"Indeed, when it comes to pure lust for Jewish blood, the Palestinians outshine virtually any competitors" Surprised!!! YOU ARE THE OCCUPATION. You deserve this. You should be surprised if they felt differently. I've never seen anyone more delusional than the Israelis.

On the bright side, there's nothing to keep us from razing Gaza to the ground, now, is there? First missile fired into Israel ... well, you figure it out. Nothing to keep us from shutting down their electricity and fresh water. Let Egypt pick up the slack. (As if!) If they need medical care -- hey, let them cross into Egypt. If they need so-called "humanitarian" aid -- which Israel currently provides to the tune of several hundred thousand metric tons a week -- Egypt. Basically, with Gilad Shalit back home, the kid gloves can come off. We will punish them without mercy.

To Chaim: Israel is still living on the laurels of the 67 War, which was a fluke ( Arab planes lined up like ducks). But we must recall that the Commies resupplied Egypt within months..and most of Egypts army and all of Syrias, was still very dangerous. Israel's leaders, incluidng Likud and even Lieberman, are softees, compared to Gurion, Dayan, Meir, Sharim and Begin...who understood the gravity of Israel's challanges. Peres and Ben Gurion, and a Jewish nuke scientist, despite oppositon, built the reactor at Dimona ( today have 500 nukes). That insures Israells fate will equal that of its major enemies. But lets face it, Israel's govt is not respected..with people like LIivni and an old tired Peres. Peace Now interviews are all over US papers (read LA Times opeds). JSt and Americans for Peace Now, vie with ZOA and AiPAC., while Jewish boys and girls in Israel are murdered in their sleep. with babies throats sliced. ( Terrorists depend on "deals" with good cause). Israel has to change from its (still) ghetto mentality..to think like the Arabs and goyim...and when they say, an eye for an eye, mean it. Stop the psychological babble. Modernforensics can accurately determine the killers..this is not the Roman Empire days guys. For starters: we must all write the Israeli leaders..our own Jewish leaders, and our Executive...encouraging cap;ital punishment for capital crimes..as we have in Texas and California. Accomplices to murder should be prosecuted as such. Anyone who assists in aiding terrorists..is an accomplice. Use a 12.00 noose. or firing squad..their choice. Let them go to the UN, EU and Intl Court, who cares Chaim until Israel wakes up and starts to listen to its enemeis goals.. this will c ontinue..for generations.. They can stop it quickly..like bringing in marshal law. Goering, Heydrich, Himmler, Rosenberg, Stricker, Hoss and Hess and laughing in their graves, alongside Arafat.

the answer is simple: Do you consider expulsion of Sudeten germans from their homes as rightful? If yes, or no, it does not matter, because you are shwejk, "an official idiot".

Dear author, labelling an entire culture as barbaric DOES make you a racist, no matter how hard you try to dodge that label by stating that it's not genetic. Let's determine Israel's level of civilisation from the behaviour of vulture journalists, price tagging Kahanists, or worse- this piece of slander, shall we?

This just proves that all these Arab animals need to be rounded up and thrown onto some island far from humanity and let them kill each other off. Where's the compassion? Where is the respect for human life? Apparently, these barbarians weren't waiting in line when God was handing out intelligence and compassion. All I can say for Israel is thank god these animals are primitive and stupid. if they were any more intelligent, Israel would have been anihilated years ago. If I were Gilad Shalit, I would have lunged at that "journalist" and strangled her with my bare hands.

But Israel Does a Lousy job of highlighting Arab Barbarity. They really need to hire professionals to help them do this. They have so much material with which to work with

The Arab murderers could stay in Israel if they wanted to, only as murderers they would have to stay in Israeli jails. These murderers were lucky to be expelled most of us would like to see them at the end of a rope for killing innocent men, women, children and babies.

Today my children are 1,000 times less safe. We handed Hamas and Egypt a victory on a silver platter. Personally, I am glad our Gilad is home. Strategically, it was a total defeat which we no doubt will pay for it with our blood.

Arabs were not expelled from their homes. Israel went to enormous lengths to reassure them, and to get them to stay. In fact, the ones who did stay are citizens of Israel, enjoying all of the rights and privileges of citizenship, although not all of the obligations (such as military service). The ones who left were voluntary quits, who heeded the call of their leadership to get out of the way of the "conquering Arab armies" (I trust you are aware that one day after Israel's declaration of modern statehood, it was attacked by five Arab armies). No one expected Israel to win, but win we did. Won five more subsequent wars, too, all of them started by the Arabs. If you are serious about the question of expulsion, I suggest you look no further than the one million Jews expelled from their homes in Moslem and Arab lands in 1948, with little more than the clothes on their backs. It happened again, on a lesser scale, following Israel's stunning victory in the Six Day War. Do you consider rightful?

in 1945 Czechs expelled 3 mln naked Sudeten Germans with the words "..you came with nothing and you leave with nothing..."...learn your own history before preaching..

During the War of Independence 99% of the Arabs that left Israel, left on their own accord. The wonderful Mufti and his Islamic Jew Hating Propagandists told them to leave before the Jews raped, murdered, and robbed them. Many of these Arabs, (already raised with Anti Jewish/Christian bias), believed these outlandish allegations, and left in droves. These are the fabled "Palestinian Refugees", who by the way, originated 200 years earlier from Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon. Oh, by the way, read the commentary on the Sudetenland Deutche Volk...who were forcefully expelled from their Czech homes after the Soviet "liberation".

