The only bad part of this article is that it *IS* news. Anyone sipping their tea, of coffee this morning; reading this piece should be saying, "Big Deal, That is what they *should* have been doing for the last two years.", and as aggressively as possible. Which is not meant to, nor does detract from the job that the "Shooters" did." (for clarity sake and to disabuse any wags; OURS. Not theirs.)Nice Going Boychiks, and Kol HaKavod"

We will do almost nothing in our own self-defense. You can continue to shoot missiles at us & there will be few consequences. There will be no large Gaza-op, we will not target your leadership, & we will impose no restrictions or sanctions. In other words, we will pretend that there is still a ceasefire. The disruption of the lives of our citizens, the risk to their lives, is not as important as the political risks of our politicians. Cosmetic operations like this only confirm to Hamas that we will not fight, thus encouraging them to continue this low-intensity war. Eventually, Hamas will be able to target even Beersheva. Eventually, a missile will cause massive casualties. Not that our political leaders care. They only care about political casualties.

I agree with Terry of Eilat, Waiting for these Kadima cretins to finally leave , to get the arse - is very painful. Meanwhile its more of the same...

Mahmoud Abbas - Israel's partner in peace talks and the head of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority - enjoys a reputation as a "moderate," largely in light of his juxtaposition with the arch-terrorists of his rivals/allies in Hamas. However, he now says that terrorism and violence against Israel are actually the preferred approach, and certainly need not be ruled out in the future. Abbas told the Jordanian newspaper A-Doustour, "I am against an armed struggle against Israel because we can't do it, but in the coming stages, things may change. I do not rule out a return to the way of armed struggle against Israel," Abbas said. Lets face reality : Their goal is Israel’s destruction and that is why nothing has worked and nothing will work as to the roots of “Palestinian” nationalism it is explained at : http://xrl.us/bmdnh

What year is it? This article is from 7 months ago, no? "ticking away, the moments that make up a dark day . . . ."

When it comes to rocket attacks when we talk about an IDF strike it usualy means we have spent thousands of dollars to bomb some empty fields. During the so called truce which has just ended Israeli soilders could sit and look through their binoculars and watch a rocket being set up and fired but they didnt have the authority to shoot first thats the kind of deal we make. If the arabs had decided to use diplomacy from the start there would be no Israel today because our best negotiatiors are amuters compared to even the most incompitent arab negotiators.

The way things are going it looks like the only people who can do anything to defend the country are people who are willing to act as vigilanties break the law to save lives. The US second amendment right to bear arms is what Israeli citizens need, when the government doesnt want to help the public can help themselves.