your words are "emet" (the truth).

To mr.Mushir el Masra. You the spoksmen of the Hamas and all other spoksman of the people of the arabs,havn't any thoughts,haven't any words of yourselfs.You don;t take any trouble to compose your speeches to express yourself.You simply take the thoughts and monkey the words of the Israely spoksmans,without any shame,simply you change the word of the /arab/,to the israelis,the /musulmans/,to jews.You want an example? Your recent speach:no hawks and doves no difference between likud kadima and labour.and you ask:do we have any choice,or right to protect ourself?We the Israelis try to explain ourself from the begining with this words.Don't steel our words,don't steel our thoughts and don't steel our cars. Andi hakfarsabai

You must be a writer or something like that. Your description of Ellen is exactly what the image that her writings conjure up in my mind! We have quite a few of these pathetic British old maids in Canada as well. These people do not want to see the facts but adopt totally immoral and incorrect ideas on Jews and Israel to satisfy their need for contempt.

I presume you were similarly moved and went into three days mourning in 1972 when the same Abbas murdered the Isralei athletes at the Munchen Olympics. I just know you did as you are such an honorable person, they were all honorable people, those whose bones are buried and those whom you praise, they were all honorable people.

You're partly right. I absolutely adore a good cuppa tea, at the moment passionfruit & mango is my favourite flavour. I also love a good game of bingo. I don't know if being 57 years-old qualifies me as elderly, however. And I do find the term 'Brit' rather offensive. But, there you go again. Accusing me of 'Jew-baiting' simply for criticising a country's policies. Not once in my post did I ever mention adherents of Judaism. Israel is the only country in the world where if one is criticical of it, one is accused of some irrational racism. I think that this fact is partly what has enabled Israel to perpetuate her crimes for so long. I am appalled by all forms of racism. Once, I was with my friend, Judith, and she was wearing a star of David charm. We were strolling down Bond Street and a freakish little man called her a 'Greedy Jew,' for no apparent reason. Well, after he had said that, I became quite cross, and I grabbed his shirt...... the rest is a bit graphic. It is blatantly obvious amongst my many Jewish friends that I am nothing other than a philo-Semite. Accusing me of some sort of hatred of Jews because I am appalled by Israel's occupation and apartheid system is a clever - not genius, although - way of stifling criticism. Well, I refuse to stay silent whilst such extreme injustice occurs. I shan't ever abandon my values and/or turn a blind eye to suffering, even if it means that my character and motives will be smeared. Kate, I believe that your unchallanged support of Israel has taken away a large part of your humanity. You refuse to see the suffering that the Israeli occupation has caused the Palestinian people, and the resistance that stems from it. You continuously dwell on the Holocaust (which was an unimaginably evil act) and use that as a justification for oppressing the Palestinian people. I just hope that you'll give me the courtesy of deeply considering what I have just wrote, as I have done the same for yours.

who complains about being "cloned [sic]" should be hired by anti-UK governments for her "good political work." Oh, I guess she has been already.

Why, when the media interviews Hamas, or other arab leaders, nobody is asking why they continue to send Khasam bombs on Israeli civilians, which causes Israel to retaliate and, sometimes unintentially, to kill or hurt civilians. If the Khasams stopped, I am sure, Israel would not bomb civilians. Hamas doesn't recognize the existence of Israel and repeatedly vows to destroy it. So what should Israel do but defend itself.

Palestinian rocket causes explosion in Gaza A Palestinian rocket that went off prematurely caused an explosion Saturday in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security officials said. Initially, the officials said the explosion was caused by an Israeli air strike, but later recanted their statement. The army said it had not carried out a missile strike in Gaza. (AP) (06.10.06, 21:55)

i hope to see your apology when we will find out that the explosion didnt occur from israeli's shell, but from Palestinian bomb. And one more thing - Palestinians murders israeli civilians every week, on purpose. When the Palestinians civilians died, it is accident, and we all know it. They are good at crying to the cameras, but they never look at the mirror and check themself.

ellen the only thing you support is terrorism and you rather support hamas then abbas you still need to read articels what really is happening

which kills more than 7 people. What? No comment? STILL WAITING.

no remorse, but you are the first to cry foul when this type of thing happens to you. for shame.

...is that if Israel wanted to kill civilians they could wipe out entire cities without blinking an eye. If this was in fact a stray shell and not a stray Qassam, then it was an accident and further proves my point that shelling is an ineffective tactic and that airstrikes are a much better way to fight the terrorists.

