You're being immature.. Saying that Hezbollah should put those soldiers in any area where they would be killed by Israeli fire is stupid. Hezbollah would still be held accountable, and if you think what is going on now is bad, or even remotely bad, well if either one of those Israelis dies, there will be severe hell to pay.

Blind, you need to read your history, it's usually the stronger party that wins. If you allow someone to step on you once, they will continue to do so until they either destroy you or control your interests. If Israel does not defend itself, it will not survive. So terrorists go in and take one soldier here and two there and it would just escalate if the government sat back and did nothing.

I'm a Spaniard and the general opinion among all people I know here is that Israel is being extremely violent in its acts. Although the general overview situation is complex and Israel has its own right to defense and fight agaisnt terrorism, I believe that many innocent civilians are diying in Lebanon (and also in Israel). Is all this general suffering justified just beacause a few israeli soldiers have being taken (which is no goog of course) OR maybe is Israel making profit of this excuse to make a bigger miltary operation. I think most european people understand that israel need to sefprotect against islamic terrorists, but we also believe is not fair to respond with so much violence and civilian causalties.

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Hi Jeff, Excellent analysis from the historical perspective that supersedes the political standpoint. The longest empire was Rome1 which lasted 1228 years followed by Rome2 - the Byzantine empire - which lasted 1123 years. Its successor the Ottoman empire lasted half that time. Some empires just vanished (Austro-Hungarian empire, Ottoman empire). The former Holy Roman Empire was formaly buried by Napoleon in 1805 only to come back as the German Reich. Empires change identities like individuals or corporations do. However you are perfectly right regarding the world of Islam. It will go downhill even farther before being reborn to the great culture that characterized the Near East in the 800-1200 AD period.

I cannot say that I am a devout muslim or one hugely enlightened on the history of the middle east conflict... While the word 'Islam' itself means 'Peace' or 'Surrender' the firing of katyusha rockets on civilian targets could surely be considered to be barbaric... but wht abt the scenario that caused this escalation? in the middle east let it be iraq, palestine or lebanon arab casualties are usually ten times those of Israel. Reason? Superior armoury of Israel supported by know how and hardware from the United States. Surely the Koran acknowledges the Jewish Holy Books and their Prophets but when the Jewish state engages in unprovoked and disproportionate use of military force on civilian targets wht better response can u expect? This alienates moderate Islam and creates opportunity for extremism to take up popular support... Jerusalem in ancient times belonged to both the Muslims, the Jews and the Christians. So why should it today be only part of Israel and not belong to all faiths?

THis is my email tell me who start war with iraq and afghanestan? do nt just write. think then wirte. use your common sense if you got any. hami_htm@yahoo.com

Your fury and frustration are understandable. Remember, though, that Hizbolla, like other Arab terrorist groups, like to work from civilian areas. That leaves Israel with no choices either than to strike them where they are and hope the civilians will throw them out, or just sit back and continue to be attacked.

Miss, reply to your message. change your note to palestine. what would you do if they keeping attacking palestine since last 40 years? they were 4 or 5 bombs which together killed 300people. What about lebanese? millions of people dies since 40 years ago. Again use your common sense. Let me tell you god is up there, he is seeing everything. Trust me its god bless to muslim country to be lead of the world. 1/3 of the world are muslim. Think!!

You guys better think, if israel begin the war with syria and iran does not sit down and watch his friend dying front of his eyes, so in that case iran will decide to come front aswell. First of all, israel will be in trouble, because 3 evils are together 1.IRAN 2. Syria 3.hezbulla then, oil prices will go up to $200. In that case you guys have to have bread with milk for a dinner or not drive once a year in your life. the petrol prices will to up to $6 per gallon. What do you think about it?

A few troops are captured and Israel goes on killing so many innocent civilians, bombing cities and destroying public facilities from power to waterworks. How can we not show our care about this. "The Arab states must rise and stop sitting silent when their neighbours are being annihilated. Are there no more men in that region who dare to stand up against Israel?"

"All these rockets came from your territory. How should we feel about it?" Now, over 100, yes ONE HUNDRED of our civilians have been murdered, only TWO of them Lebanese soldiers (not even Hizbullah guerillas). Over 250 others have been wounded in your country's murderous rampage. How should WE feel about that? You think you're accomplishing your mission of destroying Hizbullah by destroying Lebanese Army bases and making this country unstable? You're only helping Hizbullah and you'd be insane to support this offensive against our civilians. Congratulations, you're able to hurt innocent people from the air. You must be proud of your country.

rockets, missiles, dirty bombs if not nuclear, more than 30 suitcase bombs missing from former russia colonies, where are they now? it's not hard to imagine...

I agree, and only Israel has the strength and the true God to defeat them. Having said that I believe the new covenant means we lay down our arms and lean war no more, and this can only be possible through real faith , we must believe there is a God who protects us. So this does away with all cowards and murderers

After killing 70 million Persians and poisoning 50 to 100 million Indians, will you sleep better? What would you do with the other 3/4 billion muslims? And how about everybody else like the Chinese and the Russians and the other civilized nations? Nuke them too?

I cannot give you a serious answer. Hewever, tonite on Fox News, one of their "terrorism" experts says that they are really Iranians. They are stronger and better organized than al Qaida. They have thousands of sleeper cells all over the US, North and South America. They will arise to sow terror as soon as Iran is attacked. Better check under your bed tonight.

Reinvade Lebanon, disarm Hezbolah and create a buffer zone between Israel and Lebanon.

"I wonder what they are worried about that would require a Patriot. The RCS of a katyushka is too small, and it`s not within the Patriot`s intercept envelope long enough. Either this is just for show, or someone is worried about a much larger and longer ranged rocket." - Mark Lincoln It's to defend against the retaliatory strikes from Syria after the bombing of Damascus starts.

IF the hezbollah had such rockets they would use them. Maybe they've had a few...but apparently not many.

Who was the wit at Haaretz who praised Nasralla for his restraint (only a couple of weeks ago)? My comment then didn't pass the censors although all it said was that "We can celebrate until the missles start raining down". Well now the missles ARE raining down, so I ask Haaretz editorial staff to show a little remorse and at least own up to their stupidity. As it turns our Israel doesn't have a real technological answers to these short range missles, that they cause real damage and fear to the people in the North when used, and that Hizbolla has no problem in using them when it suits their purposes. By most counts they have another 10,000 or so missles ready to go. We will have at least two weeks of down time in the North, economic ruin, and still no resolution. Ehud and the Four Mothers should be hung from a cage from the center of Naharia.

what I don't understand is why isn't lebanese army fighting back Israel???Do lebanon even have an army???? Is it a defense less state???cant even protect its own citizens from bombings from sky and sea.

you must be 12 years old to late for young kid to be up late so take your teddy bear and go to bed kido

At this terrible time, my thoughts and certainly those of my kehilla in North London are with the people of Israel. I recently returned from a year of studying and volunteering there, and my heart goes out to all Israelis at this time- espicially the citizens of Karmiel, where I lived and worked for two months. The Jews of London are with you.

You Jewish , u think u will destroy our country, always remember that although you have crucified our God and Christ Jesus, he resuructed after 3 days, and LEBANON WILL ALSO RESURUCT ONLY 3 DAYS AFTER U STOP YOUR ASSAULT. you think you r strong you and your american allies??? u use the american planes to strike us??? come down on the ground and we will show you what the Cana country can do...

Hezbollah is ruining the lives of the Lebanese, placing them directly in front of danger. With backing and support of Syria and Iran, it really can't survive for too long once Israel is right in there. I hope Israel blows up all the integral infurstructure of this disgusting inhumane terrorist entity. Syria and Iran need a good kick in the ass as well. It won't be too long until the residents of Nahariya and Kiryat Shmona are back on the streets enjoying themselves.

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Ok. Enuf. We know you are mandated - by a neurotic complex - to side with Israel and justify Israeli terrorism, at least publicly. What Israel has committed in Palestine and Lebanon over hte past two weeks is beyond reprehensible, completely unjustifiable. Your attempts to pulverize Palestinian pride will ultimately backfire, not just on Israel, but also here. We have already had 9/11 courtesy of Sharon, Rabin, Barak, Peres etc... We have had enough too of your incitements to Islamic terrorism and your sorry attempts to blame Palestinians for it.

who started it then

Don't hold your breath. Iran will become a desert before Jerusalem becomes Muslim.

How should you feel about it? How do you feel about the deliberate damage to civilian infrastructure and the 73 deaths attributed to Israel's more lethal and more frequent strikes on Lebanon? What you should do is encourage your country's leaders to quickly arrange a cease fire and stop the killing. More than likley Israelis won't care a bit to stop until they suffer what their victims in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon are suffering.Revenge is your response to everything. The fate of the Israeli soldiers captured are not even remotely considered in this horrific attempt at payback.

4 days of strikes and nothing accomplished: more rockets landing, soldiers still in captivity, Nasrallah and the whole Huzb Allah leadership alive, just empty bridges and runways and ports destroyed... Let's keep track day to day this campaign will achieve nothing.

What other country besides Israel is criticized for defending itself from terrorists? It is simple but politics make it complex. Arab governments want Israel out. Some (Hamas) don't even hide this goal. The fact that the rest of the world (including UN) avoids admitting this (& criticizes Israel) is gross and dates back through time. None of this is new. Jews are hated throughout the world and when they voice this, they are called "paranoid." Well, better paranoid than dead.

One very good thing has emerged from the current 'war': Israel underestimated the range and accuracy of Hizbollah's weapons. Now they know, and they know too that if they had sat around for another 5 years there could have been existential danger. So Israel must finish off Hizbollah and all their weaponry now. And the next step - Iran. Only the blind cannot see that if, and when, Iran acquires nuclear technology, they will take Israel out. Those hundreds of rockets raining down in the North of Israel will be replaced by just one bomb, and that will be the end.

Please understand - people have to fight sometimes for their country. Getting rid of the syrians was a great start, you have to continue. It's not enough to say "we can't do nothing against hizbulla", if you want an independent country you have to fight to take it back from Syria, Iran, hizbullah and all the other terrorrists that hold YOU hostage. Start doing that and you'll have a partner in Israel. Remember the late 70's when the south border was called the "good fence". While Israel has no fight with Lebanon proper, it cannot accept that terrorists are roaming free there and use it as a basis for attacks. Jordan and Egypt understand this and take efforts to prevent cross-border terror operations and keep the border quiet.

