Opinion  Ron Ben-Yishai
Psychological win, for now
Ron Ben-Yishai
Published: 28.12.08, 18:20
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1. Far warning
George ,   Kfar Saba   (12.28.08)
If civilians have been warned and the choose not to leave, that is their problem. However, i suspect that the real truth is that Hamas deliberately and cynically keeps them there. It is the most disgusting lack of regard for human life that I have ever seen from supposedly "religious' people.
2. Psychological win!!!
Mohammad ,   Jordan   (12.28.08)
If you consider killing 300 people as a psychological win, then i believe that you need a therapist. We will all be winners when we stop killing each other over a piece of land.
3. Mohammad #2
Zionista ,   London   (12.28.08)
OK how about you in Jordan absorb the refugees from 1948 the way we had to absorb millions expelled from Arab countries then? We will even pay for you to do it despite the fact you have all the West's oil money.
4. Achievement my...
Ahmed ,   Gaza   (12.28.08)
When air force target civilian installation (yes the police stations are civilian according to international law) while populated.. these installations are public and evey child knows where they are.. the surprise is not the great objective, the suprise is how low and immoral this army can be.. we will see who will win though .. people or coward army
5. We Swear Grad -Rockets will Resuem Till our Death All
Palestine.my.love ,   Gaza   (12.28.08)
im from Gaza near the border , and i have SMS for Barak and Olmert.... stupids if you think that we will fall or cry becuse of casulties , till the last child of our generations we will resiste you. we ready for being all in the heaven with Muhamad PBUH .... come on and we will give IDF our special dragon Kiss
6. NOT 1 IDF ground troop, bomb them, bomb them.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (12.28.08)
7. YOU THE YAHUDAS ! YOU GOT NO PLACE IN ANY HEART BUT TRUEHATE
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (12.28.08)
8. to #5 till our death
Ran   (12.28.08)
yes, that is the key word here - and it will be very soon...
9. What does victory mean in this war?
oscar ,   buenos aires   (12.28.08)
Everybody know Israel will win the first round: F 16 vs. militia; but no country won a war without involving ground forces. Any way, for sure Israel will get a military victory over Hamas. Phyrrus also won the battle before pronouning his famous phrase.
10. Kick Butt Time
Average American ,   Plainsville   (12.28.08)
Time for some payback for all the women, children and elderly murdered by Hamass.
11. Ahmed in Gaza
Hertzel H'Tveriani ,   Israel   (12.28.08)
Hamas Police? that is a missnomer, exiomatic missnomer if you know english. Hamas police is a proudly recognized terror org. in most of the civilized world-news to you eh?
12. Screw The Psycological Win. Israel Needs A REAL Win
David H ,   Marietta USA   (12.28.08)
Nothing else matters, as our cousin #5, "palestine.my.love" can attest to. Bomb the crap out of them, then send them Olmert as a peace offering.
13. You made your bed
Reality Check   (12.28.08)
Really? When those police stations are used for training artillerymen in the use of rockets, or to store rockets prior to firing, they are a perfectly legitimate target. You can live in your parallel universe all you want. Fact is, there was no need for this and it came about because those on your corner are too stupid to choose peace over rocket fire. Made your bed... lie in it.
14. Clearly Atilla, clearly...
Reality Check   (12.28.08)
So much so dear that we have recognized Palestine's right to exist as a sovereign nation from day 1. We are still waiting for Teh Pallies to pay us the same respect.
15. we swear grad
alexi   (12.28.08)
Love of gaza, go out of your house and go to egypt, take your family. We are coming for you in the middle of the night. We may even use russian supplied huge rockets. By allah's grace, go out or you will be destroyed.
16. #5 We accept your challenge, till your death, HURRAY!!!!!!!!
