On the one hand, I agree that it is not wise to negotiate with terrorists. But what choice do you have really when they have the soldiers? At first I was in agreement with the strong line taken militarily, but just consider how many people would still be alive, completely ok, if this strong military approach was not taken. and negotiations were held instead. I do think that the terrorists must be dealt with harshly, but this is not the time or the way. We are humane and do not want to cause the suffering of innocent people in Israel, Gaza, or Lebanon.

I belive that the situation in the middle east is so one sided with the media coverage. The israles alwys make themselves the victims. i think that the action taken against Lebenon is ridicoulsly over blown out of porportion. they are willing to ruine a whole country over a couple of soilders, this might sound cold but lets be real. no one is saying that what the israle goverment is doing is wrong because of fear of offending the israle people,

The mope who calls himself Daniel, the Jew with a conscience is mixed up. According to Freud, the superego or conscience is one of the regulators of human moral behavior. Conscience is not the issue with most Israelis. They go out of their way to avoid civilian casualties, unlike the barbaric and psychopathic Arab and other Islamic terror groups. Freud also described another part of the mind called the ego. It is the part of the mind that connects one to reality and that is Daniel's problem. Daniel, you are either stupid or delusional or both. Probably both. What is there to negotiate with Hamas and Hezbollah? They both are terror organizations made up of fanatics who openly avow Israel's destruction. If Israel were allowed to use its full military might and utterly defeat these monsters, there would be a hope for peace----just like Germany and Japan became democracies after their armies and government were crushed in battle. Do you really think that releasing 9000 terrorists would benefit peace? Are you that stupid? Now for Jon from the USA. You are obviously one of those jerk-offs who loves dead Jews. I'm sure you revel in the moral superiority of the 6000,000 Jews who were murdered by the nazis. It's only the Israelis who fight back that you despise. To a bitch like you, Jews fighting back is barbaric and not morally superior. The 1000 leftists remind me of those leftist communist Jews who supported Russia as a utopia during the cold war even after hearing about Stalin's atrocities against his own people.

Those on the far left often think themselves superiour in intellect and knowledge to those in the middle and the right. But due to the "righteous blinders" they wear, they refuse to see the reality that is the evil of Hamas, Hezbolla, Islamic fundamentalism, and the hate directed toward Israel and the Jewish people. Their moral compass is completely out of whack. It would almost be funny, if it weren't so tragically sad.

"you should be arrested for treason".... Yeah right ! Call the gestapo ! Get the names of these "ungrateful left wingers" and send them to the police straight away ! Jew or not, human behaviour seems to alas always be following the same patterns... war or not, national consensus or not, respect each other ! No bloody calls for people to be arrested that make you sound just like the idiot north of the border !

Believe me, you don't want to become Jewish. Being part of the chosen people isn't as fun as it sounds.

Every one of those protestors are weakening Israel. They should all have been arrested and jailed. When the Country should be standing together they, the protestors divide us. They're traitors!

Protests do not help. Negotiations do not help, either. Every time the Israelis negotiate for land, people, etc. with terrorists they end up suffering later. I agree the Israelis should dismantle Hezbollah with force. It's too bad there are leftist Israelis still around. They are only going to bring Israel down. Don't these Israeli leftists read their Torah? That land is theirs...Israel that is. I believe it states this in Genesis-12.

Even if it means the loss of your life, your freedom, your family, your soul?? I'd rather die. Patrick Henry said it nicely, "Give me liberty or give me death!!" There never has been peace in this world, nor will there ever be until judgement day. Israeli liberals.......why don't you leave since you probably consider yourself little more than a neo-colonial Western capitalist, imperialist occupier?? Oh, that's right, you're the only one who wants peace. Well thanks for working so hard, too bad your Arab buddies aren't too fond of the whole peace idea. Try to lie down and let the air out of your stomachs.....that way it'll make it that much smoother for the tanks to run over you.....please don't make it "disproportionately" bumpy to run over your disproportionately whiny asses.

demonstrators.The police should have beat them up,then arrested them.