Walter: You ask the reasons for the conflicts in the Middle East. It is simple: Ignorance and hatred. Arab governments spew and have spewed hate and vicious lies about Jews to their people for decades. Many of the Arabs have terrible standards of living and live in backward countries lacking freedoms that you and I enjoy. So they latch onto this propoganda of ignorance and hate. The Arab governments keep fomenting this so their leaders can stay in power. These are the reaons, in a nutshell, for the conflicts in the Middle East: Arab governments fomenting lies, hatred of Jews, and ignorant portrayals of Jews and of Israel.

We support Israel's military decisions and responses in Gaza and in Lebanon 1000%. We pray for the safety of all IDF soldiers and all of Israel's citizens. Most of the world and the UN, except for the USA, is ignorant in their reactions to the unending threats of terror and terror perpetrated by the Arab extremists on Israel. These countries only think of their economic stake and dependence on Arabs for oil. I urge Israel to do what it has to do and to ignore these ignorant selfish countries.

Bobby, If it was deliberate, and they were civilians, every sane Jew in the world would want them held responsible for war crimes.

Dear NeoCons. One fact has only one solution. All those imported before and after 1948 should go back to European countries, Russia, America, etc. All original Palestinians driven from their homes should also be allowed to return. Dismantle the racist regime formed after 1948. Resolutions 194, 242 and 338 should be implimented, For the last 60 years you have existed with wars and weapons. One day soon there will be no America to hand you with over 40 billion US dollars. The US shall realise soon that you arer a burden, financially and militarily. You can not fool and blackmail all nations of the world any more. Most of you are psycopaths, thirsty for blood and killing. A new era has arrived. The US has spread its hegemony wings too far. Just read: THE ISRAEL LOBBY and Judt's: THE COUNTRY THAT WON'T GROW UP! Please leave to your original countries. There it is more modern. The Middle East had proven too inhabitable for your advanced ideas and idoelogies.

Israel is democracy if you have ever watched their politics they elect new offials faster than anyone I have seen. They do have freedom of the press unlike most of their neighbours. Israel has tried many times to work with even the palastinians in fact until hamas came to power they gave the palastinian government money. But they have a problem their neigbours want them dead, I wonder how many Billions of dollars the world gave Yasser Arafat? where did that money go to the palastinian people? it does not look like it. In fact it appears a very large part of the money was spent to destroy Israel. I wonder what palastine would have looked like if that money was used to build instead of used to destroy. I wonder how beautiful the place would have looked?

But how long (centuries) did you suffer when Spain threw you out?

America supports you!

I am praying for Israel. May G-d bless the Israelis and protect them. Israel will defeat its enemies.

Howdy Ludvig; Israel is a democracy because she has a parliametary system of government and regularly schedualed elections. I am not aware of any Israel laws which discriminate on the basis religion, race, ethnicity, sex, etc. except for the draft which exempts Israeli Christians and Muslims from mandatory service in the IDF. Israel is no longer the only democracy in the Middle East since Iraq is now one too. The mere fact that a country is a democracy does not oblige that country to extend the same rights that it grants its citizens to foreigners nor does it imply that the government must need be "liberal" in order to be valid. The "war and the unrest in the region" is due to the repeated attempts by the Islamofascists to destroy the State of Israel regardless of what kind of government she has. How are things up there in Sweden? Is your Muslim population demanding that Muslim communities be exempt from Swedish law and that Sharia law should apply instead?

How do you dare talking about Islam and Muslims that way when your barbaric ancestors have killed almost all the Native American to leave the land you're living in ? How do you dare talking about this tremendous civilisation when your savage ancestors have been killing, rapting, robbing every single people on every continent including Jews. Genocides, slavery, misery and humiliation for five centuries and you're still opening your mouth. You're the last people allowed to talk on Earth. No other people has behaved as badly as you and we, Muslims, have done mistakes in the past but compared to you we're just babies. This is just the beginning, you wait and see. Nobody will be left without paying the exact amount of his mistakes. NOBODY. This is a Muslim promise.

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Dear OBSERVER, it looks as if one can make peace with you. Hamas and Djihad are under your control? So have them stop firing rockets as prove of your power! Let*s make them good farmers. Michael

I am sad that the great State of Israel has been attacked and lost solider to terrorists, but the great Israelis are helping the USA fight the war on terror- right now. The death of Hamas n Hezbollah will be a holiday. I think that the US, my hometown, should stop being so wimpy n liberal. We need to turn up the heat. If I was Bush I would lay down the law w/ Iran- n if they don't comply, take them out with nuclear bombs. The Radical Islams would see the LIGHT.

In my view, the Lebanon campaign is justified if it is geared to destroy Hezbolah and to create better conditions in order to resume negotiations with the moderate palestinians. Sacrifices must be made and a final settlement should be reached on terms similar to the Geneva and Clinton plans.

Hit at Hezbollah if you must. But when a convoy of civilians fleeing their homes gets killed - if that was deliberate, I hope however was responsible gets tried for warcrimes.

you world forget one important fact: we are still the chosen people of G-d and he will surely help us against all our enemies. just an example: all the israeli wars against their enemies. what about the 6 day war? no weapon will be able to wipe the jewish nation out. we will always remain to excist. start live with this fact! it will save you a lot of lifes.

Howdy Ladies and Gentlemen; Who is Hezbollah exactly? I have heard that they are primarily Lebanese Shiite Muslims, but I have also heard that Hezbollah recruits most of its members from Palestinian refugee camps. My problem is that the Palestinian refugees and their descendants have been denied citizenship in Lebanon and are, therefore, stateless persons and not Lebanese. Also, most Palestinians are Sunnis not Shiites. There's a contradiction here somewhere since both versions can't possibly be simultaneously correct.

Lebanon used to be the only Arab democracy and a prosperous country. It was called the Arab Switzerland. The PLO destroyed it all, first on its own, then with the Syrians help. You now have Hizbollah , an iranian sponsored terrorist group which wants to impose the sharia law

Israel gave citizenship rights to the palestitians who did not flee to arab counntries during the war. These people live much better lives that they could even dream of if they were in an arab nation. Do you want to know who is being a natzi to the palestinians? the other arab nations, that's who. God have mercy on the poor palestinian who lives in an arab nation, with no rights. How come you don't hear about this on the news? Before the anifada, israel did alot to try to help the people in gaza. The bottom line is: if you try to kill us, you will suffer, beucase we will defend ouselves. You want to be a happy arab? stop hating israel, stop trying to kill jews. Is that too much to ask for? live and let live. The palestinians try to look miserable in the eyes of the world on purpose. There was evena point where israel built buildings for the paleastinians to improve their quality of life, and they destroyed these gift so that they could look miserable when un inspectors came

It's no coincidence that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard are in Syria and Lebanon, with Iranian Security Advisor, Ali Larijani giving the orders from Damascus. Iran, Syria and Hizbollah started this war, which obviously took a lot of planning. Lebanon allowed Hizbollah to run the shouth of the country and now they must all face the consequences. Neither Syria nor Iran have played their hand openly so far, but the time will come. Israel will prevail and kick out all the Arab traitors in the Knesset who have called for the destruction of the little country.

WE DID NOT START IT

It's great to see a country like Israel taking appropriate action against an evil organization which no one else in the world seems to have the guts to challenge or defeat. I am praying for their success and for peace at the same time. They don't care about world opinion, but rather do what is right!

That jet fuel sale approval is conditional on Congressional disapproval and on US needs. We have 15,000 to 25,000 citizens to evacuate by air. Not all of the fuel may be available. Remember our refinery capacity is down due to Katrina and usage is up due to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Korea.

Stephen Murray who shares a prostitutes bed has taken some time out to write a few hateful letters and has noticed some new skin eruptions in his crotch area. He won't let that deter him from carrying on until the end.

So your measure of morality and raison d'etre is that because others do evil , therfore it is OK for you to do evil...What kind of BS logic is that?????

idiots that quote the bible to solve todays problems of conflict in the ME are the ones who are the obstacle to peace. The bible was written by Jews ( some belive it was inspired by GOD) to engrandize jewish history. Dishonest people always blame it on God whever they justify their evil deeds. If a woman gets pregnant , they blame it on God's will. GOD had nothing to do with it. Two idiots laying bed caused this pregnancy.....

and you know that cos you work for the intelligence forces right?

Although our government seems against Israel nowadays, myself and many other Turks support Israel's actions against terrorism. You cannot reason with terrorists, therefore Israel should clean up the problem from the very root of itself. If the Lebanese have not been harboring terrorists so far, their country would not be in ruins right now.

Dear Lebanese Unknown Hopefully, one day I can travel to Lebanon, see its beauty, enjoy the famous joie du vivre attitude of the Lebanese, go home again, to tell my friends about growing and thriwing tourism, improved economy that addresses underdevelopment and inequality, which would give this country a real chance of fulfilling it potential. Whipping Hezbolla out of Southern Lebanon is one (VERY UNFORTUNATE, INDEED UNDESIREABLE) method, lets hope more Lebanese agree that the best is to be free of the yoke of Syria, and focus on independence, claiming authority over all its territory, now left to be breeding ground for sick warmongers in Syria, Iran and their skirt clad bandits of destruction. I note with great interest that even the Arab League cannot agree on Hezbollah legitimacy, and only demands an UN brokered cease fire. Looks as if the Arab street is uneasy with Hizbollah hi-jacking Arab and Muslem good name and reputation.

The ISlamoNAzis of Hamas, Hozbollah, IRan & Syria have nothing but violence, oil & hatred.... green energy now! support freedom & ISrael - don't take any crap from anyone

Howdy Omar; The rise and fall of empires and nations does not take place over the course of decades but over the course of centuries. The rise and fall is more likely to be associated with power, influence, and learning in the arts and sciences. Just because a country "falls" does not mean that it ceases to exist. For example, both Egypt and China have been around for at least 5,000 years and have gone through several cycles of waxing and waning in global influence. The U.S. is only 230 years old and Israel is only 58 years old. Neither country has yet reached its zenith much less started to go down the other side. The world of Islam went through one cycle already between 632 AD (the death of Mohammed (PBUH) to its zenith in 1571 (the Battle of Lepanto) and has been going downhill ever since. If the only things that the world of Islam can offer civilization anymore are oil and terrorism, then it's going to take a few more centuries for you to ascend again.

