Lara said "disproportionate use of force." Lara - in war, the goal is to use disproportionate force to coerce the other side to surrender. That's the definition of war. There is no way that we'll knuckle under to politically incorrect logic and allow ourselves to be eaten away in a war of attrition. Lara also had the bizarre statement "The Palestinians want peace but Israel will not allow them to have it." Baloney. Although I know you Aussies have stronger words for it. We keep telling the Palestinians to meet at the negotiating table. They keep refusing. If they want peace so much, let them call our bluff and come to the table. And no, we are not going to have a one-nation state where the radical Muslim majority starts a civil war and a bloodbath ensues. And finally, of course, Hamas is the democratically elected government of the Palestinians. Their leaders are on record as saying they do not want peace with Israel. They are also on record as saying they will deport (or kill) all the Jews. So please explain again how it is that the Palestinians want peace with Israel, if their government says they don't? Sorry, Lara. You want to commit genocide and/or ethnic cleansing and rid the country of the Jews. That is not acceptable, nor is a bi-national state - since that is just an invitation to genocide.

Don - did you notice that the Palestinians pay lots of money to their spokespeople to go around the world and tell the masses that kassams "have no warheads"? They don't care that they are lying - it's part of their propaganda campaign. Here's the perfect example: Dianna Buttu, the Canadian Palestinian who calls herself a "human rights" lawyer. Hah! Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1GnEbB8hc&feature=related And she looks at the camera, opens her mouth and says: "It's important to note that these rockets do not have explosive heads." And she gets away with it! She's simply one of many highly paid, slick speaking propagandists who promote the big lies: -kassams have no warheads -settlers have a separate highway system -Palestinians have the "legitimate right to resist the occupation by any means" (aka - killing Israeli civilians is legal "resistance") and lots of other blarney. We have a lot of hard work to undo the damage that Buttu and her cronies are causing. Titchazeik, chabibi, it's still a long war ahead of us before the Palestinians get around to sitting down at the peace table. Never, if we expect Hamas to stay in power....

Why would Palestinians come to the table and agree to a lie? While in proximity talks Israel is allowing Palestinian homes to be demolished and the construction of further settlements. I'm not very convinced about their commitment to peace when their actions are the opposite to their words. At least the Palestinians arent making up lies about peace, they're being realistic. And of course they want peace, do you really think they enjoy being in an open air prison with frequent IDF air raids, further settlements, being shot at and arrested without charge?

Observer is very selective in his “historical” rubbish. The Arab village he mentions indeed was attacked in 1948 by Haganah forces because plundering kibbutzim, and murdering members of kibbutzim in that area. Also listen to his stupid illogical explanation why Sderot is the biggest Iron Dome experiment. There is no limit of your blind stupidity you brain-less moron. Together with Peter from Austria you should be banned from this website, since both of you come up with nonsense hate-filled un-intelligent scribbling. Go to the Hamas/Hizballah website, they will love your nonsenses.

Lara, should Austrailia's military ever be taught to use children as human shields, they would be shamed and held in infamy by everyone. Why is it then, that you seem to overlook the fact that the Hamas militants do use chhildren as human shields. Nothing could be nore despicable, in my mind. But, you seem to want to get Israeli soldiers charged with crimes against humanity when it is they who are in the defensive mode.