Come on a country has to defend itself. The protesters are probably a small minority that believes the situation could have been averted but when missiles are coming from another country a country's got to defend its citizens to survive.

if a bad guy hits you in the mouth, do you ask him to give up? of course not , he'll just kick your butt more. because thats a big sign of weakness. THAT is what your dealing with. the only negotiations the arabs understand is from the barrel of a gun. G-D bless Israel

Yes, you moronic Israeli people that are adding talkbacks here should do what this idiot suggests in #45! Then you can kiss the democracy good bye once and for all and start new era in Israel as a communist country... you people sure act like it anyway so why not go all the way... The talk about deportation, self hating Jews and putting people to jail if they have different opinion than the government... sounds like USSR and China... go Leftists, even though its only for free speech and democracy... Most people here seem to hate that kind of things…

These leftist freaks are aiding the enemy. I agree with free speech but it seems that this is too much. Israel is being hit by terrorist rockets. They are not interested in talking. Let Hamas and Hizbollah lay down their weapons, return the soldiers and renounce violence and then we can talk peace. For now, I say level Lebanon and Gaza and turn then pave them over.

Finally a muslim wise and honest, negotiations with terrrists are the same as nothing, they lie and dont keep their word! BE STRONG DEAR ISRAELI SOLDIERS, WE ARE WITH YOU ALWAYS!!!!

I have to say this at first I am originally a Palestinian. I am a Christian. Those who think that by negotiating and giving prisoners and all of that will gain peace are ignorant. Muslims will never stop this war even if Israel was wiped of the map. They will never stop short of ruling the whole world and turning it into an islamic empire Saudi style. It is time that Israel takes action and eliminate the Islamic threat while it can. SD http://Islamthreat.blogspot.com

when ever 5 left wing protesters protest the media claims : "5000" protesters" when the right gets 80,000 the media claim 10,000. media is with the leftist-islamofascists!

without means of getting back to tel Aviv, of cause.

am soryy man but its clear that you are not muslim and that you are juwish pretend to say you are muslims , you are funny guys ur propaganda all over the world !! and that lady from canada beleaves u !!! cathy my dear he is not true muslim , am sorry to disapoint u guys . but palestine is not for juwish alone , its for pales 2 , so they should start giving us land ,

Nannette wrote: They want to make peace with people who are sworn to genocide. These are the same type of people who would have appeased Hitler, which some Jews did in 1938. If they have such compassion for the enemy, and none for their own people, then they should live in Gaza, Lebanon or Syria. Is it logical to compare the Palestinians to the Nazis, which is what you do by comparing their Israeli sympathizers to the appeasers of the Nazis? People who are living under an apartheid-like system, who are not even allowed to have sovereignty over the land that was given them. Israel and Palestine have a right to exist; people need to live. But apparently "peace" for fanatical zionist Israelis means always keeping a foot on the Palestinian. Nobody seems to realize that one gets tired of having the foot step ever tighter upon one's self, and the reaction is, sadly, most violent. Despite the fact I do not live in the Middle East--a blessing at this point--I see that it is perfectly understandable for a political party to also be a military (Hamas). Why are Palestinians loyal to them? Becuase they provide social services to them (unlike Israel) and care about their issues, and are not proving as corrupt as Arafat's PLO was. At least not yet. What do the Palestinians have to lose? Israel is not offering them any reason to avoid violence. The death of one more person in this farce--Christian, Jews, or Muslim, is on the hands of anyone who thinks the Palestinians (or the Israelis) are the "other" to be demonized. So let's keep on fighting; maybe the Israelis and Palestinians will solve the problem--by killing each other so the Americans can move in and create a theme park. How does Disney's holy Land Adventure sound?

This honest American is exactly like the rest of all those idiotic leftists. Go sit on our Northern borders with your family and see if you still feel the same. Were you born stupid, or did someone drop you on your head as a child? You want Israel to sit here,and preach non-violence while the terrorists fire rockets at us? You'd be better off keeping your mouth shut and letting people think your a fool, rather than opening it and leaving them in no doubt!

I disagree totally with the message of this demonstartion but I am proud that Israel is a country that even in crisis allows citizens to gather to protest the national consensus. You don't see this is Iran!

I feel compelled to respond. It is very difficult to understand the thinking of left wingers. Unfortunately the left refuses to observe and learn from history. From the beginning of recorded history the decendants of Islam have had harbored irrational hatred. No amount of talking will prevail against such ingrained irrationality. Peace has been given a chance -- time and time again. Unfortunately the enemies of Israel and indeed God must be eradicated. DKT

Bomb an entire country indiscriminately and you can expect retaliation. End the cycle. Israel's PM has an inferiority complex!!!