I have been reading numerous reponses, and every single one I have read from anti-israel demonstrators have been so childish. I don't understand how people like you, think your way is right, and Israel is nothing but inhumane killers. How many years have we had to always had our eyes behind us, to make sure one of your lunatic terrorists don't come to blow up a market or a bus?? How long has it been that we have lived in fear?? But Not this time......You guys will feel the rath of the Israeli's. All the Arabs against the Jewish nation, all the Europeans against the Jewish Nation will see how Israel will rise, and show the world, Don't ever, ever judge a book by it's cover. A country of resources, technology and business entreprenueral ventures. Believe me, Your scared, you don't have the guts to go against Israel. Because we all know what happened throughout history between us!!!!

Ppl all over the world always believe your lies and defend your terrorism in the name of fake democraci and peace.From now on,no victory for Israel in our land. What ever the technology you have;your warships,your aircrafts,your helicopters,your offence forces,your missiles, and all your terrorit operations will make us stronger and stronger.We won't beg you to stop striking our infrastructure,we won't beg you to stop killing our ppl and our children we won't beg you to leave our occupied land,keep on going israel with murders and assassinatios keep on going Israel with killing and destruction but wait! wait Israel the end of your fake country "Israel" will start to vanish.......You build Israel by killing palastinian the same way America killed million of indians but we are not indians.It's our land stupids and your terrorism will destroy you.

Yoel Marcus was 100% correct when he said both Hamas and Hizbullah caught Israel with its pants down. As Yoel Marcus said, Gen.Dan Halutz should be hiding in the underground war room at Ha Kiryah for letting our army take such a beating. Now Silkworm missiles are decimating our Navy and soon Strela missiles will start knocking down Israeli helicopters. A ground invasion of Lebanon is what Hizbullah wants for they will give our IDF a beating like no beating it has ever suffered before. Get rid of our Lebanon Loser generals. Halutz proved his incompetence when he was in charge of the day to day running of our air campaign against Lebanon from 1995-2000 when Hizbullah ran us out.

it is not religion fight it is fight for right it is lebanon right and arab right to take their land look at the history you basters you did stole our land 50 years ago

Hate me if you will, but the truth is.... Israel was created through TERRORISM AND LAND CONFISCATION! LOOK IT UP SMART1! Thank Begin- shemir and the stern gangs and every other zionist gang for bringing terrorism to the middle east.

Are you talking about pressure and being worried if a rocket would hit you? Your kidding me right? Do you not see the irony? palestinians everyday have to live there lives in fear(however most are used to it and fear none other than god), they have to watch out wherever they go- constantly there are f16s in the air, and at anytime Israel could target any vehicle and whoever is near it would blast 2 peices. Have you forgotten that? If you have it happens about everyday so theres time for you to remember.. In Lebanon People do not whats going on- at anytime they can become another victim of Israels terror-55 killed in 1 day man! Even Barak said "How is killing innocents and bombing there airport helping?"

BE STRONG ISRAEL........WE ARE WITH YOU

You have to look at this in the context of the last 50 years. Israels and its enemies need to find a total political solution that includes all sides of the conflict(leaving no one out) or we'll be talking about this 10 years from now and by then it might be too late to prevent total destruction of both sides. The longer we let this simmer the worst its going to get.

Why do you think all the Arab world is so against the Palestinians? They are blood of their blood. I would have thought that they would have fitted in very well, understanding each others' mentality. Is there something in the Palestinian way of behaving that antagonises the Lebanese?

I live in the U.S. and Jessica said it succintly: "It seems quite clear to me, Israel is under constant attack, and Lebanon is unwilling to put a stop to these attacks, and therefore offers the attackers indirect support. If Al-Qaeda were allowed to operate in Mexico, and throw rockets across the border to attack San Diego on a regular basis, what do you think would happen? Or if the French were letting terrorists operate in their country to bomb Dover? Israel cannot afford to do nothing, and Lebanon`s government is responsible for what goes on in its country." Why is the Lebanese government asking for a cease fire. Why are they not instead asking for UN troops to weed out Hezbollah so they can have a permanent peace? If they are not part of the solution, they are part of the problem. And why are world governments condemning Israel and the United States instead of Hezbollah, Syria and Iran? Because deep down they would prefer a world without Jews and those who support us.

I think for every rocket sent into Israel, Israel should send 10 into that mosque sitting on the temple mount. Even then I doubt it would get the Islamo loonies attention. I hold out NO HOPE at all for any semblence of peace with the Islamo-fascists. So at least rid Israel of them as well. I never did understand why Israel ever allowed the Muslems control over the Temple mount in the first place. I for one am sick to death of all the Islamofanatism taking place thoughout the world!

There is no such country as Syria. There are sleepy and backward southern provinces of Great Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) that is going to regain them back. Hopefully.

What u don t understand is, ours is not a terror attack, it is only a response for an ongoing threat.You think they have been getting ready for this attack. It didn t just happen over one night just like Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount was a good reason for the Palestinian to rise, this is also a good reason for the Arap world exercising their new weapons on Israel. You think Israel is looking forward to kill the civilians? People like you always like to look at the events from the end, who kidnapped the soldiers? Who is threating Israel with nuclear weapons? These countries only promise more revenge to their people,they teach how to kill at schools, they teach how to hold guns; with the money that they get from International communnities and from the Arap world, they could have built themselves an empire but they chose a different path.Israel is doing the dirty job for the whole world.

LET US GET ONE THING CLEAR: WHILE OTHER NATIONS, LIKE NORWAY, SWITZERLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, LUXEMBOURG,FINLAND, ETC can afford the luxury of having non-military professionals as their political leaders, ISRAEL, UNDER SIEGE FOR 60 YEARS, CANNOT AFFORD SUCH A LUXURY. ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRIME MINISTER AND DEFENSE MINISTER SHOULD BE A CURRICULUM VITAE WHICH INCLUDES LONG EXPERIENCE AS A MILITARY COMMANDER . THIS WILL BE TRUE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.

Amazing that we don't see his pretty face in front of the cameras anymore, isn't it? He flees and hides and puts out recorded audiotapes while allowing Lebanese to die. If the Lebanese people are o.k. with that, the rest of the world should be as well. Nasrallah is a fool who made the biggest miscalculation of his life. By being unwilling or unable to expel him or kill him and disband hexbullah, the Lebanese people and government show that they are a bunch of fools as well. They deserve everything they are getting.

we have nothing to loose(our lives and our economy is not considered as a loose when we pay it to our country),so we r already winners...like always.

Matthias. You may had understand a little bit more if you had stayed in the area for a couple of years. In South-Lebanon there were not much support for Hezbollah while I was there (1985 and 1994). In fact the local population celebrated when Israel invaded back in 1978. The problem was that they never withdraw (until recently) and they slowly but steady lost their popularity. You may call Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Be aware that they are not operating outside their country. ..and you will never be popular among a population that are getting shelled from time to time. The main problem is that Israel is punishing a whole country for what a small minority is responsible for. And that small minority is not that popular.

"Israel deploys Patriot missiles in Haifa" You must be kidding. They never were an efective defence against Scud or Katyusha Rockets.Are you getting rid of junk from warehouses? "IDF is bombing border crossing form Lebanon to Syria" You are jocking again. hezbollah leadership corsse into Syria on the second day of the bombing. I did say it before on the Haaretz pages. Olmert/Peretz had been exposed as incompetent leaders. Gen. Dan Halutz is most likely positioning himself for a future political carrier. He failed as a Chief of Staff. Remove him like it was done to Elazar during Yom Kipur war and bring back Moshe Ya'alon before IDF will end up with a bloodied nose. Bombing lighthouses in Beirut harbor and Tripoly is stupid!!!

"Israel deploys Patriot missiles in Haifa" You must be kidding. They never were an efective defence against Scud or Katyusha Rockets.Are you getting rid of junk from warehouses? "IDF is bombing border crossing form Lebanon to Syria" You are jocking again. hezbollah leadership corsse into Syria on the second day of the bombing. I did say it before on the Haaretz pages. Olmert/Peretz had been exposed as incompetent leaders. Gen. Dan Halutz is most likely positioning himself for a future political carrier. He failed as a Chief of Staff. Remove him like it was done to Elazar during Yom Kipur war and bring back Moshe Ya'alon before IDF will end up with a bloodied nose. Bombing lighthouses in Beirut harbor and Tripoly is stupid!!!

Howdy Paris; Oh yeah, Lebanon has "a long history in fighting occupiers". Let's see. There were the Egyptians, Hittites, Egytians (again), Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks, etc. I hate to have to inform you this, but up until recently Lebanon has not successfully fought against an occupation for the past 3,500 years. All of the above occupations ended because the next conquering army showed up and took over and not because of any significant Lebanese resistance. During the past decade, Lebanon has managed to kick out the Israelis in the south and the Syrians in the north, but you are now being occupied by Iran in the form of Hezbollah who takes its orders from Tehran not from Beirut.

A few months before his assassination, Gandhi answered the question "What is the solution to the Palestine problem?" raised by Doon Campbell of Reuters: "It has become a problem which seems almost insoluble. If I were a Jew, I would tell them: 'Do not be so silly as to resort to terrorism...' The Jews should meet the Arabs, make friends with them and not depend on British aid or American aid, save what descends from Jehovah."

You must fight Hizbullah yourselves. It's not really our fault that you're forcing us (BY BOMBING OUR HOMES) to do it for you. You say you have nothing against us and can't control Hizbullah, and Christian Lebanese rightly say that last time they supported us we abandoned them. But your government has publicly refused to go to war with Hizbullah, saying they invited the terrorist group into the government so that they would 'feel Lebanese'. AND you civilians do not appear to be protesting EN MASSE against Hizbullah. Meanwhile, we are being bombed in our homes, with no warning. THAT IS THE REASON WE ARE BOMBING LEBANON. We have no anger toward the Lebanese, but you can't expect us to lie down and let them kill us.