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (12.28.08)
You are nothing else but a society, religion and people of suicide and death, this your only salvation. Forget Israel, look around the Middle East and the world and see how you decimated countless civilizations and peoples. In the period of the last 30 years alone you managed to inflict unspeakable harm and genocide on Kurds, Persians, Black Darfurians, Southern Sudanese, Copts, Syriacs, Chaldeans, Arameans, Saharawis, Algerians, Lebanese.....an endless list. This list of tagedies is 10000 times longer going back to the 7th century and encompasses your raids across Europe, Asia and Africa slaughtering 280 million innocent human beings and enslaving 100 million others, mostly Blacks and Hindus
17. Atlas Liman the Greek shut your mouth
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (12.28.08)
and go back to smoking that pot from the pot, plenty of it arrives fresh from Afghanistan, do not miss today's shipment
18. #5 Idiot
TC ,   Haifa   (12.28.08)
Are you an arab from France or what?
19. So Sick
Mike ,   Canada   (12.28.08)
The most powerful army in the ME looks for a psychological win! and after one day! Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you really that sick? If not sick, i guess no self confidence? Wake-up! Where was Hamas 10 years ago? why you did not work for a mutual acceptable peace? Vampires.
20. Tragedy
era ,   Jlem, Israel   (12.28.08)
And once again is this country on a straight path towards tragedy. I think everybody here knows deep in his heart, that Palestinians and Jews will suffer great losses in the coming weeks. And that there is no victory and no solution ahead. That is why I see no reason to cheer over the hundreds of dead in Gaza, even if all of them would be hardcore islamic fighters. Anger, hate and death, that is all we will see in the next coming months and years.
21. #7,YOU IDIOTS NEVER KNEW WHEN TO STOP PUSHING..ITS YOUR HELL
NO FRIENDS TO JEWS ,   ..............DACON9   (12.28.08)
22. "the governmet can take tough decisions" ?! NO!!
redbourn ,   tel aviv   (12.28.08)
No, it has proved that it cannot take 'tough' decisions. What is happening now should have happened around two years ago. Before Hamas amassed a huge cache of weapons and before it trained its fighters for six month periods. Barak watched Hamas grow as he watched Hezbullah and now the IDF must pay the consequences! This government failed and must never be returned to office, it acted only when it had no choice! It is the IDF and Gabi Ashkenazi that is doing the job! Mike
23. You're the sick one, Mike
Omri ,   Boston   (12.28.08)
Hamas was at the same place 10 years ago as it is now: stoking the fires of hate the define it,.
24. Win? I don't see any news of cry or sign of whisper in here
Salameh ,   Gaza, Palestine   (12.29.08)
On the contrary, we are ALL waiting for your little ones to come in then you will se who wins. Air strikes are a sign of a weak army, come on, come face your destiny! You fear us even in your own F16a let alone your hearts. We will NEVER surrender
25. #15: Alexi you made me laugh
Mohamed ,   Ramallah   (12.29.08)
An alexi is telling us to leave???? This land is for mohamed and ahmeds, Siberia is for alexi and yvgeny, now, who shold leave? By Allah, you will be defeated
26. #24 Salameh , Gaza, Looks like you will be a "martyr" soon?
Nail The Wasters   (12.29.08)
27. What's the point?
Moshe   (12.29.08)
28. cowards
menachem ,   switzerland   (12.29.08)
if the arabs from gaza fire rockets to israel they claim it is war against israel, they actually cry for war with israel and to wipe it out, they same arabs got bombed they call to the world to hold israel back. ( this is a character of a coward, what else can we exept from this arabs). Cry arab cry arab and go home to your homelands ( SA, Egy., ans so on) Shalom to the IDF soldiers.
29. #26: I'd be proud in heavens to die for Palestine
Salameh ,   Gaza, Palestine   (12.29.08)
and you'd rot in hell if you die for the occupation. Big difference, don't you think?
30. #28: You are the coward
Salameh ,   Gaza, Palestine   (12.29.08)
when you bomb civilians in homes, houses of woship and hospitals, you leave no room for a second guess who the coward is. Your occupation deprives Gazans of basic needs because of your seige that Nazis could not dare commit. Shame on you. You and Weizman 100 years ago are the strangers to ths land, if I were you I'd pack an leave before it is too late, RUN FORYOUR LIFE COWARD
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