The IDF was poised to land a crippling blow on Hamas, and now Vilnai with his BIG FOUL MOUTH went and made such disgraceful comments, making it impossible for the IDF to do anything for fear of being falsely branded as Nazis. This pathetic excuse for a minister Vilnai must be fired immediately and apologize to the people of Sderot for thwarting the actions of the IDF to defend them. My God, what a loser he is.

Has it become 'Never again, except when Israel does it!'

Hamas in response: We are facing new Nazis. Stupidest thing I've ever heard! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

The US and the west shouldn't be involved in any of Israels activities. That is the reason why the US and the west is hated by the muslim world. The west shouldn't stand by either muslims or jews. I suppose your one of those who wants the west to go to war with Iran to make the region safer for Israel.

In case you didnt notice,your 5 cents worth of opinion IS THE PROOF that the hatered your fellow citizens( the Sharia following crowd) have for the west ihas nothing to do with Israel and EVERYTHING to do with your appologist attitude, Got your prayer matt already?...I hear Herrods has a sale on them this week.Hurry...while supplies last....your archibishop may buy all of them...hurry.

The deputy defence minister Vilnie must stop threatening and do something.His boss worries for votes so he has turned into the country's biggest yellow coward.Vilnie also talks and no action SUGGEST THEY ALL SHUT UP Let the IDF decide and defend the country Politicians must be banned from security matters.

What is Vilnai saying? It is Hamas that has a charter calling for the killing of Jews. Its was the Mufti of Jerusalem that asked the Nazis to wipe out the Jews of Palestine. It is the Arabs who continue this attempt to kill Jewish civilians. Who is acting like Nazis?

It's not without a reason in red ;)

by insultingly classifiying Israel as "rotten" you have shown your colors, l never accused you of being a nazi but l stick to my definition of you as a hater

Owes an apology to every single Holocaust survivor, and their loved ones, what he said was downright shameful,and an insult to the people of Israel as well as Jewish people everywhere. To compare a defensive war Israel has finally launched against terrorists, who for months have fired rockets,sometimes dozens every single day that have killed,injured,or traumatized Israeli civlians to the Holocaust where the Germans set out to deliberately and in the most cruel and inhumane ways exterminate every single Jew alive is the height of insenstivity, and propagates the propaganda of Israel's worst enemies that Israelis are like the new Nazis.

Often in media in such tragical events and circumstaces the officials using a wrong language which demage Israeli image so often, recommanded in this time to understand the impact and power of speach and to act responsable.

now that is really laughable, U have a very strong opinion and are really ignorant to say the least. "The US and the west shouldn't be involved in any of Israels activities. That is the reason why the US and the west is hated by the muslim world. The west shouldn't stand by either muslims or jews. " typical jew hate think'n

You say :"Some Palestinian terrorists fire rockets on Israel ". Johannes if, for example, rockets would be fired on Berlin from Poland -- then according to you the German Army should just sit quietly, should not respond, do nothing and patiently watch how rockets are being fired from Poland on Berlin. Isn't it ? I don't think you would appreciate the German Army -- if the German Army would take THAT position. SO, Johannes, it is the DUTY of the State Army to protect its own citizens -- first and foremost. BTW Gaza Strip has been Jew-free since August 2005. SO, what is the use of firing Kassam rockets from Gaza Strip on Sderot, other places in Israel ? There is NO need AT ALL. The Gaza Arabs can grow their own vegetables, fruits in Gaza Strip ; the Gaza Arabs received 1.1 billion US dollar in aid in 2007 (of which, 900 million came from EU). SO, the Gaza Arabs can live PEACEFULLY in the Gaza Strip. Taking the above into account one can conclude that the Gaza Arabs "are sick and rotten to the core" -- and NOT Israel, as you would like the world to believe. CONCLUSION : Johannes, you would like to sound unbiased. BUT your tb shows that you are DISHONEST about Israel !