I cannot help quote what Gandhi said about this conflict and I belive it is still relevant today: "My sympathy does not blind me to the requirements of justice. The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and in the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after their return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood?" - Mohandas K. Gandhi "Palestine of the Biblical conception is not a geographical tract." - M.K Gahndhi

Israel disregard human lives therefore it is a terrorist state

At least 82 Lebanese civilians and two soldiers have died in the Israeli attacks since they started Wednesday. Four Israeli civilians, eight soldiers and one sailor have died, Israeli authorities said.

And now, IAF resorts to bombing Christian ports and businesses to create a rift between the Christian and Muslim communities in Lebanon. The same DIVIDE/RULE policy England adopted in their occupation of the middle east, India, Taiwan.... History tells us that this policy has failed in the Arab world to a large extent...

I am at a disbelief that pro-Israelis see nothing wrong with military action against Lebanon! People are dead and injured on both sides, but yet we cheer for war!! When you take a position for either side and label them, it means that you don?t understand the middle east or have an agenda. Yes, Israel can bomb anywhere they want, as they did in the past, because Lebanon does not have any military power to defend itself. And Yes Hezbollah can fire rockets and kidnap soldiers as they did in the past! You can cheer both sides to fight and endure human suffering and deaths, but all this will not resolve anything. When will the Israelis and the Arabs realize that unless they solve their own problems on their own they will have no future? When will they realize that outsiders don?t want them to make peace and work together for the good of their people, after all Middle East Jews, Muslims, and Christians are ?cousins? and are of Semitic origin!! Israel should be most responsible, (that does not mean that Arabs are less responsible) because it is most advanced. Rest assure that people in the Middle East will not benefit from war, not even the ?VICTOR? !! I doubt that there will be anyone left to claim such victory!!!!

That we Jews are "The root of all evil" oops. correction " at the root of all evil" Please answer "Yes" or "No"

I am at a disbelief that pro-Israelis see nothing wrong with military action against Lebanon! People are dead and injured on both sides, but yet we cheer for war!! When you take a position for either side and label them, it means that you don?t understand the middle east or have an agenda. Yes, Israel can bomb anywhere they want, as they did in the past, because Lebanon does not have any military power to defend itself. And Yes Hezbollah can fire rockets and kidnap soldiers as they did in the past! You can cheer both sides to fight and endure human suffering and deaths, but all this will not resolve anything. When will the Israelis and the Arabs realize that unless they solve their own problems on their own they will have no future? When will they realize that outsiders don?t want them to make peace and work together for the good of their people, after all Middle East Jews, Muslims, and Christians are ?cousins? and are of Semitic origin!! Israel should be most responsible, (that does not mean that Arabs are less responsible) because it is most advanced. Rest assure that people in the Middle East will not benefit from war, not even the ?VICTOR? !! I doubt that there will be anyone left to claim such victory!!!!

For a little while yesterday Ha'aretz carried a notice that the Pentagon had notified congress on 15 July that the US would be selling $27 million worth of jet fuel to Israel. This jet fuel will keep the F-15's flying while Israel destroys Palestinian and Lebanese infrastructure. Why can't Israel and the US simply negotiate with the elected representatives of the Palestinian people instead of starving and trapping them? When the soldiers are captured, why can't there be a prisoner exchange, why is it that the response is bombing? I hope Americans who oppose war will contact the president, state department, and especially their senators and representatives and speak out against this escalation of violence and the US support of it materially and politically. Best wishes to all.

Omar, cound not be further form the truth. hell the britts controled much of the middle east. but,Israel. God bless Israel. It was promised to her in the biginning and God said in the last days Jews form all over the world would go and take it back, well for almost 50 years radicals like you and other terrorists have tryed with no secuss to take back the Land givin to the Jews so many thousands of years ago. and God's arm is not shortend, but a few towel heads with pea shooters. Israel will stand until the Lord finishes his work. and then Jesus will return and set his kingdom up in Israel. praise be to the Lord and his son Jesus Christ. God bless Israel. and George Bush for haveing the guts to stand beside her.

You should feel exactly the same way we feel about you destroying our country. You have the right to exist but we do have exactly the same right.

I prefer not to kill. It would be better to kidnap him (if possible). Then, we should give him to George who will know exactly how to take care of him. Nasrallah says he likes surprises. Good... Like for Dirani, it will come for him from behind... Hi george !!!

Eze 39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. Eze 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. Eze 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

...fighting Terrorism by killing evil women and children. Getting hit by some guerillas and striking back at their families - you know how to crush them. Has anyone of you ever been to Gaza and seen how people live there?

The Lebanese better understand that if they refuse to control thier border, then they can expect to feel the rath of Israel. Either the lebanese help destroy the Hezbollah in thier Country, and bring thier border under control or thier will be no Lebanon. Lebanese people must understand that its thier war and it is thier duty to rid themselves of these terrorist. Lebanese are a good people. many are Christian. They are an aly to the United States but their must be only one solution to these extreem terrorist, and as much as we hate to say it, its either kill them or be killed. the war on terror can not be one through deplomacy when one side insists it must distroy an independant country. my wish is that if we would have handled Terrorist in Iraq as harshly as Israel is then the world would be alot safer.

It was soon too happen How can you believe a terrorist But now observe the mighty hand of God will protect Israel because it is his land. Go Israel!! God is with you Read this prophecy by Chuck Pierce Israel Prayer Focus PRAYER UPDATE FROM ISRAEL - (07/14/2006) On January 29, 2006 when I was speaking in a church service at Jubilee Church in Camarillo, the Lord began to speak to me about Lebanon. One of the things they do at Jubilee is pray for the nations each Sunday. When I saw the flag of Lebanon, it lit up by the Holy Spirit for me to see. The Lord then began to quicken a prophetic word to me. He said, "Watch Lebanon." Not only was He speaking to that church and the people there as a personal call for them to watch over the nation of Lebanon, but I felt like He was speaking to us as His people that Lebanon would become a real prayer focus and issue this year. I was hesitant to interrupt the service and give this word because I was not confident over who in the ser

Christian in Ain-Ebel, Rmeich and Debel want to say to IDF that they do not fight them and the members of Hezbolah take their Rokets and went into our town to fire them to Israel and then they go away and then the IDF fire our town So please don't fire our homes Just fire Hezbolah members .....

In the past- " show restraint" has not worked. "Land for peace"- only with a partner has it worked. The sides must "put down their arms and talk" nope-no go. If the world wants a solution to it's Arab, Palestinian, Molslem problem Vis a Vis Israel, and now the west- it is going to have to decide what is correct by law- and then enforce it- But the UN did not do that with Hizballah. Therefore the UN is a great impediment to peace and a trap- for Israel and the world vs Jihadist. Israel after the suicide bombing, 6 day war before that, and the holocaust- must rely on itself and shoot first- ask questions later. Let the world change it's stance, and reign in Jihadists or else it will have the same on their doorsteps soon. It is already there. Wake up and smell the coffee.

Hizbollah are not hiding and do have their positings and are bombing israel from there. + Mr smarty who is Israel bombing in Lebanon + Israel started by keeping Lebanese hostages and always disrespecting Lebanon's air space!!

The reason for the conflict is that the Islamofascists of the ME want to wipe the Jews out of their land, not that Israel discriminates its own citizens, which is not true. Those Islamofascist say themselves they are part of the global jihad. The Iranian president has called several times for the destruction of Israel.

Israel is not gona get the kidnapped soldiers back. Why waste time and bomb Lebanon and show that hisbollah is strong and let Israely towns, and cities also get hit by Hizbollah. My prediction for this war, Hizbollah is not gona lose or backdown!

to the watcher... u hit us all day and killed 79 innocent pple massacring 23 innocent children and women while they were running from their village after YOU issued them a warning to leave town.. HOW WE SHOULD FEEL about YOU ??? give us our war prisoners and ull get peace and ull get ur own soldiers..

Israel is not occupying pal land, because and Arab Palestinian state has never existed. You say Israel is prevented people from exercising their political rights. You are mistaken because the Israeli citizens are not prevented from exercising their political rights. If you mean the pals, the Syrians or the Lebanese, it is not Israel who should allow them to exercise their political rights but the PA , the Syrian government and the Lebanese government.

You criticize Israel because, you say, it is not a democracy. From your point of view, is Iran a democracy? Or Syria? If they arent, have you ever criticized them?

hezbollah is not the enemy of israel only ;it s the enemy of arabs too.once you understand that, you guys can join us and together w ll get rid of them

If Israel can attack Lebanon for not controling its borders then the US should attack Mexico for allowing murders,drug peddelers and who knows what else to prey on their innocent citizens.I think the world should just have a happy free for all.Insanity and depravity have consumed man's reasoning process.

You can not solve problems by rocket. Just look at action of Israel in Gaza. Agression is wron on all sides. To the Israeli, Just leave the occupied land and you will have more friends than enemies.

Hello Ludvig I am not sure if you are aware of it but when I was in Sudan, an Islamic controlled state, It was leagal and possible to Buy slaves for about $25.00 U.S. Most of these slaves are darker then the Arab leaders in the country. This graetly puzzled me as I am from the U.S. and here an Islamic minister named Farrakhan was preaching that other religions were white mens religion. In Dalfur Sudan arab leaders are displacing black Sundanese people because of the color of their skin. They are the same religion (MUSLIM) but are darker in color. Where you away that in many Islamic countries you can be put in prison for having bible. Now the people backing the Hezbollah are from Iran and recently the president of Iran stated that Israel should be destroyed. You say that peace is the responsability of Israel in the middle east and that fair treatment is left up to Israel I do not agree.

Hello Ludvig I am not sure if you are aware of it but when I was in Sudan, an Islamic controlled state, It was leagal and possible to Buy slaves for about $25.00 U.S. Most of these slaves are darker then the Arab leaders in the country. This graetly puzzled me as I am from the U.S. and here an Islamic minister named Farrakhan was preaching that other religions were white mens religion. In Dalfur Sudan arab leaders are displacing black Sundanese people because of the color of their skin. They are the same religion (MUSLIM) but are darker in color. Where you away that in many Islamic countries you can be put in prison for having bible. Now the people backing the Hezbollah are from Iran and recently the president of Iran stated that Israel should be destroyed. You say that peace is the responsability of Israel in the middle east and that fair treatment is left up to Israel I do not agree.

