It does seem the other side is more motivated, willing to do anything to win: to cheat, blow up their wives and children, teach their children to hate, forego lives and accomplishments, lose war after war until they finally wear down the enemy, but if they finally do win, what will they have? Empty hands, filled graves, no accomplishments, no ideals, no morals, no values, nothing; and as far as building any State at all, what kind of foundations can a people like this possibly have?

Since you are so dedicated to being xaxam, I try to help you out: The author’s premise is a simple one: 1. We proved in the past that blackmail works. So many terrorists were released by leftist a nr right governments, so it became matter of fact that Israel gives up easily. Israel had different concepts previously (remember Entebbe?) 2. Then she says that the world excepted the “ progressive” concept that the most important criteria in armed conflict is not right and wrong, but who is strong and who is weak. ( This works only in Israel case of coarse) In other words if you believe this concept The police is always wrong, because they have more resources and kill more criminals that criminals kill them. 3. The idea that she doesn’t trust the government to change the concept is logical. No Chamberlain could become Churchill; Carter could not change his skin and become Regan and so on...Politicians are always slaves to their past concepts, just look at Peres and pitiful Beilin... I agree the article is not written good, however she is not necessary alone. Unfortunately the level of journalism is shameful. This is the main reason lots of readers stick with photosphere.

!I do agree with you totally Sonia. But why should Israel be the one to create yet another Arab Country (#23) when 77% of the Mandate for Palestine is still with Jordan? How come the World does not allow us to keep the remaining 23%? I think the World has to be yanked by the ear and forced to read history!

not to resist and be morally superior to the nazis. Better than sending soldiers in would be to shell the palis day and night till they leave gaza forever.Let them pay a gallon for each drop of Jewish blood they spill.

the Zionist al-quaeda wants no peace like the Islamic one,both will love to see people suffer and die.

Dream on Batya Melamed, u living in a fantasy world dear.

yes but you are the other side also it is a cicle runing around it and the graves to the one tired the individual one and also to all,sure to all if they motivate or not salam sonia stop speaking only about the other ..speak about yourselfe or the all i mean the other of bothside

for one simple reason they cant win cause we cant afford to loose period .......

The amount of effort being put into recovering this soldier seems hugely disproportionate, but I suppose it should not surprise us, knowing the Israelis for the brutal, arrogant, racist oppressors that they are.

This is a disgusting piece. It blames Israelis for maniacal terrorist Palestinian Arab violence. This is the kind of stupidity which led to the one- sided concessions from Oslo through the destruction of the Jewish communities in Gaza. Where has this kind of appeasement gotten us?

serious? To do as the writer proposes will only invite more abductions, Qassams and homocide bombings. Get real Batya Melamed, this is war and in war one side wins and the other side loses. I can assure you that the Israeli side won't lose. You are a pathetic pacefist that will bring nothing but ruin on Israel if your recommendations were to be followed.

Collective punishment cuts both ways.... Want to stop this insanity???? Each time Israel bombs a school in Gaza - it is OPEN SEASON on Jewish schools around the globe. Each time a Palestinian mother dies at a check point - all pregnant Jews are fair game in, say, Paris. Every time a war plane bombs a Mosque - a synagogue in Buenos Aires becomes a target. If the membership of this board spent the next hour sending this message out to JWR - the J Post and Haarez... the Asia Times, Japan Post.... and a few other international publications... just a suggested solution ... I betcha a bunch of Jews will be on the horn to their crazy cousins in Tel Aviv... Muslims need to step up their game... That's why I never believed the official version of 9/11... Jews wanted us to think Muslims were punishing the west collectively.... they didn't... A few dead Jews with notes on their lapels naming the Muslim child they died for.... and voila!! No more collective punishment. Jews have more exposure than Muslims in this regard... and FAR more fear. DO YOUR PART -- suggest this to the proper publications and it will take off like a fire in the southwest.

Those critical of this article have missed the point because the author is just using reverse psychology in order to show how absurd the so-called "peaceniks" are. How did I arrive at such a conclusion? Well, anyone who seriously advocates the craziness in this article would be locked up in a secure mental hospital and not allowed to write such an article.

There's a big market for martyrs. Without martyrs, there's no heavenly virgins and there's no special place in the afterlife for the parents of the martyrs. I don't think being "nice" will help.

History is what gets the Arabs and Israelis in these situations to begin with. Live for today.

Jack trent's paranoid rant is a good example of bigoted and delusional thinking. He is so out of touch with reality that he blocks out any information from reaching his consciousness, preferring to listen to his inner voices or the sermons of his master. It must be terrible to suspect one group of people for every crime.