I hope all the people who read your article in disgust, re-re-re-read till they get the picture that all this needs to stop on all sides. Also, Arik may all gods bless your soul and you go to heaven.

Thank you, Arik, for your faithful witness. Too many of us - of ALL faiths and opinions - are simply AFRAID to speak out !

Hardly a suprise to me. History is filled with with the persectution of the Jewish people (and true Bible believing Christians for that matter) by the hands of those *false* Christians known as Roman Catholicism. Not true Biblical Christianity. Read Revelation Chapters 17-18. Jesus was the JEWISH Messiah: born and raised a Jew and died a Jew (for OUR sins of course) and lived and ministered in the Land of Israel-NOT "Palestine"!!! As for me, I trusted Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour at age 16 and came out of the Roman Catholic system thank God. Revelation 18:4. I have eternal life as the free gift of God because of the Atonement Messiah made for me on the cross with his blood. All my sins are forgiven me for Christ's sake, not because of my own good works or the RC system of sacraments and the host of other man-made innovations found in Catholicism.

Mr. Diamant At this point, I can't think of someone more couragous than you. It takes a lot to stand up for what you believe is right , specially when you are swimming in a very strong stream of wrong. I have a lot of respect for you. When you stand up with the underdog and the weak, you must be a great believer and a great Jew. Thank you.

you are absolutely clueless!! how can you talk like this about your fellow brothers? instead of talking about how inappropriate your fellow jews are, talk about how how they have kidnapped one of your own for a POLITICAL gain and not a TERRORIST ACT!!! we dont kidnap for fun - we "kidnap" to find out where our fellow jews have been kidnapped to in the first place!!

I dont understand how you can be a reservist - how is it possible for someone with your pathetic leftist views to protect and defend our country???

Almost always, the enemies were scapegoated to explain the lack of (security) among x, and a sense of victimization developed among x. The belief that they were under attack and had to protect their way of life motivated them to commit acts of intimidation, murder, torture and terrorism and to justify these acts as "self- defense." In the mind of most x, the x never attacked innocent victims -- it responded to encroachments of the God-given rights of x with vigor and righteousness. http://www.adl.org/learn/ ext_us/KKK.asp?xpicked=4& item=18

Dear Sirs: If you would be interested in my perspective of the abuse inflicted in the name of the "war on terror" as Satanic "ritual" (i.e. repetitive, routine) abuse, let me know and I think I can convince any rational, open-minded person that it is a reality and that it is pervasive.

Thank you, Arik ! Your witness took a lot of guts and nobility of character -- qualities lacking in most people. You deserve the greatest respect and admiration for sepaking out. God bless you !

thanks for this article, i think its very good courage of you and the paper to write about such thing, i think if we have people in israel who understand the palestinian suffereing and the way they react i think we had peace years ago, we eat the same food, we have same language all most, we breath the same air, drink same water, wat else share a disfunctioned land, sorry that reality

Thank you very much for your article. It is very brave of you. As a part of the Jewish nation, you are surrounded with people who refuse your existence. Random rockets fall on your head. I can imagine how strong sadness and frustration must be into the heart of millions of Jews in Israel. The real braves are the ones like you, who in such a hard situation keep their self-control and their ability to think, and most important of all, the strength to search for the truth. It's a very, very hard effort. I am very glad to read your lines and i hope people open their eyes. Maybe after decades, the israeli society has a different look on the current events. I think that's the only thing left to hope for.

There are arab MK, muslim israelis and all you "morale gurus" who have the right to speak for the 17 year old suspect that YOU arrested in guess where..... Israel, a democratic , life loving country.... but who can speak for Gilad in the territories other than the IDF? You?...go to the territories when there is a suicide attack in israel with dozens of dead....you will get candies..maybe this is what your childish mind needs..candies and unicorns to keep on with oyur fantasy world...

It is very dangerous dealing with human with no feeling. Below is the summary of an article on Aug 4, 2006 =========== Talmudic Council: in war time, even enemy children may be exterminated By By Khalid Amayreh Aug 4, 2006, 01:35 The Talmudic council of Rabbis and Torah has ruled that “according to Jewish law, during a time of war, there is no such term as ‘innocent civilians’ of the enemy.” “A thousand non-Jewish lives are not worth a Jew’s fingernail.” Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert publicly declared in June that “Jewish lives are worth more than non-Jewish lives.”

Read your superb article and just want to say may God bless you for speaking the truth.That is a TRUE jihad. From a Muslim sister

Arik, you are what your name says: ein Diamant, a jewel. Don't let the hate mail get to you. The is what the weak people do who know they are on the wrong side. Thank you for sharing the truth with us. And to all those hate mail bullies: try living in the Occupied territores for a week, try being treated like animals by the IDF, try waiting at check points for hours, and then tell me how angry you are. What the IDF does to the Palestinian people would make even Mahatma Ghandi resort to violence. Terrorists are not born like that, they are made. The are made by the IDF.