This really is terrible. Especially knowing that there are available anti-rocket rocket technologies on the market and that the government decides not to employ them because of their high cost. It doesn't matter how much a sophisticated anti-rocket rocket system costs respect of a cheap kassam. Here is the proof that these are as lethal weapons as any other.

Olmert will continue to have tea parties with Bush and talk peace, while Barak and Shas continue to threaten to bring down the govt.. Beyond pathetic.

Barak making a speech. Livni making another speech. Knesset members making more speeches. I don't even count Olmert - he's even less relevent than the rest of them, but he'll make a speech as well. After the speeches, it will be forgotten as it usually is except of course by those grieving the loss of a loved-one or those injured. After all, our politicians have important issues to deal with - like keeping their jobs. They can't be bothered with minor issues like our security.

you just figured out how to stop the terror! we need to give so many speeches that the terrorists will die of bordom or go insane from waiting for a real response!!!!

There is no effective anti-rocket technology. The only way to stop the rockets is by rebuilding the Jewish villages destroyed by Sharon.

Hamas prefers the deaths of Israelis over the lives of Palestinians Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, sees the struggle for Palestine as neither an ordinary political dispute between two contending nations (Israelis and Palestinians), nor even as a struggle for national self-determination by an indigenous population against a foreign occupier. Rather, it sees Palestine as but one battle in a worldwide holy war to prevent the fall of a part of the House of Islam to infidels. Hamas tends to prefer the deaths of Israelis over the lives of Palestinians as described at : http://xrl.us/bmdnh

For many this kind of headline has no longer any effect. Not for our government, which only governs its own interests. Not for our rich and famous, who only keep their eye on the stock exchange and other money matters. Not for our academia and elite, who are more concerned with the welvare of the same people shooting at us. Not fory many others of us who are to ocuppied with our daily survival. This kind of mentality was also very prevelent in the ghetto's during the war. An overall apathy and numbness of sensitivities regarding suffering of others.

Terry, You tell it exactly like it is . I love you. Will you please run for PM.

and while all these speeches are good on, people are dying, being injured. even the foreign workers - who will eventually smarten up and leave us...agricultrue in southern Israel is about to be doomed. we'd better actually do something quickly, i think.

The leaders of Israel offer more living sacrifice to their god Geroge of no peace. His Road Map to hell takes precedent over meaningless Jews as the Islamic hordes must be appeased with Jewish blood ,homes and land. Of course the sheeple of Israel, in a trance headed for holocaust will trust in lies and do nothing to end the agenda of their god Geroge and his loyal puppet's of Kadima,Labor,Likud, Olmert

When do we admit that forcing Jews out of Gaza was horrendous? When do we start treating the muslime enemy like the TRUE vermion that they are. When do we re-take Gaza? When do we rid our nation of muslims? NO MUSLIMES NO TERRORISM

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I hate to say it but we might not even get a speech out of it. Our politicians often don't even care enough to make a speech busy as they are with their own affairs. Even the average Israeli has gotten used to the daily missile barrage, as long as it's not falling on his head. It's become such a banal occurence, it's like part of the weather report, you know - sunny & warm, 2 Kassams, only one killed, tomorrow's forecast, cooler, partly cloudy, Kassam fire expected. No country on earth would take this BS - but, of course, most countries have gov'ts - we only have politicians.

It's good we see eye to eye. The problem here is we DON'T have any politicians, just a bunch of money hungry, power seeking hoodlums and "shastitutes". Big barks but no bite.

we regret the tragic incident and we will make our best that it would happen again. We are working on improving the precision of the rockets; only after that we will be in your phase of intentional erring.

But Terry as much as I also love you and wish you stood for kenesset. I have never, and will never get used to it. We need a mass demonstrations in every town and city square to get rid of the whole bloody lot of 'em. Because whatever party , they always show their tongues to the rest of world's tuchas.

This time the alert system you have been relying on didn't work. This is not hamas's fault. Their message is simple: Jews will be suffering as long as you treat Gaza like this. Hamas leaders have been pushing for a ceasefire Then Jews ask Shalit back. So this is a blackmail. By the way residents of this area (the Eshkol region council) have been blocking aid to Gaza refugees for the the last week or so. They are pigs

There well be no public speeches. Yet faithful followers of israelsky cult of ‘Shalom-god’ will flock to funerals and hospitals to comfort bereaved families. They will say that redemption is near and more human sacrifices are needed in order to redeem the idol and reach an ‘agreement’. No one really understands – even cult leaders like Livne, Baracke, Perez, Peretz at el – how many more sacrificials needed. But they will ask for patience and courage. Indeed, the redemption for the death of greatest disciple of ‘Shalom-god’ Yitshok Rabin requires huge amounts of innocent blood. Meanwhile members of the cult are thriving and recruiting even more followers from overseas. While blood is spilled in South Israel Ulmert recruits new cult followers in US.

But it is not a message of "ceasfire". It is a message that they are part of the Big Push to wipe Israel off the map. You want to help people in Gaza? Go and consult their Arab brothers, the Egyptians, who control the southern Gaza border. Ask them why the only materials entering the Gaza strip are guns and bombs. Don't expect the Gazan's enemies, the Israeli residents of the Eshkol regional council whom you call 'pigs', to have an unlimited supply of compassion for those who are dedicated to their destruction.

will the israeli public will continue with apathsism in light of the daily murder o jews in the south of the country? smartutmart is in the u.s , saying his goodbuys, before his jail sentence, gw, but the rockets and mortars continue to rain on israel.

they are doomed. Fight or die...what is it going to be? Schnorrer time is over...Its time to fight or die. Either you will fight or you will die... What is it going to be? Stop telling yourselves that the problem is going away..It is not...The Arabs have you on the run and they know it. No negotiations with killers and terrorists.. None whatsoever...It time to wipe them out period.

that firing rockets over to Israel to kill Israelis hiding behind their own civilians means that they are responsible for their own civilian deaths. Hamas are guilty of killing that 4 year old girl. Hamas are guilty of war crimes by firing rockets at innocent Israeli citizens using their own civilians as human shields. That is a double war crime.