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Cabinet decides not to broaden ground operation
Ronny Sofer
Published: 27.07.06, 15:51
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31. Olmert has given a green light
cordier   (07.27.06)
Olmert has given a green light to hezbollah to bomb israel. he foolishly expects that when hezbollah will have fired the nine thousands rockets they have they will ask for a cease fire and he will proclaim a israeli "victory". With a ratio of a wounded by missile fired into israel Olmert is causing us nine thousands casualties just not to call up and send to lebanon the big regiments of reservists of tel aviv and ramat aviv. olmert protect the leftists, the hedonists (with his friend the woman/secretary lover ramon) the arabs and corrupt billionaires of tel aviv who have elected him. But Hezbollah will receive missiles from syria and iran because Olmert refuse to bomb syria (cause maybe in reprisals missiles will bomb his cherished tel aviv, the capital of the world of the gays). The missile rain will not stop. Olmert will have to beg hezbollah to give him a cease fire. poor israel...
32. #4 Israel is fighting cowards with its hands tied behind it
michael ,   tel aviv & london   (07.27.06)
Israel can destroy these towns in minutes or hours but is overly (in my view) concerned about civilians. Israli soldiers are risking their lives in order not to hurt civilians. They will win and they have only made a small call up so far and a larger one was refused today. I guess the US had better get out of Iraq before the humiliation grows.
33. Anti-Israel foreign minister of Finland will visit Israel
Rick The Dragon ,   Finland   (07.27.06)
Finnish Zapatero foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja, socialist, will come to Israel as Finland is the leading country now in EU. Here are few examples how anti-semitic and anti-Israel he is. These guys rule Europe nowadays!! ” It is rather shocking that some are carrying out the same kind of policy that they were victims of in 1930’s”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja in Suomen Kuvalehti 24.8.01 Erkki Tuomioja compared in the interview of the last issue of Suomen Kuvalehti the Israeli policy against the Palestinians to the Jew-baiting of the 1930’s. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland also blamed Israel of subjugating and impoverishing the Palestinians. - I consider the comparison to the nazi policy very dangerous, says the Ambassador of Israel Miryam Shomrat. - I would not have expected of the Minister for Foreign affairs of Finland to do such a comparison. The Ambassador tells that she is considering of making a public clarification to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, because the speech of Tuomioja according o her differ from the earlier line of Finland. The Representative of PLO in Finland Zuheir al-Wazir has nothing but good to say about the Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja. Except maybe that Tuomioja did not tell the completely exact truth of Israel and the Palestinians in his interview that has become so famous.
34. Israel haters
(07.27.06)
You know what is funny? All of you Israel haters. If the government had agreed on widening the operation you would have shouted "nazis"! Now they are not, you call them chicken. So who cares WTF you think? Fact is the operation worked. Facts are we don't have huge amounts of missiles coming down nomore, and the ones that do are less accurate and many Hezbollah fighters including seniors were killed. Maybe the rest will be kicked out of their own country as the Lebanese are fed up with them as well and emigrate to your countries. Than we talk again and see who is the crybaby.
35. After the Rice visit Israel chickens out
chana sara ,   toronto   (07.27.06)
How foolish to again ignore the IDF and risk the security of Jews to "appear" to be righteous to those nations who want to destroy us. How many Jews have to die to prove this "moral superiority". Golut mentality is alive and well in Israeli politics. When will you learn?
36. Weak government
Sidney ,   USA   (07.27.06)
Poor Israel is cursed with the weakest government in its history. Its leader is there solely because he was the number one stooge of Ariel Sharon. Peretz is Defense Minister because he could not be trusted to be Finance Minister. The government survives through the support of the whores of Shas and the Pensioner's Party. The IDF has a double burden, Hezbollah and a weak government. The greatest threat to Israel is that this government will accept a compromise that will strengthen Hezbollah. Let the IDF run the war.
37. Why not send chimps to fly your F16s
Adonis ,   Lebanon   (07.27.06)
so your brave israeli pilots wont get hurt... And to idiot #9, there were no more civilians in Bint Jbeil, where you suffered your most humiliating defeat.
38. This is NO Time to Go Wobbly!
Goy in NYC ,   NYC, USA   (07.27.06)
Where's Margaret Thatcher when you need her? Finish what you started, Israel!!!
39. "Sand boxes" IS the right idea.
Ibrahim ,   S. Arabia   (07.27.06)
40. Thank you Eli Yishai
(07.27.06)
Other than Shas, we have really no Hashem fearing Jews in the GOV who will stand by Hashem than by the Gentile's wishes. Why oh why did anyone vote for Kadima or Labor??!?!?!? Can we please just kick this government out and have a emergency elections, this is do or die. We will win in the end but oh many of our citizens will die until the Israeli Knesset fights for the nation and liqudates our enemies.
