it does go in that direction. I was against a cease fire, but knew they would agree, Hamas cries like girls when they see the chips are down, but we still dont feel at peace. We are still keeping our security rooms open. We did see rockets after the cease fire, dont they have watches!! We have to calm down and think why did Bibi do it, I wont vote for him, nor any of my family, but then the US has a huge influence. Wonder whats been promised! But look at the USA, they get bogged down in their wars, no example! I cant see the Egyptians stopping arms going into Gaza, they havent done it before, and now the Hamas threaten terror attacks. SO maybe every attack, Gaza cant pay the price. They are in shock right now and I do hope Bibi actually has a few aces up his sleeve.

How long will this truce last ?, Hamas will replace its depleted arsenal and start all over again, hope by than ,we will have a NEW leader who will not be a coward ,like the one we have now . BiBi, lieberman, Barak, we expected much more from you ,after all the speech you all made about our defense "You are the biggest jokers and should all three of you be on a stage"

I've even trashed my plans to vote for Lieberman, although I think with their backs against the wall they would shine. Hamas was little more than a child that purposely stepped on their toes and needed to get smacked real good.

Itay Levy, a reserve soldier who was drafted for the operation and a resident of a Negev town, said he was "DISPIRITED" about the situation. Not a good move.

always considered Bibi strong leader and thought to vote for him,but after this i wont.Many wont vote for Netanyahu.When is next rocket/

Every Israeli leader was caving in to pressure including Ben-Gurion, Begin and Sharon. Israel is a very small country that cannot ignore external demands. The main thing is persistence - the job was not finished now, it will be continued later.

Why not leave that land surrounded by Arabs and come to Australia, We have hot chicks and sandy beaches and blue water. We have no Hamas rockets or anything like that, total peace.

If what you say is true (and it is possible) then the Israeli public should not be left in the dark. For instance, Netanyahu should say "I chose surrender because Hilary told me that the Obama regime supports Jihad against you". Then the Israeli voters could decide.

You told the whole world that we are weak and we do not have guts to protect ourselves! You gave message that dogs which barks do not bite! You made a jock of Israel and Israelis. Because of your cowardliness terror won. I wanted to vote you but it looks like I am not going to vote this elections as the only suitable candidate proved to be a paper tiger and other once are just jokers...we are doomed!

Tourists cancelations, financial losses, dead & wounded Israeli's, rocket's still fly, woman stabs guard, terrorist blows up bus. Conclution: Israel didn't deter anyone. Rockets instead of talks seem to work!

are removed from politics. Vote them out! These three stooges should be tried for cowardice and aiding terrorism. gaza should have been razed and the gazans running to egypt. bib, buraq and lieberman waved the white flag. All we need now is a political party that has as its main platform to defend Israel and to destroy those that seek to destroy us.The likud, labor, kadima and liberman's party will sell us out and lead us to destruction. We also need to remove all those who never served in the I.D.F. from politics and from voting.

Your side are cowards, you start a fight then when you are getting the worse of it, you call for a cease fire. This has happened time and time again. The world pressure on Israel saves your side all the time. One more thing, your brave fighters hide behind civilians, women and children, you fire from schools, hospitals and Mosques, your leaders hide and let your people out in the open to be killed or injured, while they hide in safety.

indeed its nice there but the cost of living is very high, israel is high but aussie is twice as much! granted people make more money there as the min wage is higher but job market there now isnt all that good. last but not least, israel is a jewish state, if people feel the current leadership is leading them to the slaughterhouse they should vote in someone serious. remember, in the history of jews, anytime they coward they got killed, go back as far as the history books allow, bush had it right you never surrender to them, bomb and bomb and bomb or they will kill u in usa knock on wood since 9/11 no attack thats because usa knows dont stop bombing

You are making our defeat worse. Do you think Salmi cares that they are "cowards" as you call them? They are doing anything they can to win, and are succeeding. And who cares if we are "heros"? This is the third time we've lost, and it will only get worse next time.

In reality these 7 days that almost half the population of Israel was in the shelters missile, was how to make the shivah for the death of Ahmed Jabari and the weakness of the Netanyahu-Lieberman government let us Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood in charge of our security

The positive news, The United States in word and deed is enhancing its relationship with israel. That is good, very, very good. Our blessed soldiers do not have to enter Gaza and risk their lives, That is good, very, very good. The bad news the Iranian, Hamas, Hezbollah threat continues and was strengthened. Bad, very bad. And as Avi from Modiim so aptly stated we have a Prime Minister who speaks like Churchill and acts like Chamberlain. Again bad, very bad. Israel must prepare itself and use surprise to win the next, sure to come battle against Amalek.

