you'll despise him Those Jews that voted for him, got ecactly what was coming to them, a knife in their backs

I understand both Obama and American Jews on this. Israel has earned it.

Ms Horing, whatever her credentials, has no sense of what is actually going on with regard to American perceptions about Israel. At this point Israel must choose between catastrophes. Hagel is less catastrophic, in effect, than alternatives. A second point. About Ms Horing's Wikipedia page. Anyone familiar with Wikipedia will immediately notice certain "things" about the page. The clumsiness is reflective of the ham handed way certain people act on their views of the world.

You mean the American administration knows better our neighbours? Is America going to live with missiles from the south, west and north? Besides the muslims have 80 countries and 22 arab states. Why Jews cannot have one Jewish state and why they have to share it? In conclusion who the F* made the americans or the euros the moral guardians of the world? They already sealed their borders to refugees from the dead camps. What now; the tradition continues and applies to their descents?

This is NOT a "Jewish" issue so you can stop the alarmist writings. (You are as wrong as Hagel was when he used the term "Jewish lobby"...) Not all US Jews - and many of them very pro-Israel - subscribe to YOUR extreme views. Speak for yourself and your fellow right-wingers.

When you say "Almost every major pro-Israeli Jewish organization and many individual Jewish leaders had strongly opposed Hagel's impeding appointment" are you inventing a story? Because the more reliable news sources, you know the ones that do reporting, say quite the opposite. http://news.yahoo.com/hagels-chances-improve-major-pro-israel-groups-neutral-231028315.html

Mr. Obama has turned his back on them after having cast their ballots for him and the Democratic Party, only to choose a Republican who is, clearly, an anti-Israeli politician who has no particular sympathy for Jews either.

What a load of crap. He is perfectly qualified to be the American Secretary of Defense. We are not the 51st state and it's none of our business - - period. All this chest thumping points out the accuracy of his statements about the Jewish lobby. And all your info about Hagel and the Haifa USO is inaccurate and incorrect. What a bunch of whiners you are.

US Jews do what Jews always do, sit still and give those who shit on their heads a free pass, hoping that by keeping quit "all will be alright and we still can be friends". This is the difference between them and Israeli's like Netanyahu, which is precisely what 'pisses Hagel & Obama (and EU) of. Disobeying Jews, unheard of!

As I try to see it the way Rand Paul put it recently. Israel should fledge and wean itself from USA aid, in order to exercise full Sovereignty. Obama, Hagel and those with similar agenda, give Rand Paul's suggestion momentum.

The choice has little or nothing to do with either Israel or Jews.

202-224-6542 ; NY SEnator Schumer is the most prominent Jewish leader in the Senate who claims he is pro Israel. This is a test for him. Is he a follower or a leader. Schumer helped Obama so much. I cannot understand how he was able not to convince Obama to avoid such a nomination. Schumer who represents 1.5 million Jews in NY should be outraged by such an anti semite. If not , every other anti semite and many politicians would follow not fearing a political price for defaming Jews. .

Obama through his nomanation of Haqel proved his true intention for Israel. He wants to adopt Hagel stands ; to weaken Israel and appease Hamas , Hizballah, Iran and REvolutionary . Israelis cannot choose LIvni, Labor, Meretz or Lapid. They are so pathetically weak that they will try to appease Obama by creating Hamastan in the West bank. Stand up for Israel survival . Only Bibi will say NO to Obama.

What wrong with all of you? If the US jews would have not be silent and scared about their own self interests, they could have saved few million Jews. But they were silent and did not pressure President Roosevelt to bomb the railraod to the death camps; Walk up! Without Israel another holocast will occur. It is your fight!

Obama picked Hagel because he wants Hagel. Let people who oppose Hagel do it for purely American reasons like Hagel's refusal to condemn Hezbolla despite the fact that they murdered 241 US peacekeepers.

The Israeli and Jewish American right wing begins frothing at the mouth like a rabid dog as soon as anyone dares not to kiss the settlers' fat asses. Obama is giving Israel a gift: the chance to wake from its deluded fantasy of Greater Israel, and throw out Bibi and his ugly henchmen - who have done everything possible to undermine the US alliance.

Why is it so hard for Israelis to understand that israel needs America more than America needs Israel? By constantly challenging Israel will one day kill the goose that lays golden eggs, and supplies F-16's.

for the defense of the USA, for Israel, and for Jews, in general.

Anyone Obama appoints will be tasked with serving the real monster: Obama himself. So there is no point in a campaign to have Hagel replaced.

Does Ynet have to give major publicity to a comment about the President of the United States indicating that he "betrays" people? The word "betray/betrayal" generally conveys two basic meanings: 1) disloyalty by acting on behalf of an enemy. 2) stabbing a friend for personal gain If people in the Israeli government truly believe that the President has engaged in these nefarious activities ,where Israel is concerned, than I would caution Israeli policy-makers in undertaking any unilateral decisions which require American assistance in any emergency---such as an attack on Iran which cannot be completed by Israel alone. Even if the appointment of Mr Hagel as Secty of Defense runs counter to current Israeli foreign policy it would still be wise to desist demonizing a career public servant. The writer of the scurrilous comment on Ynet does not have to hug Mr. Hagel from the security of the USA to achieve his personal agenda...but he should understand that words have meaning and far reaching consequences.

THE POWER 25 (2007) 1. American Association of Retired Persons 2. American Israel Public Affairs Committee 3. AFL-CIO 4. National Federation of Independent Business 5. Association of Trial Lawyers of America 6. National Rifle Association of America 7. Christian Coalition 8. American Medical Association 9. National Education Association 10. National Right to Life Committee 11. National Association of Realtors 12. American Bankers Association 13. National Association of Manufacturers 14. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees 15. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. 16. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States 17. American Farm Bureau Federation 18. Motion Picture Association of America 19. National Association of Home Builders of the U.S. 20. National Association of Broadcasters 21. American Hospital Association 22. National Governors' Association 23. American Legion 24. National Restaurant Association 25. International Brotherhood of Teamsters

"Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, serves on the board of a George Soros-funded group that advocates a nuclear-free world. "The Ploughshares Fund has a long history of anti-war advocacy and is a partner of the Marxist-oriented Institute for Policy Studies, which has urged the defunding of the Pentagon and massive decreases in U.S. defense capabilities, including slashing the American nuclear arsenal to 292 deployed weapons. "The Poughshares Fund has also partnered with a who’s who of the radical left, including Code Pink, the pro-Palestinian J Street, United for Peace & Justice, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Demos progressive group, where Obama’s former green jobs czar, Van Jones, serves on the board." Source: WND 1/17/13

Israel is still a democracy with its pluralities and differences.

71%American's friendly to Israel,69%Jewish American against Israel,Isn't it obvious that Jewish Americans are useful/suicidal idiots or worse?

Will you please turn Hagel's page and start talking about your own Israeli problems. Hagel is an American Hero and has nothing to do with you and your followers.

... who refused to sign a letter to Yeltsin demanding that he take action against rising antisemitism in Russia. This should have been included in the article to help complete the portrait of Hagel.

Your comments are disgraceful. The Israeli newspapers are not government owned. It is called fully protected political speech which is also protected by the constitution of the US. The Israel government is not responsible for individual comments and the American government threats will not intimidate no one. Israel can defend itself. It is not World War II.