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'We need deterrence in Gaza'
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 03.11.05, 00:24
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1. terror and criminal acts by IDF.
john   (11.03.05)
Terrorists are all those terrorising civilians. What the IDF is doing here is terrorising civilians for what few terrorists do on the Palestinian side. This is a criminal act and we cannot rejoice over it........this is a horrible act by a powerful state against helpless civilians...Iarael and IDF have lost their composure.
2. you're an idiot john
ciara ,   australia   (11.03.05)
Yeh John, tough talk. What the IDF should do is sit on their hands and watch their country and people be destroyed by these Jew-hating Arabs. In fact lets rejoice in what the Iranian President said, lets "wipe Israel from the map". Go save a whale or hug a tree you idiot.
3. Well said
Ariel ,   Canberra   (11.03.05)
I agree 100% with the Commander. As for John #1, the argument that the Palestinians are all "helpless civilians" died a long time ago. Surely you and your Islamist propagandist buddies can come up with some new myths to feed us... P.S. When civilians allow terrorists to hide in their homes and use their front yards as rocket launching pads, they cease being civilians and their homes become "military targets" - look it up in your beloved Geneva Conventions.
4. #1
ely ,   usa   (11.03.05)
you are right,Ahmed
5. Targeted killings of terrorist scum work well, keep it up.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Santa Monica, CA   (11.03.05)
The islamic "peaceful religion" terrorists want to wipe out five million people. Well its really four million Jews and leave the one million Israeli arabs alive. b'h for the wonderful helicopters and UAVs that kill the terrorist leaders who should be hiding in a hole, not breathing fresh air. The "palestinians' are ceaseless "victims" whose only purpose in life is to make the Jews miserable, they have no life of their own, only a cult of death and destruction. More targeted killings please until the "senior" terrorists are walking around in diapers sucking their thumbs.
6. and more
smith ,   washt   (11.03.05)
isreal is realy acting as a cat teased by a mouse. each movement has to be responed ed to!!!! and creating a balance where should be no balance> >>> this is an idiot act and instead let's stop acting militarly and focus on intelligence,,, not arresting randomely> only those endenger our peace and security> ( peace to israel and palestine)
7. John, shut up
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8. Terror and criminal act
Ed ,   Pittsburgh, USA   (11.03.05)
...yes of course...if Jews have any might and use it that is a criminal and terrorist act...but if someone attacks and kills Jews...that is legitimate, fighting for freedom etc..... as the Arabs are all fond of saying...the trouble all started as soon as Israel hit them back.....
9. Strong Deterrence Works
Marcel ,   Florida   (11.03.05)
The IDF Officer has more sense than the politicians who are on the tight leash of restraint ,compliments of the fake peace Road Map. If the IDF were allowed to defeat the enemy ,the Intifada would be over in a short time.
10. The best deterrence is to end Jewish occupation & terror
VG ,   Houston, TX   (11.03.05)
against Palestinians. This will also bring enhance stability in the mideast and the world.
11. word games
tom ,   canada   (11.03.05)
calling the idf "terrorists" is a word game, and it originates in plo propaganda. one of the basic principles of propaganda is that a lie, repeated often enough is believed. if the terrorists would stop firing qassam rockets into israel, the idf would not attack gaza. but does anyone really believe that if the idf just stopped retaliating, that the arabs would stop firing rockets? instead of criticizing the idf, i dare you and all the other leftists, to suggest even one better way of stopping the rockets.
12. To Jhon
Adam ,   MIami   (11.03.05)
Yes sir, Israel will just sit there and let the Palestinians do what ever it would like to the Israelis. Listen dude the Palestinians don’t want a Jewish state period, and Israel doesn’t want an Arab state. Jews have a historical back round to its country the Palestinians don’t (hence Arafat wasn’t borne in “Palestine”) Which brings us back to square one i.e. there is no rational with in this conflict and therefore has do be dealt with in one way and one way only (as history has it…67) Militarily
13. Pullout
Adam ,   MImai   (11.03.05)
so much for the pullout!!!