Why can i live with french jewish in france or the states and not in the middle east? Oh really then how can you explain of Halimi, the Iranian descent jew in France. Oh I see very clearly how well others get along with Jews abroad. And for your information it is the Islamic regime that must be destroyed so the Jews can live not the "Jewish Regime" as you say.

Khaled Your response to cherice is the most sensible posting I have seen here. I have wondered why your idea was not implemented to begin with. I feel the U.N. should step in on both sides of the conflict to force a truce, and not just observe.

To all Americans reading these posts: contact your congressmen and senators and demand the US steps up to the plate to stand against terrorism. That's what this war is about. Hamas and Hizbollah are two side of the same jihadi coin. The US should be sending much more than a few Patriot systems. Move your Texas behind, Mr. Bush! Enough talking about preserving the Lebanese government- that filthy regime has harbored murderers for years- time to sterilize it. All Americans should realize that this battle is NOT just an Israeli fight. To any congressmen reading this, if you do not immediately demand action to support Israel, YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF NOT GETTING RE-ELECTED.

It is so unfortunate to see so many people clearly unable or unwilling to understand the basic facts about a situation. Much of the European media is partly to blame for this blunder, but its more then that. I don't understand how many Europeans have been sucked into so many lies regarding Israel, when the facts are clearly evident if you mearly search for them. I myself have been writting a Thesis on the foundation of Israel, and am amazed at how mistaken people are about the so-called "occupation" of Arab lands. If you believe that the Hezbollah and Hamas are interested in peace, please read a little about these two organizations, and you will see how wrong you are!

you should be happy that you still alive but and big but hope you taste half what your Army doing in Lebanon then you know how we feel about it.

How can one instigate further hatred and killing? How can you Margaret encourage such heinous crimes against humanity? I would just encourage you to access other information channels for just a moment so you can appreciate it from the other side.

DO NOT STOP KILLING TERRORISTS ISRAEL. HEZBOLLAH HAS ONLY ONE GOAL IN MIND-- YOUR TOTAL DESTRUCTION. THEY WILL LIE AND MISLEAD AND PRETEND TO BE VICTUMS BUT THEY WILL RETURN TO KILL YOU WHEN EVER THEY CAN.THE APPEASERS WHO CALL ON YOU TO STOP ARE NOT UNDER THE GUN AS YOU ARE.

Amazing isn't! What about over 75 civilans killed in Lebanon? Does that count in the balance? What about the destruction that IDF left behind? The injurred and scarred forever?

Lebanon should really be asking Israel to help get rid of Hizbollah. They are a scourge whereeveer they go

Israel proved to be a lemon strategic partner. Who is that idiot who had the idea of state for Jews. Been a terrible mistake which the whole world is paying price for.

It is the same conventions which protect civilian targets and infrastruction which are being violated by Israel, are ironically the same conventions which are keeping the Israeli Prisonser of War alive. I say the soldeirs should be used as a human shield for potential targets. They should have been placed in Hezbollah offices, or on top of the fuel tanks at the Beirut Airport. This is the language Israel understands. Americans should ask themselves what got them into that mess, nothing but Israel. Israel has been a curse on the region and on US interests.

I wonder what they are worried about that would require a Patriot. The RCS of a katyushka is too small, and it's not within the Patriot's intercept envelope long enough. Either this is just for show, or someone is worried about a much larger and longer ranged rocket.

500 drones over Syrian oil fields and refinerys could in 1/2 hour turn them into a peaceful country without any oil for sale. :}

Margaret, How dare you to say that Israel is doing excellent! If you really are a Christian you will never approve what either parties ( Lebanon & Israel)is doing right now. It never written in the BIble that you will repay evil for an evil. a tooth for tooth & an eye for an eye. Yes, Jewish people are the chosen people by God, I guesss they know that...And I am sure God is not happy for what they are doing on right now. This is not the right way! a lot of innocent people are the victim of that violence & if you have a brother or sister working there at the place of war.. then you will realize How evil their Hearts are, people who only think of themselves!!!!!!!!!! The real victim here is not the Jewish people it's the foriegner of that land who are there doing no harm to either party & yet are the ones suffering most, they don't know if they could go home alive or not,they suffer the shock & agony of threat in their lives all alone away from their love ones. rhoda

America stands with Israel! G D bless Israel...

Simple solution for a damn complicated sitution? No justice - no peace !!! Does Israel wanna live in peace? Then just leave Westbank (incl. all illegal settlements) and Gaza forever, release all Arabs you are holding without any rights. And stop killing children. You can blame others as terrorists only when you don't act as one!!

First of all, 700 rockets and getting 2 fatalities is a very bad record. I think the terrorist got nothing better to do but spread misery and waste so much energy doing it. Just imagine how much they can accomplish for their countries by applying this energy for good. The only way to deal with these types of people is to isolate them and eliminate them. Power to the people who are doing this. It is not the countries, it is extremist militant islam. There is no negotiating with them because they want to see destruction of anything that's not like them - border on Nazism. Power to Israel for having the courage to kick their asses back to hell!

DOES ISRAEL NOT HAVE THE DESIRE TO DESTROY THESE ROCKETS. OLMERT, ISRAELI CITIZENS ARE GETTING HURT. LETS HURT SOME HIZB AND SOME LEB CIVIALIANS. THE RULES ARE SET BY HIZB, THEY TARGET CIVILIANS, AND ISRAEL TARGETS, CEMENT? TO HELL WITH THE RESTRAINT -END THIS NO

We all know about organizations such as the UN & NATO which seek to unite member countries in a common bond to thwart aggression. Do Muslims have such an organization amongst themselves? I know of: The Arab League - The League of Arab States but, it has been ineffective to date. I propose a new organization be formed. They could call it: The Arab Liberation League of Al mahdi and the Hezbollah, short form = A. L. L. A. H

If you don't like getting bombed, get rid of the Hezbollah. They are causing lebanon nothing but ruin and destruction. And since you're Christian, why should you care what happens to a bunch of Islamist fanatics who want to get rid of you as well as of us Israelis?

Hello H It sounds like you are one of the people I heared firing guns into the air, to celebrate, on the Lebanese border when 9/11 happened. So I wonder who was full of jelousy and spite then. It's not the Israelis. Every time the sourounding countries try to PUSH ISRAEL INTO THE SEA they loose land. that may be because their motives are full of jelousy,greed, spite, & hatred. A really good book to read is called "the complete idiots guide to the middle east conflict" you may see somethings about your country that your politicians dont want you to see. Like how Lebanon was a very beautiful country before the palastinians came there and began to rape and muder your own people. Or maybe your mindset is that raping and mudering your people is ok with you.

The only option for the State of Israel is to come out in full force and annihiliate the Hezbollah: it's the only language Islamic militants understand

IRAQ, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, LEBANON, LYBIA, AND SYRIA (BADLANDS). AGGRIVATORS OF HUMANE LIVING IN THE WORLD TODAY. THEY DO NOT WANT WORLD PEACE. THEY BRAINWASH THERE PEOPLES. THEY CAUSE CIVIL STRIFE, POVERTY AND STARVATION. THE PEOPLE THERE SHOULD LOOK AT HOW THERE ARMY AND GOVERNMENT LIVE. I BET THEY ARE NOT STARVING OR POVERED. I'LL BET YOU'LL FIND LYBIA BACKING THE HEZBOLLHA ALSO. WE MAY AS WELL FACE IT HERE IN AMERICA. IF WE INTEND TO REFORM THE MIDDLE EAST INTO DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM IN ORDER TO GAIN WORLD PEACE. THE U.S. WILL HAVE TO MILITARIZE THE WHOLE REGION ON THE CLAIM OF FIGHTING "TERRORISM".

You asked what is terrorismm so here's a definition: "Terrorism is politically-motivated violence directed at civiians." Note that the definitionstipulates that the violence be DIRECTED at civilians; in other words, civilians are the primary target. Thus, rocketing Safed, Tiberias and Nahariya is terror; bombing a hi-rise in Beirut where Hezbollah maintains offices is not. even though innocent civilians may get killed. And Mark Lincoln, sorry about the van with 15 civiians killed, really sorry, but in the end it's the Hezbollah's fault, with the Lebanese government (in which the Hezbollah participates) sharing a good deal of the blame.

Tis messege to Margret, I do not think killing innocent people can justify a cause, by you telling the Israli army to and kill the evil. by killing innocent you create evil either it was Israeli or Lebanese, lighten up and think about if your kids were the victim of a bomb or a bullit from an Israeli army, would you be supporting them. Maybe you are safe in the Netherland now, but do you know that what comes around goes around.

Punish Hizballah for obvious agression, however punishing lebanon as a whole will create more problems for both countries. If lebanon suffers as a nation, israel would have made new enemies out of people who wanted peace.

and in her header she dispenses with "Zionist" or "Israel" and chooses "Jew" instead....which is why when we hear zionist this and zionist that we feel we know precisely what the poster means. At least Elisabeth is open about her hostility? (PS. Is there a particular reason you like stalking Cipora?)

Bravo Danny .... Israel is not the cause of unrest, except in the minds of those who wish Israel ham.

USA...still in Guam,Guantanamo,Germany,Iraq UK still in Bermuda(colony),Faulkland Is.,Iraq France still in Tahiti,Bora Bora,Alsace Germany Turkey occupies part of Cypress and Kurdistan, Russia occupies was Eastern Prussia(Kaliningrad) Danemark still in Greenland Oh almost overlooked: *Sweden occupies lapland. Laplanders are second class citizen. *Norway occupies lapland and keeps laplanders as second class citizen Note* of course you want admit it but both Sweden and Norway are the most vocal anti Israel critics.Can you explain your statement "is sometimes credited..sole democracy in ME" Why do you single out Israel? Is it your inner sentiment of anti-... or Norways Quisling heritage? __________________

Exactly what do you think Halutz should have done? Aside from occasional fire fights the north has been quiet. Intelligence might have been aware of the new rockets, but would it have made sense to stir up a mess to look for them. The arrangements with Hizbollah were keeping a tense peace. Best to leave sleeping dogs along Max. Otherwise there would have been rockets landing in Tiberias months ago.

