A racist government bombs civilian areas killing 30 ordinary noncombatants in one day alone and it’s all okay, or somehow the victims’ faults. After all as your former Likud tourism minister said, the Palestinians are “cockroaches in a bottle,” subhumans to be exterminated, or as former P.M. Begin said “beasts that walk on two legs.”

And the pathetic lies these fans of murder tell: “Israel exercises its power within the international law”! Ha ha, that’s rich! They’ve been in violation of UN resolution 242 for decades. They torture (but only Palestinian “terrorists”, that thug that killed Rabin for trying to make peace is never harmed), murder children (20 in the last day or so), practice collective punishment and other tactics borrowed straight from the Nazi.

Like John McInsain they believe that if the objects of their imperial terror resist or fight back they must be more thoroughly exterminated. Frightening, evil, racist sons of bitches!

Thank you fdl for at least telling the true story of this ethnic cleansing & horror.

The Palestinian Arabs elected a government dedicated to the eradication of the Jewish state. The Palestinian electorate must now accept the consequences of that decision. Since the Israeli pull-out from Gaza in august 2005, around 4,000 rockets have landed on Israeli populated soil. And rockets are not Danish cartoons as you know! The Israelis were fully entitled to retaliate as a measure of defense.

The Hamas government (if one can call it that) is, explicitly, dedicated to the complete eradication of the Jewish state. Hamas leaders call for eliminating Israel from the face of the earth. Israel has long ago already accepted the legitimacy of one Palestinian state (Jordan, which was part of Mandate Palestine) and is prepared to accept the legitimacy of a second (”Palestine”). This is the official policy of the elected government of Israel.

Israel has the right to self defense after they relinquished Gaza totally into Hamas hands in August 2005 who then permitted not less than 4005 (uuupppppssss, 5 rockets more fell in the western Negev since I wrote the former paragraph) rockets. They then attacked Israel proper and kidnapped a soldier. They knew they were playing with fire. All they had to do was to release him as was requested by most countries. But no – they want Israel in; to create sympathy for them selves. It doesn’t wash. They are getting what they deserve and I hope that the world will see one less terrorist organization in the near future.

A representative U.S. headline in response to these events: “Palestinians Call Off Peace Talks”.

Imbalance of power is not a criterion to decide if the Israelis are good or bad’ right or wrong. It’s not ashame to be strong in hostile Muslim turmoil. Should Israel apologize and sit aside while the Arab Palestinian Gazans rocket southern Israel for years? Should Israel let the Hamas and the PLO to armament their ranks and have planes and tanks in their hands? Are you crazy? Should Israelis spend 7 years (and not 2 days as Ahmed Abdullah in Gaza!) ?

If the Hamas have stopped its “Annihilation of the Jews in Palestine” program and stopped all its terror actions, Israel would not attack any one in Gaza. Israel only operates against existing terror preparation and activity to launch rockets or send suicide bombers on civilians in Israel (”Collective punishment” against Israel which you ignore).

Until the Arabs understand that simple fact Israel has all rights and duty to protect its civilians by any measurable means including firing into terror activity spots within populated Gazan areas, action they avoided until now.

Those who didn’t call for cease fire when the Gazans sent rocket into Israel have no moral right to criticize Israel now !

Why is it that Uri Avnery’s description of “Israelis” sound exactly like a description of George W. Bush’s foreign policy?

Bob in HI