Now the lord had said unto avram get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father¨s house unto a land that I will shew thee and I will make of thee a great nation and I will bless theee and make my name great amd thou shalt be a blessing and I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed and the lord appeared unto avram and said unto thy seed will I give this land and there builded he an altar unto the lord who appeared unto him,this shall not be thine heir but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir,look now toward heaven and tell the stars if thou be able to number them and he said unto him so shall thy seed be,I am the almighty lord walk before me and be thou perfect and I will make my covenant between me and thee and will multiply thee exceedingly,genesis.

Pity Israel is unwilling to plan for 'peace'.

destroy its enemies, including civilians!

Don't editors read the content of what they get from the "wire" prior to publication or do they not care? You to publish the false assertion that Israel killed mainly civilians in the Gaza war. I wish to draw your attention to the fact that in November 2010, Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad acknowledged that as many as 700 fighters belonging to Hamas, affiliated factions and security personel were killed. His admission was consistent with Israeli estimates of at least 709 “terror operatives” killed during the operation. Like the Jenin "massacre" that wasn't, and many other examples, please let's not allow our media to become inadvertent instruments of propaganda.

Should be Israel was preparing for a large war in 2009. The title gives the impression that Israel was expecting to start a large war in 2009 - which is clearly false.

was israel unwilling to plan for peace when barak gave arafat east jerusalem, the entire west bank minus 2-3% territory and the entirety of gaza??? in 2000-2001???? arafat left and said no and started the intifada, killing 0ver 1500 israelis. israel accepted the partition in 1947 but the arabs said no.

Well, where should I begin. Agriculture. Bringing water to the Bedouin Arabs. Infrastructure. Bringing roads and buildings to the Arabs. Science and Medicine. Developing most all modern text messaging and Intel based chips as well as dozens of life saving techniques used throughout the world. Watch the YouTube video, "so you want to boycott Israel" and get started you nob. You'll be walking around with a brick for a cell phone using a commodore 64 to type on. Ignorance is bliss huh buddy?

CHECK THE ISRAELI ECONOMY. ONE OF THE TOP IN THE WORLD WHILE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE GOING DOWN. IS THAT INFO ENOUGH FOR YOU? THOUGHT SO!

Israel will not stop or be stopped by world pressure. Gaza and Lebanon will be leveled. If Iran interferes, Tehran will no longer exist, they know that, so Iran will not help or lift a finger. They like to let others do the dying for their perverted ideas. Hamas and Hezbollah are the perfect lackeys. Iran says jump, they ask how high? How humiliating for them, but that's what they're used to. Just puppets on the string of fools. The funny thing is even the the Arabs in the disputed territories are sick of Iran and want them to stay out of their business. It seems Iran is now becoming a pariah among the Muslim nations too.

Unfortunately when you have neighbors that are dedicated to your destruction, being prepared for was is the key to peace. This is the reality and Israel has to be flawless at being prepared for any kind of war, but continue to strive for peace.

It should be well-known by now that the Palestinian casualties in Cast Lead were not mainly civilian, on the contrary.