41. Olmert to Katif: At Least You´re Not Dead
Jew ,   Israel   (07.27.06)
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with former Gush Katif residents and said that in light of the war, they have nothing to complain about. He also promised to "evacuate" more Jewish towns. http://www.arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=108507
42. #20 Bibi is bad too
David ,   Tel Aviv   (07.27.06)
He could have liqudated Arafat and everyone too, but he didnt. Plus he removed the pension from the budget which was very cruel. I worked in the IDF for many many years and because of Bibi I will not recieve a pension. We need someone new ASAP but not Bibi, no old faces.
43. #32 So our citizens are less important than theirs?!?!?
Lisa ,   Jerusalem   (07.27.06)
Because thats what it sounds like from this government, we risk our own citizens lives so as to not hurt theirs, what insanity does Olmert and Kadima and Peretz live in!??!?!?!>?!
44. whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
Ahmad Abouali ,   Nablus   (07.27.06)
and we thought that Bint Jbeil was in the hands of the mighty "IDF"??! were we lied too?!! NOOOOOO, israel does not lie, does she?!! LOL
45. BRING IN LIEBERMAN
LEE ,   NY   (07.27.06)
Apparently Olmert only knows how to be strong against our settler brothers. I guess in order to really shake up this most weakest government in history, we'll have to wait for Tel-Aviv to be hit. Then maybe the deluded voters of our country will wake up to the reality that the only way to defeat Amalek is to utterly destroy them. We need new leadership now! Let the IDF win!
46. we are "people of israel" MUST SAY NO!
people of israel ,   israel   (07.27.06)
people of israel is not ready in this war , usa needs destroying state of israel in its fool policy...why , we don't no! SO , we must say to usa and its policy in this region , we are not a dolly on hands of USA, please defend israel , don't protect USA colonial policy , USA DREAMS CONTROLING THIS REGION , IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO , NO CHANCE TO SUCCEED . USA IN CASE OF REFORMING THIS REGION WILL DESTROY MIDDLE EAST AND MOST IMPORTANT TO BE DESTROYED IS ISRAEL STATE... BELIEVE ME , I READ MOSHE DIAN DIARIES , ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT IS:"ISRAEL SHOULD NOT BE AN INSTUMENT ON HAND OF USA" AS IT IS NOW. NETENYAHO POINTED THAT LAST YEAR , ASK HIM , HE IS A LIVE. IT IS IMPRTANT TO GIVE PALESTINIANS THIER RIGHTS , SIRYA AND ALL ARABS... WE SHOUL A LIVE PEACFULLY IN THIS REGION , NO MORE BLOOD WHICH GAIN ONLY HATE AND DAMAGE , USA IS UNABLE TO PROTECT ISRAEL EVEN THEIR TROOPS TAKE PLACE HERE , EVEN ALL WEAPONS OF USA BRINGS TO ISRAEL....TRY DEAL WITH ARAB PEACFULY AND SHOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN , DON'T BELIEVE IN ARABS SUPPORT ISRAELIS LIKE JORDAN , EGYPT , SAUDIA ARABIA , EVEN AMERICA AND EUROPEANS IF WE NEED A LIVE IN USUAL MATTER , WE SHOULD SEEK PEACFUL MANNERS NOT MILITARY ONE , IT IS UNCERTAIN TOOL TO BRING PEACE , I THINK THAT THE ONLY ONE TOOL IS SEEKING PEACE, TRY DEALING A LIVE AMONG ARABS (PALESTINIANS , LEBANESE , SYRIANS), THEY ARE NOT BAD , OUR RIGHTEST POLICY BRING HATE AND DAMAGE FOR US AND OTHERS. IT IS TIME TO SAY NO !TP AMERICA , ENOUGH KILLING US AND OTHERS IF USA NEEDS GOOD FOR ISRAEL , IT MUST SOLVE THE CRISES PEACFULY MAY (A ADOUBT) WE WIN THIS BATTLE BUT SOME DAY WE WILL LOOSE , AND IF WE LOOSE MILITARY , NO CHANCE TO A LIVE PEACFULY... IT IS A TIME TO THINK ALT...SAY NO MORE !USA
47. Showing Weakness
Simon ,   Miami, Fla.   (07.27.06)
Showing weakness to an Arab will only lead to Israel's demise in the future. Arabs respect strength and crush weakness. Israel's Leaders of yesteryear knew that. With pressure from Washington and Brussels I fear Israel has gone soft. Empty promises from the hypocritical west and their oil interests has put Israel in its weakest position ever. Wake up! Rip the umbilical cord that is wrapped around your neck and CRUSH the Hezbullah and Hamas enemy now! The IDF is always capable. Just give them the GO!
48. #1 COME HERE
(07.27.06)
Your country, France lost in all of it battels since 1870. Than SHUT UP. Hizballah doesn't kicking IDF "assas". The IDF and the IAF has the power to bury Lebanon and Hizballa, and you know it.
49. #43....
(07.27.06)
umm.... should we compare the number of innocent Israelis killed as compared to the number of innocent Lebanese killed? And yes, even though you don't think so, an innocent Lebanese life is just as important as an Israeli life. Oh I forgot you also already destroyed their entire infrastructure so now what future do they have? Israel should stop now, because even if they can manage to destroy hizbollah, they have just created a new, larger group of Lebanese who will hate Israel!