14. 1 - noise is terror? oh yes, just like suicide bombs. right.
mike ,   usa   (11.03.05)
15. What a stupid low-life
Sigfried S. Kuhn ,   Aberdeen Md. USA   (11.03.05)
John, in his mean-spirited and stupid reply to Israel's attempts at non-lethal ways to stop the horrendous firing at Israeli settlements by armed terrorists shows his cold-heartedness and lack of knowlege of history and the world. Stopping the rocket attacks is supposed to be a function of the governing authority of the territory. In the case of Gaza, the PA absolutely refuses to do anything to stop the rocket attacks and disarm the terrorists who openly boast of their goal of destroying Israel. So when Israel uses non-lethal measures to warn the Palestinians of the consequences of allowing attacks on Israel, this stupid low-life sides with the murderers who fire rockets at kindergarteners. I guess he was opposed to bombing German cities during WWII (if the idiot ever heard of WWII) because some poor Germans might have been too frightened to cooperate with the SS and Gestapo in murdering innocent civilians. That is what happens when prejudice lowers your IQ to around 85.
16. RE: "Criminal Acts by IDF
Adam Ross ,   Lenox, MA   (11.03.05)
This strategy is a means of defense. Just as many Israeli children, if not more, are traumatized by acts of Arab Terror in Israel Proper than the Gazan children by noises made by Israeli aircrafts. The only reason these days that the less Israeli children are being tramautized is because of Tzh"l's effective defence tactic which, to an extent, keeps guerrila militants away from Israel.
17. give me a break #1
Mike ,   Jacksonville, USA   (11.03.05)
What would any other country in the world do if there were rockets being fired into their country?! Israel is constantly viewed with a double standard. It really is too bad that those "few terrorists" ruin it for the rest of the Palestinians and the Israelis. What do you suppose Israel do? Sit back and let the rockets kill innocent civilians? Any other country would carpet bomb the crap out of the attacking country. The palestinians are lucky that Israel has shown the restraint it has.
18. The only way to fight the Palestinian Arab murderers
Roger ,   USA   (11.03.05)
....is to display enough firepower. The terrorists perceive Israel as a weak state. The Jewish liberalism, values and democracy hinder the Israeli ability to confront the savages who want to murder every Jewish man, woman and child. If the Arab regimes that do not recognize the Jewish state and their cronies, the Palestinian Arab serial killers, assigned to destroy the Jewish sovereignty, had the Israeli might they would not have spared a single Jew.
19. #1 The Palestinian Arab terrorists
Tal ,   USA   (11.03.05)
..would have loved it a lot more if the Jews did not defend themselves. Sorry, pal, those days are long gone. If the Palestinian Arab terrorists lay down their arms there would be no terrorism. If Israel lays down the arms there would be no Israel.
20. lol ciara! (#2) nice
Yakir ,   Switzerland   (11.03.05)
21. #10 VG
Yonatan ,   Knoxville, USA   (11.03.05)
VG, don't you know not to try and debate subjects you know nothing about??? You CLEARLY have never been in the Middle East, and know nothing about it. Go back and round up some cows or something.
22. IAF Is Capable Of Destroying The Terror Nests Completely
Adina kutnicki ,   Nj, US   (11.03.05)
IAF - Keep up the pressure and don't let up. Reactive is never as good as preemptive. Do as the US does and not as it says. During WW11 they decimated the enemy. Israel must finally do the same, and then, peace will have a chance. Losing the war is NOT an option.
23. The best Deterrence is to expel them all
Ben Shaul ,   Yerushalyim   (11.03.05)
24. And you have lost your mind John
Newt   (11.03.05)
"What the IDF is doing here is terrorising civilians for what a few terrorists do on the Palestinian side." What the IDF is doing is protecting it's citiznes from the animals. If that's too difficult for you to understand, then maybe you should go to Israel and sit in an empty field while the animals target you with rocket fire.
25. Well thank you for that enlightened view point VG
Newt   (11.03.05)
"The best deterrence is to end Jewish occupation & terror against Palestinians. This will also bring enhance stability in the mideast and the world." Bullshiite....pure unadulterated bullshiite. Where have you been VG. Gaza was handed back to the Palestinians and now Gaza looks like another MOGADISHU. Iran openly announced the intention of the Islamic world is to remove Israel from the map.....and handing over land is not going to curb the violence Israeli's suffer on a daily basis.
26. I'm continually censored repeatedly on article after article
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (11.04.05)
For the last several days, I'm continually censored. It's a miracle some comments of mine get published!!!! Ynet, thank you for publishing the comments that do get published!
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