I feel increasingly pressed to understand what the hell Muslims are up to in the current world. They seem to have a collective death wish. In fact, it's not hard to find many things written over the years by Muslims who proclaim that, by sheer numbers and willingness, outright happiness, to die, they will prevail over the entire world. This is living in mutual peace and tolerance? This is some weird millenial St. Vitus dance in celebration of death. You're all (well, OK, only 1 or 2% of 1.5 billion) completely brainwashed and gone mad.

Let the enemy finally feel what real war is - I think they've forgotten (or never new). I don't think we should stop there. While Israel is taking care of Hezbolah, the US should leave Iraq and move its troops into Iran.

means a democracy only for Jews, and that means that it really can't be a democracy. Just like a woman can't be half-pregnant, neither can there be democracies for only part of a population. (some people haven't figured that out yet)

I beg to differ with you, Israel is a democracy so long as you only consider the Jewish people there. When you consider others (such as Christian and Muslim citizens) you will face many walls: 1) Any Jew abroad has an automatic citizenship waiting for him/her if he/she migrates to Israel. But Palestinians (even those BORN THERE and became refugees, or are relatives to an Arab Israeli citizens) are NOT allowed. 2) Israel must remain Majority Jewish (some call it "with Jewish Character"). This resulted in their inability to annex the Gaza/WB occupied lands. If they did, they would have had to give them voting rights, and lose that "character", therefore they continued to occupy for 3 decades while at same time calling it "the land of Israel". 3) Their greatest fear now is the "Arab Woman Womb" because Israeli Arabs have more children than Jewish ones. Do not be surprised if a decade from now you hear of an Israeli law that limits the allowed number of children in families.

A fresh, and extremely welcome, perspective, Cipora. I am delighted to see that you have decided to support the Palestinian right of return. Welcome aboard!

To all who say that Lebanon is a terrorist state I'd like to say that you are very wrong!! Lebanon is a very cultured state goverened by civilized people and as you have in Israel some extremists we have also. These extremist had done their job to resist agianst your occupation and still doing their job to liberate what is remaining. But it seems the terrorist is your state which have devastated our country and killed more than 100 people... you are asking about some bombs which landed in Israel it's the minimum reply to this devastation.... I hatr killing and especially civillians... try to compare and you'll find who's the terrorist

Select your targets, do what you have to do, don't involve syrians in this war and finish this conflict as soon as possible. A long war is not a good idea.

You ask why we can live with Jews in peace in France and not in the Middle East ? Because once the muslims reach sort of critical mass (30-40% of the population) they try to change geopolital landscape and in the process "kill all non-muslims". For comparison, look at most middle east countries in the last 50 years. ALL STRICTLY MUSLIM. All Non-muslim, be it jewish, christian, indian, etc, were given a "choice" and emmigrated. Wait until their population grows in Paris. Last years Paris Muslim demonstrations will look like child's play. Then I recommend you move up north to Sweden or to where Dutch love-living people live. Dutch people will protect us from new Caliphate forming in France.

go home and sleep

israel got what it deserves this is what it has been doing to people for the past three weeks and before.

Watcher! Do you have the slightest idea who started bombarding civilian targets, like civilian aiport peaceful neighborhoods and power stations? Do me a favor, Watch!

But who bombed who first and where are the most casualties and the most damages. Maybe now you know how the Palestinians feel on this forum except the weapons Israel uses against them does far more damage and are far more sophisticated. Taking a look at some of the photographs I've seen of damages in Israel is exaftly what bulldozers alone have been doing for years to the Palestinians and their homes. Did you ever care about that?

"real vicitms are the Jewish people" What about the people in Lebanon, what about the prisoners in capture for years held by the israel goverment? exchange is easier, may be some one should wonder, Is not that what Isreali asked for when they kept the prisoners for years? This attitude is the attitude of the super power, " the only one" going to turn many people to respect no law or what is so called antisocial , you are not going to have fun if the world go this way, think again

again and again i ask idf to stop striking lebanese infrastructure ,we paid a huge amount to build it and now we r paying the same amount when it is destroyed . i remind u that hizbollah did not pay anything to build lebanon and still is not paying electricity.i ask haaretz to send my sincere words to president IHUD OLMERT and to think about this underestimated but huge part of the lebanese population who does not have any hate againnst Israel our future partner.

You are so funny do you know that? You talk about the number of missiles launched from Lebanon.. Why don't you think about it in another way. Count how many innocent civilians are being killed in lebanon and count how many are killed from Israel.. u'll see a big difference... Don't act stupid as if you don't know what's really going on. The thing with the lebanese people is that war doesn't scare them, because they have always been able to face Israel and always beat Israel but Israelians are not used to war and they make it a big deal. and who's striking more... the israelian forces.. but guess what.. in the end.. the EVIL always die... goodnight Israel

Israel is whacking the crap out of Lebanon's infrastructure and punishing the Marionites and Druze. Meanwhile Hizbollah is spreading the pain (and fear) in Israel. Some Israelis are fleeing; as Israeli warplanes slaughter fleeing van loads of fleeing Lebanese civilians. Is everybody having fun or what? Hint: Israel is attacking the WRONG Lebanese, and is on the verge of toppling the government. At which time, guess who moves in to restore "peace"?

covered in pig skin!!! the guy has gone many times too far and got away with it. this time he will pay with interest frm all previous years. Nasrallah count your days ... ...we are coming to get you. ...by the way ''we'' could be anyone:your missus,your cousin,your paper boy your cook. start count sheikh start counting...

You ask "All these rockets came from your territory.How should we feel about it?" They have been living for some time in a country where rockets, invading armies, etc, come from Israel. They may very well feel it is about time you learn what it is like to have your life in danger from attack by an outsider.

to haaretz or IDF.Have you any news or informations on the origin of departure missiles or "rockets". Haifa, Nearyha, Carmiel, Tiberias, these are all targets! from where in south lebanon or from Syria? An other remark on the origin of C-802 (less than Exocet)?

Bob, you are not the only one who has a five-year old son. People on the other side are also humans, you know. I grieve for the family of 11 that was killed by the Israeli bombs and that of 7 also; not to mention the van full of 15 civilians trying to flee for their safety. Enough making it look like only Israelis are people and the others are subhuman. Enough racisim and killing for God's sake!

The trajectory of events is leading to Damascus. This should make Israelis giddy with hope that the war will expand and maybe even get to Tehran. Oh goody. Let's draw the world into your nightmare. I suppose you wouldn't mind American troops dying in Damascus and Tehran like they're dying, needlessly, in Baghdad; in part on your behalf. I suspect a number of people on this thread would LOVE to draw America into an Israeli ground operation. Or maybe a little "Shock and Awe"; it worked so well in Iraq after all. It's nuts; totally nuts. America needs to reign in the Israeli cowboys NOW. Withhold the $2 billion a year aid package if necessary. Stop this madness.

It is time for Torah Warriors to rise up among the leaders of Israel and call upon the Holy One of Israel instead of trying to appease our enemies. Isa 55:5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Yisra'el; for he has glorified you. Isa 55:6 Seek you the LORD while he may be found; call you on him while he is near: Isa 55:7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Lebanese resistant is not AL-Qaeda and lebanon is not afganistan. the leb gov is formed by shia (?) suni and christian. So in another word the resitant is inside the gov. BTW: foreign minister, energie minister, labour minister belongs to moqawama...so pls. read about you're commenting before ruling out your comments. Maybe I shall as well mention to you that majority of lebanese are shia, syrian alawit are shia, majority Iraqis are shia and Iran of course are totally shia. But arab countries are sunis and therefore they're not supporting leb. But all leb are coming together against israel and that's very dangerous to them and not the rockets. Be patient and wait till the END, israelis have no patient to stand month or two of rockets falling on their heads everyday and DEEP. Lebanese escpecially southern are very familiar and can stand years (20yrs) so can the israeli stand that. That is the question. So, watch what the leader of hizbullah has to say in the coming hours!!!

Excellent response to a bigot and clearly thoughtful.

That is racist and stupid! the real victims are those enduring the Israeli bombs in Lebanon and in Gaza. Those who see their infrastructure destroyed and lives taken for no reason. Collective punishment for the acts of the few is a racist thing, because it shows that whoever is doing it does not regard the other party as people worthy of good lives. It is ironic that this comes from people who were being exterminated for racist reasons a few decades ago!

Ludvig, Israelis are not interested in truth. With the help from the U.S. they have created this myth about their democracy. Don't forget, democracy is just the rule of majority. It doesn't mean fairness, justice and equity for all. You are right, they are a racist democracy(majority). If any one is interested in the proof they just have to read the articles that appear on Haaretz about how state of Israel discriminates against no-jews As for the current conflict, this is part of the greater Arab-Israeli conflict. If Israel wants peace it has to return "fully" Golan Heights, Gaza and west bank. But they are not going to give up the land that the have grabbed and they will have wars forever. They are now kidding themselves by thinking that they can just unilateraly withdraw from "parts" of Westbank and annex the rest to Israel. If Israelis were smart they would have gone back to their 1967 borders for their own good.

Dear Sir, Learn soem history. Pal;estione is a reent name. Israel and the Jews have been in the Middle East for 5000 years

Sir, your brilliant and thoughtful remarks are an indication of how deeply you have analyzed the situation. the Jews have been persecuted for 5000 years and are still around. Your kind will never succeed in destroying her. My message to you. Learn the facts and look at the picture from Israels side.

So tell me, if the Hezbollah are so great, why are you living in Paris and not in Beirut? Isn't it because the Muslims, especially the Shi'ite Hezbollah, are making life intolerable for Christians in Lebanon, just as they have done all over the rest of the Middle East?

What a thoughtful and endearing remark. You are to be commended for your sheer billiance. It must be wondeful to be so ignorant

Fools do not learn from their mistakes. Israel has lived under war conditions and prospered. You are just a pawn kicked from one Arab power to another Syria is controlling you through Hizballa you will no peace while you let Hizballa do the Shiites dirty work for them.

I agree. 100%. I keep hearing criticisms but no solutions.

