Is Iran attacking other countries, bombing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure? No it isn’t however Israel is guilty of this. Is Iran evicting civilians from their homes and land which they have occupied for centuries and grouping them into ghettoes? No it isn’t however Israel is. While we are talking about sanctions lets get a few sanctions up and running against Israel for the following reason: For refusing to comply and conduct a fair and independent inquiry into the recent war crimes in Gaza. For refusing to allow inspectors examine its illegal nuclear weapons programme. For refusing to end the brutal occupation of Gaza and the WB. For refusing the right of return of Palestinian refugees. For the illegal Israeli settlements in the WB. For its apartheid policies. For refusing to comply with previous UNSC Res's. Israel, more so that Iran, qualifies for crippling sanctions for the above reasons and more.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters Tuesday that Gates "clearly thinks time is of the essence." However, China, whose support is crucial has announced that it still believed in diplomacy. FORGET ABOUT CHINEESE SUPORT, YOU HAVE TO SANCTION CHINA AS WELL. AND BEVERE OF CHINEESE INTENTIONS REGARDING TAIWAN, WHEN THE WORLD COMUNITY , MILITARILY, WILL BE BUSY WITH IRAN AND HER LOVERS. Arn.

The West understands by now that sanctions will never work against a mad Islamic theocracy ? ARE THE EMPTY POLITICAL SUITS THIS STUPID to think sanctions will make any difference ? This only invite's the escalation of the conflict as it is in their plans. Many years ago mad Amadinejad said that Iran would consider increased sanctions as an act of war and they would not wait to be attacked but attack first. I believe this fool. Israel Are you ready for all out war ,because sanctions will never work.

Apartheid regimes are no longer tolerated in the world.

...the West is quite tired of Israel's bullshit. So Iran will be allowed to achieve a balance. Israel is upset. SO WHAT! No single country has been given more chances for peace, and no country has ever missed every opportunity to miss every opportunity like Israel. Israel has refused peace for decades, it ruined chances for peace ever since Oslo, if Israel ever even gets close to making peace the wingnuts will kill the PM, it is hopeless to ever expect Israel to make peace because Israel DOES NOT WANT PEACE. You all know what it will take. Give the Palestinians back their land and get your assess off of the land that is OUTSIDE of your borders. There's not a minute to lose. The very fate of Israel hangs in the balance. Everyone is sick to death of Israel's tired chicken little refrain. You brought it all upon yourselves and if there's any adults left in Israel, you know damn well how to stop all this. MAKE PEACE!

Israel defends itself and does not attack people , I think Israel needs to support Iraq instead of saudi arabia supporting sunni areas of Iraq whilst kuwait and Iran fund shiites so that they split Iraq up, I hope they dont split it up according to Biden's map, because Iraq is should be divided according to historical basis, babylon and all the archeological territories of Mesopotamia and anything between the two rivers is ours and the rest I dont care about. Israel must strengthen ties with a few Middle Eastern states and face Iranian terror and I say we all join hands and tear Persia from the inside. split up Iran help the Bloushi's gain independence and return territory ceased by Iran to Iraq and Azerbaijan and other nations. The land of the Persians must fall and we should end shiite terror

We know see the true colors of iran. Its not even black and white , its in technicolour. Now does Israel Understand. Left un-checked or left to keep this iranian nuclear industry for as many years as it has been overlooked, now you see there true hatred and ultimate goals. If Iran wants a war with the jews , maybe its time we give them one. Instead of sitting back and listening to the ranting and raveing of what a bit of crap israel is by the entire arab world, now we see the islamic alliances that are far more reaching than you can imagine, the final wipeing out of the jews by the arabs. They want big revenge for palestine, its always been the case , as there proxies have been rendered helpless its now irans turn to change the equation. its time to teach them that what is not theres they cant have or ever keep, so hit them hard and break there backs, and show them they asked for what they got.

Israel has a long cherished policy of punishing millions of Palestinians for the "transgressions" of a few. The problem is that this doesn`t work. It is the same with sanctions. Let Netanyahu provide specific examples of the sanctions to which he is referring and we will see that it is unworkable and will meet with no success. Israelis need to learn that just because they have their own nuclear program, they are not always guaranteed to win every regional issue. My advice? Relax to the inevitable.

It's easy to put our heads in the sand and pretend war is avoidable. The US has underscored its alignment with Israel and is now ready for war.

Hey resident racist, your one sided reasons for "crippling sanctions" against Israel is not going to happen. So thump your chest & eat your heart out.

Why not send them to iraq??After all we do have the last say in your country(haven't you realized that by now??) Your PM kisses our #@# and to be honest it does feel great.LOL PS: About that last statement of yours regarding the fall of the land of persia. Well,saddam had the same dreams too,but guess where he ended. The only land I have seen that has fallen for good(in the hands of persians) is iraq.

of DEFENDING the lives of our families and our national independence in OUR ancestral and eternal homeland against barbaric Islamo-fascist imperialism and Arab neo-colonialism... - and we are very proud of our "crime". The yellow star of David from WW2 is blue today and will remain so forever, regardless whether anti-semitic gangsters and history-revisionists like it or not. Get used to it or seek help from a shrink.

If there is one single civilian Jew in all of Judea and Samaria, or Gaza, then it is called an "occupation." Alternatively, if there are NO Jews at all, it is called a "siege". If Jews protect themselves it is called "Apartheid". If Jews stop a Palestinian from murdering Jews, it is called "oppression". Just wondering, what do you call it when IDF destroys Hezbollah infrastructure? Oh right, you call that a "Great Victory" for "Palestine". Always good for a lol. thanks.

Kol Hakavod Menachem. Great post.

1- thank you for falling into my bait and admitting that Iran has its grip on Iraq with your intelligence and terrorist agencies running everywhere. 2- Noori al maliki kisses your butts coz he is a submissive shiite like you naturally he needs to hail to mother land persia ( iran) 3- why should we take the palys when your government and terror agencies sponsor Hamas, Fatah, Hizbollah and others, you owe them that, so you can incorporate them into your big shiite homeland. saddam kicked your ass from 1980 -1988 in a country like Iraq and a population of 17 million at least we had a real army unlike yours where your Queeni ( Khomeini Mullah inc.) pick young boys ages 13+ and send them to war and hand them a chain with a key to shiite heaven if they blew themselves up and killed infidel sunnis. I dont mind Iraq partitioning into three states, the Kurds have a right to their own identity and nation and I support that, and you shiites will be doing us a favor, god our population would shrink to like 4 million without your retarded people, I would build a separation wall myself and declare apartheid yay and hang a sign that says '' good riddance to bad rubbish'', and if the west divides iraq according to biden's map then we always have a reason to annex territory back confiscate it , you can have the oil in the shiite territories of the new shitistan and we get our land of mesopotamia and all territories accompanied by it from babel to ur and the rest of the south is yours, you wont have much but oil. you dont have the calibre to refine it, you can bottle it up and drink it instead of tap water Iraq & Israel love u dont be a hater