I have a few questions for you. What part of Israel do you consider "Occupied"? If you consider all territories conquered in 1967 "Occupied", then if Israel retreats to pre-1967 borders, will you consider it a normal nation? Does a normal nation have a right to attack another nation or entity if the latter is constantly bombing it's cities and calling for its destruction? If today France would send rockets across the lamansh canal into southren England's population centers, would you consider it morally right of England to shell France's population centers? Will you support such a move? Even if the photos of blood covered French children, who's only crime was supporting the bombing of England and it's destruction would be on tv? Are you aware of the fact that Israel has retreated to pre-1967 borders in Gaza last summer and that the Palestinians run their own business? (except for the electricity and water, we still supply that, for free may I add) If today the entity in Gaza would shell Israeli civilian population, would you consider it morally right of Israel to shell Gaza back? If not, then may I ask you, what in your mind is right of Israel to do in order to maintain the security of it's citizens? Thank you for your time.

Mrs.Ellen.first of all I should like to apologize for calling you a stupid women in one of mine talkbacks.Now that I know you are beeing a50+ years old,I want alter my opinion of you.A women in your age can't be stupid and even if she is, can't be called in so an uncivilicised way.In the same time I want to argue with my colleges of writing talkbacks.We arn't right to demand not to allow and not publish the writing of her.Newspaper like the Yidiot ahronot wouldn'tdo a step so undemocratic and in the same time degrade oneself to the /nivo /of the arab liberty of the press.Maybe that is what mrs.Ellen would like to provoke.In the meantime i like to read her onesided writings Alewai more arabs would write in our talkbeck.We want to sit down and speak with them.aren't we? Andi hakfarsabai.

considering that my readers group is in the thousands - I assume they complained to the server - since geocites - Yahoo - have strict terms Or because of the lawsuits running she cut and run

killed people in large numbers: also it is now more or less established that it was possibly Hamas own Qassam that misfired but of course Hamas isn't cooperating - nor is Abbas in the investigations what does that show once more If they would be sure it was the IDF which has not yet been told by the PA the actual location - they would have already cooperated. Pallywood again ???? http://seconddraft.org/streaming/pallywood.wmv

The IDF state the PA refuse to cooperate. The PA refuse to give exact location and time of the explosion. Raising suspicions that Islamists were responsible for the attack. Truth is irrelevant to the PA. Muslim human bomb killers slaughtered such huge numbers of Jewish innocents, the IDF were forced to search for the terrorists in Jenin. 52 Islamists were killed by the IDF. The PA falsely reported to world media that the IDF had killed 1,500 PA Muslims. Jews are not safe in Muslim areas anywhere. The U.S. EU and UN make no attempt to stop Islamist continual hate incitement and non-stop terror attacks against Jews, victims of global jihad. Effigies of burning buses are features of Palestinian Authority school pageants and summer camps. Streets and soccer teams are named after suicide bombers. Arab Muslim children and adults train in terrorist training camps. Ambulances transport terrorists, weapons, and bombs. Stabbings, shootings, fire-bombings, stonings, drive-by shootings, bombs planted, grenade attacks, rocket and mortar attacks, lynchings, human bomb killer attacks. The U.S. EU and UN demand through the Road Map that Israel give half of her tiny land, the militarily strategic, Biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria, to PA/PLO/Hamas, PA Muslims, who are united in conquering all Israel for Islam. The ultimate goal is Islamic world rule. The raison d'etre of the genocidal PA society is the mass murder of Jewish innocents. Palestinian Authority society are taught murdering Jews is the highest goal in life and attains paradise: http://www.pmw.org.il/AFD.html

Bachrach, what does advanced age have to do with stupidity, ignorance, or lack of virtue? Me, I stopped reading the snaggletooth shortly after she said that Jews "slither." She's just your typical tea-sipping, bingo-playing, shop-keeping, English anti-Semitic horror (I don't believe she's a professor of any kind). She's also surprisingly uncultured. A cultured Brit would never write such vulgar stuff.

I am Itching to read further posts from you. Subtle sense of humour with a good mix of sarcasm!

Why do the Palestinians keep on provoking Israel with their qassams and endanger their civilian population with the retaliation they know will be coming? Why don't the Palestinians concentrate on nation building instead of leading their people into certain doom? Why can't Palestinians understand that they are no David and Israel is no Goliath? That Israel is a mighty power which they totally lack? Why don't Palestinians grab the hand of friendship that Israel has permanently extended in their direction? ( I use the term Palestinians to describe the arabs living in Gaza and the West Bank) For the record, I am older then you Ellen.

it is today not the past you say building .but building need money need power and need the hand yes where is the mony to eat not to built where is the power to protect the selfe not to conquer last what the hand to grape the killing one or t is the friendship one still the family blood on the shore violence will result to more violance this is the fact which we lived and still have the cause is the ocupation .the ocupation of the people not the lands in gaza and west bank .the sound of power is listened only .no mercy to the human it is the truth

It is very convenient for her to scream and shout about Israeli attacks, but we hear nothing from her when the Palestinians blow up innocent people in Israel. It is very convenient for her to say, I don't hate Jews, just Israel's policy of protecting them from terror. Ellen didn't see Palliwood, the fake funeral, or the "massacre" in Jenin. She only sees the things that make her agrument stronger. Very intelligent of you Ellen!!!