Interestingn and thoughtful, but we are a long way from that scenario

I agree! I'm tired or reading about this one's fault and that one's fault etc. etc. Never do I hear any sensible or pratical solutins

And what would be your solution? I keep reading about what this one did was wrong and that one was wrong but I never hear amny sensible or practical solutions.

And what would you do? I assume as aa military genius that you have some superior solution. How about giving up and letting Hamas and Hezbellah bomb Israel to death. I'd like to hear more from your brilliant mind

Israel does not deny the Palestinians their "political rights" in the West bank, the Palestinians there have Jordanian nationality and have the same rights as Jordanian Palestinians - ie next to none. The last month has proved the "just end the occupation and you'll get peace" thesis to be utterly false. What discrimination is this? We have senior members of police who are arab, 10% of our parliment is arab MKs, 1 out of 9 supreme court judges is arab, our university intake matches the arab percentage of the population perfectly - ie 20% of the students are arab. As a matter of curiosity how many ethnic minorities make up senior positions in the Swedish judicary or academia? As for Israel being the "cause" of unrest, a minority of the conflicts in the Middle East since 1948 have been to do with Israel - think Iran-Iraq war, Yemen civil war, Jordanian-Syrian conflicts, Iraq-Kurd, Internal strife in every single country...

Vermeulen, apparently it is news to you, but Israel occupies not one inch of territory in Lebanon. Furthermore, stephen murray, it is not merely the act of kidnapping, it is the dozens of rockets fired at the same time at Israel, it is the breaching of an international border, the murder of some soldiers etc. It is the rather continuous firing of rockets that hizbulla has engaged in for years. The facts are clear. Lebanon has refused to police its own borders allowing Israel to be the sole party to pay the price for that fact. If Lebanon wants this territory, it has an obligation to police it and be responsible for the actions of those within it. If they refuse to do so, Israel, in self defence has every right to reoccupy it.

the Iranian effort to distract the G-8 by inflaming regional tension to the point of full scale war is very dangerous indeed as can be seen from Putin's latest remarks warning Syria/Iran to stop the Hizzbolah rocket attacks. The Iranians are the real manipulators on the Northern front and will soon be learning that camels are the newest form of transport. You have been warned oil men. Pulling back from the brink is your smartest choice. Maybe you feel you have made your point sufficiently for the G-8 to think twice? You are underestimating the Israeli response.

If we look closer, we also realize, that the periode of our dark ages was slowly ended through contact with jewish and muslim culture and esp. your openess towards scientific knowledge. We have rewarded it with prejudice, war and endless bloodsheltering. Only in the last 60 years or so, we have, after a global disaster, lived in relative peace. The unjust problem again is, while we are on our safe island, that our actions of the past (holocaust, colonialism) still are causes of war all over the world, and just now the younger generation is in the process of realising that. So, why the hell did I write all this? I believe that many opinions from europe posted here, like Fritz, are maybe expressions of feeling sort of responsible. and in the same time feeling quite helpless... I realy hope, that in near future Jerusalem is going to be your (israel and arab) symbol of peaceful coexistance...

You guys better be leaving Tel Aviv becuase it's next, if you want to hit Lebanon's newly rebuilt infrastructure and civilians out of spite and jeleousy then you'll feel the wrath of the Lebanese

what is terrorism ? can someone define it for me . who set the rule ? maybe killing innocent life is form of terrorism so hizbollah is one of them But IDF then is another form of it and so is any killer of innocent civilian anywhere for any cause . you can not just pick and choose your terrorism labels . world need to sit down and work for peace and war of any kind will achieve peace 60 years of fighting and maybe another 60 will go on . thank you

the only fair response to hezbollah is to have israel use nuclear tipped missles-for every israeli killed, 1000 arab terorists and their cowardly sympathizers go down-they will only understand this in order to stop their psycopathic actions

First off for those that credit Israel for stealing land that belonged to the Arabs, blame yourselves, because it was a UN descision that gave the Jews a nation here. Secondly Israel has tried time and again to work out peaceful solutions to the Palistinian conflict, but no matter what they have done, from giving up Jericho, Gaza, or Bethleham, has done anything to stop the Terrorism. There have been multiple offers for co-existing Israeli-Palastinian, all of which have been turned down by the PALASTINIANS. The Palastinian government currently is itself a TERRORISTIC ORGANIZATION FOR GOD'S SAKES, so how can you expect Israel to make peace with them. Again I must say OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT THE FACTS. The so called "freedom fighters" are TARGETING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, while the Israeli forces are merely trying to protect their citizens. Israel has given back land time and again, land that was given to them fair and square, or won in wars that other countries provoked

I think that the belgians should rocket amsterdam-what would you do then coward-you should be drawn and quartered because you are a subhuman psychopath like sheik nasrallah and his pack of psychopaths

I am german and I hope that Israel continues what it started. We have to fight terrorism, and Hizibollah is one of the ugliest part of terrorism. I really don't understand the opinion of many of the european countries like Netherlands, Norway, Sweden etc. and even some german politics opinions. It seems "traditional" that they complain any of the israelian actions. I think we should support more the Israelian actions in its fight against terrorism!

To gain an upper hand in any military action, one has to to try and de-activate the enemy. Beirut airports would have been used to allow the enemy fighter planes(or other countries fighter planes) to take off from there and bomb deep inside Israel. Secondly the Port of Beirut has been closed as the Lebanese Government has been allowing the transportation of ammunition through that port, earmarked for the HIZBOLLOH terrorists. Bridges and roads to Damascus from Beirut have been bombed for the same reason...Its a normal action which should have been taken..I would think less of the IDF if they hadn't taken those precautions...The Lebanese Government should never had let the Hizbollah get such a grip both in the South and in Beirut itself...Israel should be thanked for clearing that lot out of there....

It seems quite clear to me, Israel is under constant attack, and Lebanon is unwilling to put a stop to these attacks, and therefore offers the attackers indirect support. If Al-Qaeda were allowed to operate in Mexico, and throw rockets across the border to attack San Diego on a regular basis, what do you think would happen? Or if the French were letting terrorists operate in their country to bomb Dover? Israel cannot afford to do nothing, and Lebanon's government is responsible for what goes on in its country.

Hi Ezra :) "why is someone like you even reading Haaretz?" of course I can't talk on behalf of Fritz, but I can tell you why I try to read israelian and arab Newspapers: I want to understand why the situation in the ME is escalating at a large scale again. If you're only able to read british, german, american or austrian publications it is difficult, if not impossible, to understand the real key elements of your conflict/situation. I do have to say, as a privileged, lucky bastard who lives in a safe environment, it is still difficult to understand - but thanx to your all's postings, you endow me with a clearer picture. by the way: if a modern european kid get's to know it's (bloody) history - disbelief and shame might be one of their first reactions. %

A metaphysical comment: 2006 has the same numbers as 6002. 6000 is the number of years of creation, followed by 1000 years of 'Shabbat', or Peace. Last year, 5765, was a jubilee year. In a Jubilee Year the original inheritance of land is returned to the original owner. This goes back to the Tribes of Israel inheriting the land. Was last year a good year of everyone? I for one had a huge blessing for income and self-respect. The vision of Peace is just simply living side by side, live and let live. EO has said that this is his agenda: Palestine and Israel side by side. The emotion that goes with this is you are happy at the success of your neighbor. When we Jews think of our blessings and see that Palestineans are enjoying these blessings and we feel happy for that, then that all the preceeding woe is turned into joy. What is keeping this from coming down, b'poel mamosh? What keeps it from coming down is exactly the opposite: envy, jealousy, the ayin ha'rah, evil eye. Mo

Keep on going Israel; you're doing exellent ! Let the evil know that enough = enough. My heart goes out to the real victims: the Jewish people. Margaret

CNN said "In the 48 hours following the capture of the Israeli soldiers, Hezbollah launched over 700 (!!!) katyusha rockets into Northern Israel, killing 2 civilians and wounding over a hundred others. The rockets repeatedly pounded the towns of Kiryat Shemona, Safed, Rosh Pina and Nayariya." All these rockets came from your territory. How should we feel about it?

We used to say that bullshit baffles brains and that's what all these guys are talking. Theoretically they see the world in terms of PC leftist philosophy and be damned to the reality of the situation. The Moslems know that they are talking about taking over territory for Islam, as they are instructed to do. This campaign is an integral part of the plan.

Why do you criticize islamic regimes while being proud of your jewish regime? We want all those regimes to be out and we only want laic ones where human beings are all equal on behalf of their color or religions. You and those islamic regimes are moving us 5000 years backward, so for the sake of God that we all adore and love bury your hate and let's build laic regimes where laws and justice reign. Why can i live with french jewish in france or the states and not in the middle east? Stop all your radical thoughts that gave for your religion and others only war and destruction.

At least it wasn't Sharon!

Is this Stephen Murray out of his mind Does he know what provoke means?. Lebanon is a sovereign state being run by terrorists who are attacking another sovereign state across an internationally recognised border. let the Lebanon govt get rid of them and then the Israelis would be delighted to live in peace with Lebanon as it did for years prior to the incursion by the palaestinians and the rest is history.Would Holland tolerate such a sit uation????

Israel is sometimes credited with being the sole democarcy in the middle east. But how could a state be called democratic that occupies foreign territories in decades, preventing millions of exercising their political rights? And could a state whose laws systematically discriminates on the basis of religion and ethnicity be a liberal democracy? I believe not. And until something is done about it there will always be war and unrest in the region.

you have destroyed lebanon. we will build again. u have killed our people our children will carry on learn from history ... nations rise and fall...and your fall is near i just hope I'm around to see it

It s not only hezbolla who will defend lebanon from israeli attacks, we lebanese have a long history in fighting occupiers and we will pay our lives to defend our lands against any attack. You have arms but we have dignity and we have paid and ready to pay more to keep each meter of our Dear Lebanon. Once you finish from hezbolla you will find other and other parties.

I agree entirely with you if can apply as well to Israel. Get the culprit who launced the missile into civilian area of Palestine and Libanon, arrest them after a proper inestigation and send them to LeHague to face charges for war crimes.