Every newspaper in the West is quoting Vilnai. The man is an idiot and should be sacked.

of the angst of the collapse of the British Empire and its influence. You Brits do not even realize the hypocritical nonsense that your media outlets spout, like the BBC and the Guardian. If we are to believe their nonsense, the Islamic world is going through some kind of cultural Renaissance, while the "usual suspects" America, Israel, Serbia, and Russia (of course not Britain) are the 4 agents of evil in the 9th circle of hell being devoured in the mouth of Satan himself. Stop trying to buy world influence with lies and flatteries, or in the end England's influence in the world will be reduced to what it was in the time of Henry VII. By the way, how is the new James Bond film coming along? Is the bad guy at the helm of international terrorism and mayhem yet another Russian, or is some element of realism going to be used this time?

Hatred of Jews,WHY? It exist in the World for thousends of years,if someone new how to bring together water&fire than i believe it's the receipt how to solve this conflict until then nothing will happen..i guess!

Johannes don't need to worry,Israel has now ANTI-NAZI Law,when the Courts will do the right thing it want be so bad!

Rather than attacking people because you disagree with them, which shows you have no intellectual credibility or idependent thought processes, attack their ideas and try to prove that they are wrong with sound arguments and verifiable facts. The abuse that you spew out is not the kind of dialogue needed to resolve any kind of situation. Think on this before, and if, you wish to reply! PS: to the English Realist, I agree with, too bad Ron Paul is out of the Presidential race :(

where were you condemming the shooting of 2.000 missiles against Israel south and the murder of 40 civilians ? you are a hater AND a hypocrit !!!

Why is the US and Britain in Iraq and Afghanistan. Weapons of none existence and bin laden. Ron Paul is the ideal person for president of the US yet the media doesn't even mention him. The media is dictating who the next president will because the sheep look no further than their TV sets. Control the media and you can control the way the sheep think

If you don't like the opinion you call me an HATER. You sound so so intelligent. Which anti-racist organisation do you work for. I love my own people and have respect for other cultures and different people of the world i don't Hate them. You don't like freedom of opinion or expression of free speech. It sounds like you HATE free speech

we don´t need hateers and liars on Ynet, go back to your nazi and islam sites where you belong

and it´s about time

If people looked further than their TV sets they'd be in for a shock. But saying that, they've been so indoctinated they'd start hating themeselves. As for Ron Paul, Its a shame the general population of America don't realise how good this man could be for them. I wish we had a leader(A party) in Britain with his credential :)

Said, if supporters of 'the cause' had the intellectual integrity to subject Palestinian Nationalism to the same criticisms levied against Zionism, 'the cause' would be abandoned overnight and the Israel/Palestine issue would be solved. PS: As an American, I think all candidates in this election are inept (Ron Paul being no exception).

The term was used in a stupid way, shoah means catastrophe in Hebrew. So the Palis might bring a catastrophe on themselves if they keep acting in such a stupid way, no more, no less. Everything in addition reveals more about the reader than about Vilnai. Concerning the casualties, if you let collect rocket launchers by kids or kids are watching you while firing mortars you are responsible for whatever happens to them.

We can all read the venom and raw antipathy underlying your statements. Types like you yearn & burn for a transforming of a real differing of opinion and true freedom of thought and expression into a straightjacket of mindset and views that agree with your own "Progressive" approach to reality. You speak of media herding the sheep, yet your own BBC exemplifies that process in it's purest form. Until you have the courage of character & intellectual honesty to face the hard, cold world with all of it's unpleasant realities, you'll continue to be dismissed rather quickly by much of the rest of the world. Mate, you and your brethren have all too much of the reek of Orwell's "Big Brother" about you. Little use for a pompous, posturing twit on a British soapbox presuming to dictate to to the rest of us how "things should be".

A complete boycott of Israel must be started. No weapons no oil. A complete military blockade. . Egypt must immediately send its complete military into the Sinai and tell Israel if she invades Gaza Egypt will defend her with all her might. Lebanon should invite Iran into S Lebanon to work with Hezbollah defending them from Israeli aggression

then Israel can finally wipe out all her enemies...fair and square. You want death. you preach death. you'll get death.