50. Gee Whiz, Don't Stop Now
Tim ,   Charlotte, USA   (07.27.06)
Gee Whiz, Don't Stop Now. Israel should finish Hezzbollah. This American stands with you.
51. Led by a gaggle of pigmies
Joseph Kaufman ,   Jerusalem/Oakland   (07.27.06)
The shoes that Amir and Ehud have stepped into are way to big for them. Illegitamate opportunistic leaders, utterly lacking in experience and competence are who we have to lead us. Woe unto us. Throw the bums out. Unleash the IDF without consideration of world opinion. We haven't much time. If we don't win, we loose. If Hizbullah doesn't loose, it wins. We cannot afford any further deterioration of our stance in such a neighborhood. Ehud, Amir, I'm disgusted with your leadership.
52. Idiots at War
stude ham ,   outremont   (07.27.06)
This is a war of survival and idiots are in charge! No wonder it is taking so long, making hezbollah look good, and causing so many casualties. For the good of the nation this government must resign now and go the electorate for a mandate. This government fell asleep at the wheel and deluded itself with dreams that land giveaways would lead to more peaceful neighbours. Did anyone ever tell them about the Sudetenland?
53. This news inspire Hizbollah to resist more.
John ,   NZ   (07.27.06)
54. illusion-free middle east.
Hana Sarhan ,   Cairo, Egypt   (07.27.06)
Thank you Olmert for engaging in this war in such a way that divulges how misguided some arabs were when they thought Zionism was defended at all by an army that doesn't shy away from ground battles nor settles for pressing buttons from the air. I wonder what the Syrians are waiting for now to recover their Golans. I Hope they won't shy away too and opt for having the job devolving on Hizbullaah!
55. Fools, Sissies, Sitting Ducks!!
Rola ,   Montreal   (07.27.06)
that's what the israelis are, and although it's true they can burn down the whole lebanon along with what's left from Ghaza and west bank, but not before half of israel is burned down and the nuclear plants down in the south are causing a jewish disaster, and your government and military leaders KNOW THAT!!..All i gota say is this, leave this war and free our lands while you have a wee % of dignity, before you leave with your tales between your legs..
56. #43 You want to compare the ratios of populations
(07.27.06)
In regards to how many Moslems live on this planet compared to how many Jews there are, so FU
57. to markus USA and mohamad
ibrahim ,   lebanon   (07.27.06)
for the one who is asking if im from lebanon, yes i am but name isnt ibrahim.i dont feel any need to tell my name. as for all the people who cursed me or replied by saying ill die,or whatever im telling them one thing, arabs are very good in talkin but they do less, all what the hizbshaytan is doing is hiding behind civilians like chickens and never even thought about building shelters with the dirty money of the big shaytan iran, in fact he preferred bying tools of destruction in the hope to destroy israel which it will never come true, and build schools to teach the religion of hatred and racisim not just against jews but christians as well.the blood of all the people who died and dying in lebanon is on the hands of nasr-zibi coz if he really cared he wouldnt say sth like so far the israeli air strike couldnt harm us, and i dont know what he thinks about all the destruction and the dying people. and even whe nasr-zibi says that he didnt expect the israeli reaction to be like this, i can only tell him what a loser he is. going to adventures, or saying things like "wa3ad wa sadak" i can only tell nasr-zibi one thing , that olmert too "wa3ad wa sadak".im sure that its a matter of time till the israeli will crush hi_zbala its gonna cost some lives, but its worth it. for the israeli whose complaining about the war , i can only say to them, do u think that peace can be acheived with terrorist like nasrala, ur dreaming. he is fighting not to liberate the tiny cheb3a but to erase israel, his fight is about existence, or israel exist or them, there is no place in their agenda for the existence of israel. so one day sooner or later this terrorist organisation need to be delt with, the more time will the bigger chance they have to get more and more stronger, the facts now are showing the 6 years hi-zballa they had to prepare themselves. if u monitor the speeches of nasrala before and during the war u cant but notice the difference in his tune, before talkin about the destruction of israel,then lowering it to say that no tank can ever cross the border, and then sayin that our goal now is to stop the israeli invasion, and now he is asking for a ceasefire. after all this i can only say GO ISRAEL the victory is near!!!!!
58. Load up the smart bombs
Talula ,   Israel   (07.27.06)
and let the airforce win this war. They have a superior position from the air. We don't need any more of our beloved boys being killed in Lebanon. Civilians there have been warned to leave, now it's time to blanket bomb and kill the ones who stay. The whole thing will be over and done with in a few days.
59. limiting IDF operations
Jorge Banner ,   Buenos Aires, Argent   (07.27.06)
keep limiting IDF operations and you will find yourselves owning a patch at the bottom of the Mediterranean. Why are you bent on suicide?
60. Olmert: Fight or Resign Now
Jerry ,   NYC, USA   (07.27.06)
You are tying the hands of the IDF and not allowing them to fight as they recommend. You are not only a fool, you are an inept wartime leader. Either alllow the IDF to destroy Hizbullah or resign now, before you further undermine Israel's national security.
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