Maybe your women and children would be safer if you didn't strap bombs to them, use them to lure soldiers closer to shooters, or actually upheld any one of the dozens of deals your people actually signed on to. Your leadership demands UN resolution 242 to be implemented by Israel (which requires all attacks on Israel to be halted, and it to be fully recognized), then your leadership demands the State be destroyed. Your arrogance is only accentuated when you "think" you have chosen the winner who will protect you, only to be cheated by them - Arafat, Saddam, Arab League members, and now Hizbollah. You've been thrown out of many countries for your arrogance. They hate you in the Gulf, and Lebanon offers you NO rights in their society. Throughout the years, you've targeted our civilians, as they slept, from 1913 until today. Do not think today is different from yesteryear. You will still live in garbage unless you negotiate honestly and stop your goal to destroy Israel.

'unknown' i wish you safety in the short-term, and peace and a beatiful country in the long term. may G-d watch over you.

To all Iranians and Syrians who say they simply want to live in peace.... In recent interviews with London's muslim newspaper, Iran officials have said they are indeed using Hizbollah and Syria as a front to attack Israel, and destroy it. The suspected UAV launched against the Israeli warship turned out to be an Iranian missile launched with the help of revolutionary guards, inside Lebanon. Syria states absolute help and support for Hizbollah, most in part because Iran and Syria signed a security pact in June 2006. Think this little episode wasn't planned? The Hizbollah attack occurred suspiciously right before the G8 summit, which was to focus on Iran's nuclear program, and sanctions! Thousands rally in support for attack son Israel, in Iraq, Iran, and throughout Syria. The same sentiment that precluded the 1967 War. If you only want peace, you have a funny way of showing it. Funny how no one believes you. And the Palestinians...no one believes or cares at this point

Just in case you forgot who Israel is fighting (taken from CNN news): "In the 48 hours following the capture of the Israeli soldiers, Hezbollah launched over 700 (!!!) katyusha rockets into Northern Israel, killing 2 civilians and wounding over a hundred others. The rockets repeatedly pounded the towns of Kiryat Shemona, Safed, Rosh Pina and Nayariya."

"Israel did it on a daily bases until they got smanked on their botty. Now you have started something that you may not like the outcome from." Hezbollah launch a military attack over Israel's northern border(demarcated by the UN) kill and capture IDF soldiers (was that the botty smacking or perhaps the Grandmother with her grandson of 5years age hit by a Katyusha?). Now while Israel is getting its botty smacked Lebanon is descending towards its own ground zero and Southern Lebanon will no longer be inhabitable until Hezbolla retreat from the border. What outcome was YOU thinking of "salivating Roger"?

You should understand that Hizbullah`s aim is not to settle the israeli-palestinian conflict but to destroy Israel and to implement Islamic rule in the ME. We are in the forefront of this battle. For your own interest you should support us!

"Hezbollah started the conflict attacking military targets which is legitimate under any law when two parties at war." The initial attack took place on the military in sovereign Israeli territory. Since no previous action was made on either side, this is an unprovoked attack by Hizbollah, and most Lebanese are disgusted by it. However, when Israel began to shoot back at Hizbollah targets (even before any Lebanese civilian casualties), Hizbollah launched dozens of rockets on Israeli cities. NONE of the targets in Tzfat, Nahariya, Kyriat Shmoneh were military targets. ALL were civilians, and every building hit was a civilian one. That sparked Israel's immediate rage and attacks on supposed Hizbollah operatives, their families, and suspected rocket caches. Hizbollah targeted civilians first, making it as illegal a group as they were from the beginning. Likewise with the Palestinian who shoots up a car of women and children, and calls it "self-defense".

As a pal, have you ever protested the targeted killings of Israelis on school buses, etc.? Israel doesnt target civilians but at war civilians die, unfortunately. It is different with the pals, who target Israeli civilians.

you are as much an infidel as we are. Any attack on us is also an attack on you. Like many Europeans you simplistically think that this is an issue of "settlements", "occupation" etc. You forget that israel, jews, hebrew, jewish history, jewish calendar are every bit as middle eastern as anything arabic or islamic. If you are looking for occupation try looking at USA, Canada, NZ, Australia, all of S.America where the indigenous peoples have been swamped by settlers who have stolen their lands. Pray that israel wins and wins big because the future of the west depends on victory by israel, usa and all other western forces against the islamic fundamentalist terrorists who seek to destroy the infidels. Dont ignore the truth just because it is so awful.

"Hizbullah leaders and operatives were leaving Beirut on Saturday following a massive IAF strike on an 11-story building that served as the organization's command center, initial intelligence indicated". No matter how they try to spin it Hebollah is suffering huge loses and is it's leaders are being driven from the country as reported on chasnnel 2 above. As Arafat did they will try to spin this as somehow as victory. They won't say it but many leaders in Lebanon are very glad. Outcome: Continued Hezbollah in Lebanon but out of the south of lebanon as an armed force.

Just in case you all forgot about who it is Israel is fighting, a quote from the Wikipedia: Hezbollah has been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, Israel and Australia; the U.S. Department of State accuses Hezbollah of killing up to 300 American citizens (over 230 of whom were U.S Marines in Lebanon). On March 10, 2005, in a non-binding resolution, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly (473 in favor, 8 against, 33 abstain) branding Hezbollah in whole as a terrorist organization

If you want clear proof who is in the right in this situation, just look at the facts. Israel is launching precision attacks on terrorist sites, targeting areas that will cause as little loss of life as possible. These attacks have only been launched after first being provoked. Israel's goal in the battle is merely to put an end to the fighting, and when some civilians are accidentally killed (which they always are in war), Israel appologizes. On the other hand the Hezbollah is launching missiles at populated cities, trying to KILL CIVILIANS. It would be a bit different if they were trying to take out Israeli military sites, but they are merely trying to cause as much damage as possible...

RESIGN and Let Yaalon come back!"Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said Friday that Hezbollah has rockets with a range of up to 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) or more, an admission that brings more major cities within their range, including possibly Hadera and Netanya. This would mean that Hezbollah has rockets that could reach within 20 to 30 kilometers of Tel Aviv. Halutz also put the blame on Lebanon's government for the numerous rocket attacks on northern Israel that have killed four people

Oh please, save your comments for the arab newspapers. Why is someone like you even reading Haaretz.

As a palestinian, I disagree with targeting civilians on both sides. Hezbollah started the conflict attacking military targets which is legitimate under any law when two parties at war. Israel retaliates against helpless citizens casuing Hezbollah to return the favor. Because Israel is getting a taste of its own terror, it starts crying foul. Grow up and face Hezbollah's fighters and not inocent civilians

The mistake Israel made, in my opinion, was not in evacuating the civilian settlers from Gaza (and from the West Bank) but in evacuating the army. Until peace is achieved (which I doubt will be in my lifetime), there must be an IDF military presence in the Palestinian territories.

"Did you write that? " Yep. I did it to get the goat of the Israel-bashers. Like I do whenever they attack the security barrier - then I write, "I like my imperialist, colonialist, Zionist, apartheid, Jew-banker wall." Now on a serious note, do you have a shelter or reinforced room, and do you stay close to it? They haven't reached Kefar-Sava yet, but I imagine that as their situation gets more and more desperate they'll begin using their Iranian long-range missiles.

The Islamists do not love you either. You are also their occupied teritory. Was Spain such a strong supporter of Israel? Why do they catch Islamists wanting to blow up the Canadian Parliament and cut the Prime Ministers throat? How many terrorist attempts have there been in France.? Do not get too comfortable you might live to eat your words.

Perhaps not long-term, but now is the time to destroy Hizbollah and probably the only way to do so is a sustained ground assault. By destroying hisbollah Israel would be doing Lebanon a huge favor because Hizbollah is a curse for both Lebanon and Israel. Attacks on south Beirut should intensify. Since Israel's withdrawal in 2000 there has been no justification whatsoever for "The Party of God's" deployment along the blue line. They've been picking fights with Israel all this time merely to justify its existence much to the disconcernce of much of the Lebanese population. The Lebanese people have no reason to provoke Israel. Shaaba Farms? Just look at a map and see where this tract of land lies - it's in Golan so it's a Syrian issue - not Lebanese. What would really be sweet is for the glorious IDF to find that pig Nasrallah and literally blow that thing to bits. I'd pay top dollar for a DVD showing that!! lol

Yeah sure. Very wishful thinking. Look what happened in Gush Katif and Amona. We gave our land and now they are shooting rockets from the roofs of what were once Jewish homes.

Israel will not negotiate!

Did you write that?

Wow what a great solution, and while we`re waiting for "justice to be served" imagine how many innocent civilians would be killed in Israel?

What a stupid comment. You should do your homework and realize that those so called "territories" are actually palestinian occupied territory. They need to get out, that is Jewish land.

You are right. People like the ones you described simply hate the Jewish people and are always trying to blame Israel for everything. 1. the so called "Palestinian" arab conflict 2. Gas prices rising and so on

I just wrote a similar e-mail. That`s right Hesbolla is responsible and deserves whatever coming to them. This idiot Stephen Murray doesn`t know what he`s talking about.

Very nice for you to say. I happen to live in the Haifa area, and this is not fun, being nervous everytime you hear something in the air. How can you can Attack on Haifa is justified. Stay out of problems that don`t concern you, stay in your safe marijuana smoking country Amsterdam and mind your own business.

It's completely justified what is happening to israleians because when Israel decides to respond to armed operations by civilians attacks then he would expect the same for his civilians. We believe that all civilians lives are equal whatever are their religions and hitting lebanese children means that Israel took the decision that human lives have no price so LET'S BE IT.

I see from your postings that you are a proud European. Well, Europe has been the most murderous continent for the last 1000years. Only in the last 60years did you finally learn to live in peace (thanks to the excesses of your parents/grandparents). So please don't moralise. We don't live in Europe, we cannot afford to be Switzerland. Didn't you notice the neighborhood we live in?

"Israel could have avoided all this mess (and removed the carpet from under Hizbolla`s feets) by freeing all the Lebanese prisoners when it had the chance to do so, you know, during the last exchange." Why? Do you free convicted murderers because of!! blackmail? Samir Kuntar is a Murderer not a freedom fighter! He entered a young family's home and murdered the father and his 2 young daughters aged 5 and 2. Why should he be freed? To encourage potential murderers knowing nothing will happen to them because the hezbullah will come to their rescue? Samir Kuntar deserves to rot in prison!