Gilad Shalit deal: Who won? A lot of people around the world are asking this question. I feel a need to add my humble opinion to this polemics. Won love, and first and foremost it was Love of Gilad’s Parents! Today is Sukkot Holiday but it seems to me that it is an eve of another Yom Kippur of our Nation – the day that we must ask sliha (סליחה - forgiveness) from all the families that buried they beloved who died as victims of freed terrorists. We must ask sliha that Gilad spent 5 years in captivity. It is a month of Libra – Scales, מאזנימ (Moznayim). But how we, mortal humans, can measure pain and sorrow, life and death, love and hatred, right to live a free people and right to protect ourselves? There is no logic that can allow to make a right decision in situations where we are facing moral dilemmas. But it is love that outweighs tons of logical arguments. Still we must be rational and have to find a way how to protect the free people from inevitable growth of terror aspirations among freed terrorists, their leaders and other groups of terror. P.S. My Zodiac sign is Libra http://www.golender.net/blog.php

Esther girl, what if barbaric is indeed factually the only word that correctly discribes their "culture"? You cannot even imagine how the false cries of "racism" has totally become discredited wholesale lost all its meeaning today, precisely because of those like you! Probably you don't even understand these few simple sentences, feh!

Here we go again, instead of getting something done we are searching for scapegoats. Anyone who sits in the seat of the PM has the same problem "The Oslo Accords" & more, all the rubbish incurred by the left all these years. It is up to us, globally, to Fast and Pray to G-d to ask him to deal with the 1,027 Palestian's realeased - in a 'revealed' way that the whole world will see that G-d is our Father in Heaven. We don't hold a remote: "Ein Od Milvado"

Arabs and Muslims at large whether in South Asia,Middle-East or Africa should be classified as savages and should be executed if caught involved in any inhuman activities(no human rights for savages). If you keep them in jail you risk plane hijacks,kidnappings etc.The best thing is it finnish them off on the spot.Countries like India and Israel who are the biggest victims of Islamic terror need to learn this...

rightful? Do you consider expulsion of Jews from their homes throughout the ME, to the extent that the region is largely Jew-free, rightful? Do you consider that persecution of the Christians of the region to make it Christian-free, rightful? And don't forget they PREDATE Islam! Do you approve of this 2nd wave of violent cleansing of the region by the muslims in order to make it an exclusive zone? And if it is crushed, can the Christians return to their individual homelands to live in peace and security among the muslims? Jarda, I don't think you impress anybody on this board. With your persistence though, let us hope that we see a flash of brilliance from you some day. I will be the first to congratulate you and meanwhile, like I tell my slow students, do come to the front of the class and pay attention, you may learn something.

Note well: The Arabs are migrants to the area. Time for them to go back home from whence they came - back to Arab land. You know these names - Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron? They are Jewish names. West Bank is an Arab concoction.

i thought that Comments that Contain Racist slurs won't be published, if the article along with all the comments are not considered racist , then probably my comment won't be published for inappropriate language :D

The arabs had a.chance when they could.have agreed in 47 to partition. The jews said yes even then to living side by side. And then when the arabs decided to launch an all out war on a resurected jewish state, they lost all credibilty and trust for.the future as calling consistantly and.constantly.for.israels destruction. The jews did not evict the arabs like the arabs evicted.jews from arab countries. The jews gave them an option to not fight them and stay in the state as citizens. The grand muffti told them to flee as to not get caught in the crossfire while egypt, syria, jordan, lebanon and iraq would.eliminate all jews. If the jews wanted to rid gaza, the west bank and all of.israel of arabs they would have by now, think jarda, if the palis had israels strength they would massacre.every single jew without know regrets about it.jake

1 Jew = 1000+ Arabs. That's about right in terms of relative value.

Esther, The Arabs have shown over and over again their barbarity, contempt for any rational action and their vile exterminationist hatred of Jews. You should learn Arabic and read their school books and newspapers. Soon even in your precious Holland you won't be safe from their barbarism. Your time is much closer than you could ever imagine!

Tonight Hoshana Rabba the nations of the world are judged. Devout Jews stay awake all night learning Torah. May the Lord watch them on the one hand and watch, on the other hand, the released terrorists and their supporters shouting for more Gilads and chanting their love of death and suicide in Allah's name . Please God, judge each of the two groups according to their hearts and actions, deliver the punishment the haters of humanity deserve, and keep Israel safe. Amen.

I really pity about the so-called writer of this so-called article. I also really sorry for the hating rabble who support this "writer" and his notions. You are a shame to Jewish nation!

In Holland such gotcha interviews specked with silly propaganda and absurd questions is daily fare. Esther's remarks should therefore surprise no one.

In America, we have a name for women like this "journalist". We call them BIMBOS. They are also described as a "bubblehead". God bless Mr. Shalit. He is a true HERO......

Regardless of nationality of faith, reporters ask stupid mindless questions. That is what they do. Like a dog urinating on a fire hydrant - it's not vandalism, its being a dog. As for big winners and losers: The released prisoners are the big winners, Gilad Shalit included and especially. The big losers are those who think negotiating with Israel without serious leverage will work, i.e. Abbas and the Fatah approach. If this assumption is incorrect, Netanyahu will have to prove that the Abbas approach is not worthless.

Did not the God of Israel and of us all say, that no sacrifice was too great to save one of his own children? The cost of keeping those animals alive was not worth it, let him deal with them in good time. Better for Israel to focus on looking after its own in their hour of need. The world is watching, .... and so is GOD.