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IDF chief on Iran: All options on the table
Yoav Zitun
Published: 31.07.12, 17:23
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1. Don't worry Benny, America has promised to attack Iran
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (07.31.12)
in another year-and-a half if sanctions don't seem to be having the desired effect.
2. Only a matter of time
Banafsheh   (07.31.12)
It's only a matter of time before the evil hatefilled genocidal Iranian regime meets its end. Hopefully in Sadaam Hussein and Qadaffi style. And hopefully the innocent citizens are not targeted. will not become innocent casualties.
3. Has Gantz been sleeping?
George ,   San Francisco, USA   (07.31.12)
"[Iran the] only country developing nukes while threatening to annihilate another country." Really? Where does he get his information. Almost everyone now agrees that Iran has no nuclear weapons program. Even Panetta and Barak have confirmed it. Two US National Intelligence Estimates have also confirmed it. As for Iran threatening to "annihilate Israel," when will people stop repeating this complete lie that is based on a mis-translation of a SINGLE sentence in 2005. Has Gantz been sleeping all these years? In contrast, Bibi, Barak and Gantz himself constantly threaten Iran with nuclear annihilation with their silly, "All options are on the table." What part of the definition of the word "All" don't people understand?
4. Firday night partying and/or alcohol consumption that is not
Rivkah   (07.31.12)
medicinal or for a broken heart is violating the Shabbat. Sundown Friday to sundown Saturday should be devoted to HaShem unless an IDF is on duty which is all right since that is to do good. Reading the Holy Scriptures daily and trying to follow the Commandments of HaShem is what brings peace to the soul, not alcohol or drugs or fornication.
5. Cowfeathers, opposite is true, Israel is threatening Iran
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (07.31.12)
Israel wiped Palestine off the map, and in the same way Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map, but without war. Iran has never started a war, Israel has started many, and wants to start another "war of choice" on Iran. Iran wants to restore Palestine, which can only mean creation of a Palestine Israel, a true democracy, that includes all of Palestine, not just the Jewish majority parts.
6.  The alcohol problem...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.31.12)
among Israeli youth should be attacked long before they join the IDF. The IDF should not need to waste time and energy with this hard nut to crack. but should stay alert and ready to defeat the enemy,if attacked. AM ISRAEL HAI.
7. You do the Iranian Regime a Dis Service
Tim ,   Brighton   (07.31.12)
They have not issued just one threat or two or three or four... They have threatened Israel, the US, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Bahrein, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Nato, the EU, Canada, Australia, India, Kenya, Yemen, Qatar, Dubai, Jordan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon (the LEGITIMATE Government), Colombia, Tunisia, Greece, Afghanistan, South Korea... Mmm..they just love collecting enemies Have I forgotten anyone?
8. Use the dam* options !
Dan Goldman   (07.31.12)
Tired of hearing the same Obama talk..."all options on the table" yada yada for the past 4 years. Use the dam* options instead of keeping them on the table. The Ayatollahs laugh merrily at internal Israeli divisions & squabbles and go full steam ahead with their nuke assembly. Gantz job is just to carry out orders when given to him by the PM & DM and keep his trap shut at other times..
9. #5 idiot
sk ,   USA   (07.31.12)
"Wiped Palestine off the map?" Do you realize how moronic you sound? Palestine was as Jewish as it was Arab, and included other nationalities too. As you know but are afraid to admit, Palestine was a name of convenience the British coined up after they won the historical Jewish territory from the Ottoman Empire as the empire collapsed. And you know this: there was never a sovereign nation called Palestine, so what is there to restore? If you really want restoration, stay with God's plan ... He promised the Jews they would get their land back over 2,500 years ago, and against all odds and people like you, it happened in 1948!!! Stay with the plan and stop opposing the Almighty.
