hello, Kamal . The persian people may be peaceful, I don't doubt it. However, their government isn't. The Iranian government gives Hizbollah $100 m a year. And remember the Iranian president called for the destruction of Israel.

Ik only the public in Europe, would be willing to read this and listen to the fair side of the story... But no! Israel is to blame, and these poor Palestinians and Lebanese... It's time that the smart west really to become clever and take acion against Iran, and Syria, and all these untrue Allah militia's,

TO live in peace, you must be ready at any time to take on the agressor and fight the bully. This conflict has gone on from the time of Isaac and Jacob, and will continue till God Himself puts an end to it. If Israel shows weakness, it will only lead others to think they can inflict pain on a peaceful people who are fighting for land which was declared by the United Nations to be theirs. I hope our nation will stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel and hold the line.

>We are peacefull nation and never >attack Jewish state. >Kamal , Tehran, Iran >(07.23.06) HAHAHA Your leader stated that Israel will be 'wiped off the map' No one believes muslim liars such as yourself anymore. You are going to get hurt ... a lot. Viva Israel

>We are fighting Terror alone. >ME , Israel (07.23.06) Uhhh... maybe you haven't heard about the US and it's coalition fighting terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan..? It's been in all the papers. What a putz.

iran peacful? hehehe everyone knows that you (iran) help to huzballah in the war. and i didn't started to talk about your president declarations. "Israel must be destroy from the map" . and more anti-israel sentences like this.

dont be so naive

IDF do the right job and it is important that anyone know it. They fight for their land, family and for peace...and I think for the european peace too. What will happen in europe if tomorrow some radical fanatic movement launch some missiles from some outlaw districts in the parisian suburb to downtown paris ?!? ( our army and civilians forces will call for help ?!?!) Even there are civilians losses they have to eliminate the hezbollah. I suport them and I hope they 'll finish their duty fastly to avoid more lebaneses and israelis civilians losses.

you are sooo correct! i couldnt have put it in better words!!

The Holy Bible is the key to understanding the end result of this conflict. Read the bible everyone! These and many more shall get worse until the coming of the Jewish Messiah. Danyan-ul 12 Yaohutz-kaq

I see that Peter has adopted the idea of "See no Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" which has definitely taken him to a rosy world where Ahmedinajad is waving an Israeli flag, singing of admiration and love for Israel and is planning on a shower of flowers over the land of Israel. Wake up buddy, his propaganda is for total destruction of Israel!!! And maybe its not enough know to that Hezbollah is backed currently only by Iran and Syria, neither one doing anything to stop the escalation by asking the Hezbollah to stop their aggression. They only add fuel to the fire by provision of supplies and chants of "Death to Israel" on their streets. Wake up Peter. Iran is holding the reins on Hezbollah right now as it always had. Even Syria shook when they got to know that Israel was on a retaliation to the acts on its northern border and looked at their overlord Iran to back them up. True the readers are not stupid but they are definitely awake to the fact that the regime in Iran is one for the destruction of Israel. Maybe some of these extremists should land in New Zealand and bomb a couple of places and blow up a couple of near and dear ones for you to open your eyes. Wake up Peter, it not a bell ringing this time its a siren!!!

Iran is really providing weapons to Hizbullah and all Hizbullah are trained by Iran , there is no doubt in it and all these things should be stopped , This is a 50 years old problem first Arabs Jordan ,Egypt Syria and now Persians are involved , For peace all have to stop their worst ideology , Be it Arabs , Persians or Israelis . We humans are always like this just blaming each other and forget in pride and divide each other in the name of religion , race and many things .Technology should be used for betterment of lifes not for killing each other ... All should think about this but i know many will start critizing and try to take out fault in my comments in here . God bless all .. Amen and give courage to stand above the problem and take some bold decisions to solve this problem forever .. War is never a solution ..History is there for changing ourself not to keep things in heart and take revenge .Here many will talk abt 1400 years back but forget 50 years back ..