How much military help Hamas received from the United States 1 billion, 2 billion, 3 to 10 billions the answer is none of the above. This war is just like and elephant attacking and ant. Israel, at present, is considered one of the most advanced military power in the world. Wise-up and wake-up.

He squandered it all with his international political gamesmanship (foolishly and poorly played). When the big players sat him down at the table, he had no options left other than play in their mainstream. His only other option was to play hard ball which would have moved him from his marginalized position, into the sewer. Israel deserves better, good luck in the next elections.

If this are the options, then Die!!! Stupid people!

until you make peace with moderates. Saudi Peace Plan, Geneva Initiative, do you remember? Maybe one day it will be less painful to compromise than to keep terrorizing one another. Until then you'll just keep banging your heads against the wall.

They know that the real cowards are the spineless leaders of the "enlightened" world who have let Muslims into their countries and who are terrified of Muslim violence "disturbing" their way of life! They also know that the peoples of the "enlightened" world will be very upset if the Arabs repeat the 1973 oil embargo and they will have to pay a lot more for gas. Hitler conquered Europe and tried to conquer Britain with bombs. The Muslims did it with immigration and the European Court. Of course Arabs kill Arabs and NATO kills Muslims to "protect" the home front and that's OK. But Israel, the most threatened country on this planet, the tiny country and accused aggressor of 1.5 BILLION Muslims and the occupier of the tiny piece of land is the bad one because it has the cheek to defend its people from Muslim brutality and barbarianism! I would like to know how many Syrians, some of whom are poor Palestinians, were killed by the murderous Assad and his henchmen while the media were obsessed with bashing Israel!

Watch your backs or Oz will become beer free! we all saw the calls for Sharia Law NOW! in Australia. You can't do to the Muslims what you did to the Aborigines. The world will be cross with Oz if it upsets the Muzies!

he launched an operation to LOSE! That is the bottom line. If the objective was deterrence, then why did he stop it before achieving the objective? Why did he hype up the people by giving them false hope??? It is better that he had said that the objective was to temporarily reduce the capability of the the enemy somewhat. At least that would have been more truthful. All that hype calling out the reserves was for nothing. This is just too ridiculous! Olmert did it before with Cast Lead and now, Bibi shows that he is no different. Time for Bibi to retire from public life. Time for Barak to shut his trap and go home too. Talking about dealing the enemy a "heavy blow" is just a poor effort at consoling himself. Go slink off and ponder on your losses and just KEEP YOUR TRAP SHUT. You just sound ridiculous.

Failure to comply with the Administration always has dire consequences. Bibi knows the game and had no choice but to capitulate. Off the top of my head, here's a short list of Israeli leaders and the fate they met for thinking they can run Israel's security independently. Ariel Sharon (Neutralized. In a vegetative state since January 2006) Rafael "Raful" Eitan ("Swept away by large wave". Body recovered in 2004) Rehavam "Ghandi" Ze'evi (Assassinated in 2001) Eliyahu Ben-Elissar (Died in Paris hotel room in 2000 while participating in autoerotic asphyxiation) Yitzchak Rabin (Assassinated in 1995) Meir Kahane (Assassinated in 1990) Menachem Begin (Decommissioned. Suffered nervous breakdown in 1983, never recovered) Talk about occupational hazards. Glad I decided against going into politics and became an engineer instead!

a USA colony because USA treats us as such and we accept it. Probably because we have no better choice. Bibi abd all other Israeli Prime Ministers are only toys in the hands of USA.

Why should we leave Israel and to go to Australia? Israel is our land, and we Jews will live in this holy land.We Jews are not afraid from these barbaric scum Muslims. We can defend ourselves and not scared from their rockets. Should they start again, we will hit them very hard, and this time we will no ceasefire. Israel gave a chance to ceasefire and the world will be on our side should these scum starts again. We have beautiful beaches and can rest assured Israeli chics are hot like red chillies.

I wish that your comment could be emblazoned across the media, exposing the stupid, naive west to the reality of what you, as Muslims, really do believe. You are deceived, brain-washed, and blinded by hatred. My prayer for you, Salma, is that Hashem would open your eyes to the fact that you are simply a programmed pawn in a diabolical game. You are captive not to the "Zionists" as you so frequently claim, but to the misery of your religion and the bars and shackles of your own mind. I am sorry for you.

Hamas needs to be destroyed, and Gaza needs to be gutted. I wish I could agree with you.