10. Hmmm...maybe I have heared that already,
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (07.31.12)
somewhere...Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
11. No air strike!
Obsessive ,   Turkey   (07.31.12)
OK. I dont care oil prices/global economy beside terror threat. OK. for security reasons I dont care about future occupations of Sinai, Gaza, deeper Lebanon or Syria. OK for Israeli permanent naval bases in Persian gulf with 10 Israeli nuclear subs! Everything is possible But Air strike wont be effective. Already impossible. What will be after 2,5,10 yrs? under the mountains of Pakistan- Afghan border?? Future of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria is much more important for Israel. Forget Iran. The SECULAR identity of Israel especially IDF much more important for the world especially for the Arabs!!! Arab politicans have to START behaving sensibly. You bored. Otherwise regional wars will be more harmful.
12. #5
Daniel J. ,   US   (07.31.12)
Israel wiped out Plstne off the map????? This is the same Israel that pulled out of Gaza to give Arabs residing there the chance to begin to forming their own state, Palestine. Hamas didn't want just that but the whole land and pushed Israelis out. Iran never started a war you say?? the arms it has bee supplying its proxy Hetzbollah, what do you suspect were for???? Israel is the aggressor??? Nope, it's the defender of the rights of the Jews to their homeland, whether you like it or not.
13. #9 and #12
Chutia ,   New Delhi, India   (07.31.12)
Don't like what #5 said? Truth is always hard to swallow. The creation of Israel is the most spectacular land grab in recent times which even Israelis know very well. You cannot create a state based on some religious baloney like lost tribes, chosen people, promised land, wanderings blah blah. Still surprised that Israel is the aggressor? No amount of convolution of history will legalize Israel. Your vitriolic response is typical of Israelis and Jews who can't stand criticism.
14. Scenario Planning
Adam Neira ,   Paris, France   (07.31.12)
Yes there are quite a few scenarios that can play out in the coming hours, days and weeks on the Middle East front. G-d has his own preferences...
15. 12 - what do you suspect were for ?
split ,   US   (07.31.12)
To fight and defeat an invider and occupier - Hezbollah emerged in response to the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon ,...
16. Well well .. if you use normal means..
peter   (07.31.12)
you have no chance . If you use nukes that would be war crime and you will hang in Hague. So how to win or what options on the table? Come on get real. Try out Hezbollah first before you talk about Iran or even Syria ... they do not run anymore like you so used to.
17. #7: You forgot one thing
George ,   San Francisco, USA   (08.01.12)
You forgot to mention that Iran has threatened to blow up the moon and the sun too. Were you drinking? Where do you get your information?
18. If Iran is attacked it will help the rulers there.
Michael ,   California, USA   (08.01.12)
Israel was strengthened internally after every one of its wars. The leaders in Israel gained time while the population suffered. This is now the case of Iran. Iranian leaders would welcome an Israeli attack.
19. #3, #17 george, #5 steve, #13 chutia, #15 split
solomon ,   bklyn   (08.01.12)
The Jews were always there. Even when the Romans kicked them out of Jerusalem they settled in Judea and Samaria. The arabs came with the Muslim conquest of 676 AD, then again in the early 1900’s (after more Jews came in the late 1800’s and the economy improved), then again in 1948 when Jordan needed people to fill the places of the Jews they just kicked out. When you said “Palestinian” in 1948 you meant the Jews. There was never a nation of ‘Palestine’ to be wiped off the map. Every war Israel has been in was in response to arab attacks. Period. “Almost everyone now agrees...” That is always the beginning of a fantasy; and yours certainly is. Iran has threatened to destroy Israel in more than one sentence. Keep your ears closed and you’ll be happy. Israel pulled out of Gaza. How did that work out?

The blindness of your posts overwhelms me. How do you go about your daily lives holding your eyes and ears shut tight with only two hands? But don’t drop your guard; if you ever get a glimpse of the facts your world will be shattered.
20. #13 chutia - correct
solomon ,   bklyn   (08.01.12)
except your post is backwards. Change the word ‘Israelis’ to arabs, and you’ve got it. Look up how many of the original “refugees” were born there (I’m not even talking about those they presently count as “refugees”). No amount of convolution of history will legalize Palestine. Your extreme vitriolic response is typical of those who can't stand the truth, facts, reality.
21. 19 - Read mu comments @ ,...
split ,   US   (08.01.12)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4261938,00.html
22. #21 split - wrong on all counts...
solomon ,   bklyn   (08.04.12)
as usual.
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