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UN head urges restraint following Lebanon rocket attack on Israel
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Published: 30.12.13, 11:12
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1. Restrain bla bla bla
Serge ,   Antwerp, Belgium   (12.30.13)
Mr. Ki Moon should condemn Lebanon for twice initiating attacks on Israel.
2. Ban: why don't you call restraint against Lebanon and Gaza
barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (12.30.13)
and tell them to stop instigating war !
3. RESTRAINT
Robert ,   Israel   (12.30.13)
Ban Ki -Moon, late as always. He forgot to ask for restraint to the Lebanese much before they started playing again with fire. Ban Ki Moon reminds me of the Dalai Lama. A good person, full of good thoughts and that is all. . He says what he´s been trained to say, even though nobody pays attention to him.
4. RESTRAINT
Robert ,   Israel   (12.30.13)
5. Mr Moon coming out of his beauty sleep?
tiki ,   belgium   (12.30.13)
I don't hear this spineless clown on all the atrocities occurring around the world. His clone in failure Ashton is not heard of at all, because rockets on Israel is something that doesn't bother her, only balconies being build in Jerusalem is a crime in her mindset. Another explanation of 'her silence might be that she knows that even a 24/7 beauty sleep can't safe her from the realities she sees in the mirror.
6. UNSC Resultion 1701 was NEVER enforced!
Jim Yakamoto ,   Israel   (12.30.13)
Bush, Blair and the rest of the Arab cheering squad FAILED miserably. In terms of that useless piece of paper, Hezbollah was to prevented from moving in to the area south of the Litani River and was to be disarmed by the Lebanese Army. Ha! Ha! Ban Ki-Moon is proving just as useless as his predecessors and, like them, will find every reason in the book to condemn Israel! Ban, 150,000 Syrians, thousands of whom are children, have been killed on your watch. These deaths and your failures to bring Russia and China into line will haunt you till the end of your days!
7. According to secular Israelis, Israel is an
Dan ,   U.N.   (12.30.13)
illegitamate state who has no right retaliating against Arabs. It is for this reason the seculars consent to the release of Arab terrorists detained in prisons. If Israel is not a G-d given country for Jews as seculars claim, their expulsion of Arabs, imprisoning them and ruling over them is illegal.
8. Barbara, stop the paranoia
Italian In Israel   (12.30.13)
Ban Ki Moon never said that only Israel should restrain from violence. The message has been issued to both sides! The eternal Israeli paranoiac complain...
9. Only time restraint is good idea is when suffering diarhoea
Alan ,   SA   (12.30.13)
10. #8 The eternal Italian ignorance
A ,   Belgium   (12.30.13)
When the UN, US, EU or anyone issues a call for restraint after a provocative attack against Israel, it is obvious that it is Israel that is being asked to restrain itself from defending itself. Everyone knows that Israel could toast S. Lebanon or gaza within seconds if it wanted to. But the UN has no power over terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah or Hamas or the PA, but it knows that Israel has an "image problem" and therefore blows its hot air in that direction. Why doesn't anyone issue a "call for restraint" to Russia and Chechnia? Because they know Putin will tell them where to stuff it.
11. #10-You just proved that #8 is right
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (12.30.13)
You are paranoid! Lebanon fired 5 and you fired 20! Then Ban Ki Moon called for restraint from BOTH sides! Capiche?
12. #5 Con Tiki
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (12.30.13)
Every day I hear Mr. Ban Ki Moon condemning viollence from around the world. You must have selective hearing, as Miss Aston condemns violence too. Maybe Israel inflicts more violence on innocents than most other counties, but you can't stand to hear that, can you? Can we please see a picture of you Tiki, or does you camera keep breaking????
13. # If 10 angry Aboriginals fired 10 shots at you,
A ,   Belgium   (12.30.13)
would you fire exactly 10 shots in return? You yourself probably would, but most people trying to defend themselves would fire back whatever necessary to destroy the enemy, even if it was 100 to one. And Hezbollah is Israel's (and most of the free world's) enemy. Where was the United Nothings call for restraint after the terrorists fired into Israel to begin with? And for that matter, where was the call for restraint after Hamas shot rockets into Israel? You're a hypocrite! Capiche?
14. # 10 + 13 (my lucky nbr) U r my hero - tks for backing
barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (12.30.13)
15. the UN should un-arm Israel's neigbors
then they can talk ,   about Israel.   (12.30.13)
16. 12 maybe your falling for false propaganda.
you believe only lie ,   run from truth   (12.30.13)
17. #14 I suppose Ibn Jinn has been kicked in the head
A ,   Belgium   (12.30.13)
by kangaroos one time too many. Have a good, QUIET week in Haifa.
18. To: No. 8
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.30.13)
If you find the Israeli mindset not to your liking, may I suggest that you simply leave Israel? Find a place more to your liking.
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