What you're saying is, I think, the same thing that Lebanese are saying. You are a citizen of a government that is permitting the attack of Israel by proxy. You do nothing to elect a different government or to undermine your government's ability to permit this. What you want is to be a citizen with all the rights and none of the responsibilities. I didn't vote for Olmert's government. But I take responsibility for what it does. We go to war when it decides to go. That's democracy. We make peace when it decides to make peace. That's democracy. The last thing I do is write letters to Iran telling them they should pass over me and my family because I didn't vote for Olmert. The thought is rediculous. You want us to cut you some slack and not attack you. What, you think the air force is the post office and voting institution? We keep track of your addresses and voting records? How surgical do you reasonably think we can be in our attack? The Lebanese are claiming the same thing you are. After 6 years of doing nothing to prevent Hizbollah's ability to attack Israel, they're saying "don't hurt us". Where was their humanity when we were being bombed by Hizbollah? Where was their indignation when we pulled back to the UN authorized international boundary, and they watched Syria and HIzbollah build the pretext of the Shabba farms to continue attacks? Now that Israel responds, after not responding to many, many provocations, they all climb out of the woodwork asking for mercy. Before, they said this was "Israel's problem". Now that we made it their problem, they are saying how "ruthless" and "arrogant" we are. Nonsense. Listen, Kamal - there's a limit to everything, including what we can tolerate. We don't want a war with Iran or Lebanon. But we can't tolerate your country's constant belligerance and support for those who rain weaponry on us and who scuttle any attempt to come to a mutually agreeable peace arrangement with the Palestinians. If you do not stop your government's support for those who meddle in our affairs, don't be suprised when we decide to defend ourselves, and in the process your life is put in danger. So you have a choice - put your life in danger now to change your government's policy, or put your life in danger later by not doing so. Either way, unfortunately, you have no easy choices. You are not a victim of Israel, you are an actor in this as a citizen of Iran, just like Lebanese are actors in this as citizens of Lebanon. I've seen many demonstrations in Lebanon and Iran in the media calling for the destruction of Israel. You know how to open your mouths and make noise, it's clear - we heard you. We got the message - you're not our buddies. So for your own sakes, not ours, open your mouths and let your governments know that you will not support these attacks on Israel any longer, because we will defend ourselves, and we will bring the war to your doorstep if you do not. It's a matter of time.

Why , exactly? DD

Well said. I was not born in Israel, I married an Isreaili and have been living here since 1997. I havent seen a more loving of its people country than Israel, nor a country who is willing to make peace with its neighbours but at the same time does not tolerate threats on its people. Our biggest mistake was that we let the Hizbolah arm and prepare for the last 6 years .Are you trying to tell me that NO ONE in lebanon noticed hizbolahs destructive intentions or preperations ????? If you live in a home of a child/spouse abuser and say nothing , you are just as much to blame when lives are destriyed are you not? I write this as rockets are landing around my residence. Think of this before you tell my government not to respond. DD

You condemn Israel for invading Lebanon. You say Lebanon is not responsible for Hezbollah. I want to tell you that Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese government, and If Lebanon is a sovereign country, so it is responsible for its actions and to its borders, responsibility Lebanon is refusing to take. Terrorism is a bad thing, says France, and adds that a response to terrorism on France can include nuclear attack (said by president Shirak not so long ago) . But – if terrorism is targeting Israel and Israeli citizens, well, they can live with it. After all, the Muslims just want to protest the occupation. Let me remind you: Israel left Lebanon more than six years ago. It withdrew from Gaza almost a year ago, but in return to this steps Israel gets rocket attacks to its civilian territories. Don’t try to say Israel attacks Gaza and Lebanon over 3 kidnapped soldiers. It is only part of the big picture in which terror groups launch missiles on populated areas. What would you do if your cities were attacked in this way? Sit and do nothing? I don’t think so!!! I just want to tell all of you my European friends, we are not the last address of Islam’s fundamentalism, we are just getting hit first since we’re on the front line with the Arab world. You encourage recent attacks on Israeli cities and town from rockets launched from Gaza and from Lebanon, by ignoring the fact those launches even happen and are taking lives of Israeli civilians. By only covering the Palestinian and Lebanese casualties, by not condemning Terrorism and abductions on a sovereign land, you encourage more actions like these. And by doing so, you call them upon your doorstep, from within your society. There are millions of Muslims in Europe just waiting for a call upon Jihad. The feel Allah is with them now. We call upon you to wake up, Europe, and face the problems. Try to find alternative energy sources, like the Japanese do, since they got fed up with the Arab world “oil politics”. The Arab world buy your silence with oil, and you swallow it. Another point for your thoughts: Why when Japan wants to launch a preemptive strike on North Korea, which only tested missiles is not condemned, but when Palestinians or Lebanese invade Israel and take lives, (of civilians too if you check closely not just on the headlines), and Israel in acts of self defense attack those territories, is seen as an aggressor?! By trying to look deep into the situation and condemning such acts as they begin, demanding the full stop of missiles launching to Israeli territories, Israel could avoid the measures it is taking now, saving hundreds of lives for all sides involved.

i believe that i US everytime there is "terrorist threat" the color of alert turns "orange or red" .... in Israel...there is ALWAYS ROCKETS FLYING--- i guess there should be alert everytime.... YES THERE SHOULD BE TO THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!

Praise the more nuanced replies.

You have no memory or sense of history. Israel is DEFENDING ITSELF, it was not the perpetrators of this demise. "Ahmadinejad sincerely believes that his role on earth is to herald in a period of apocalyptic warfare to annihilate non-Shiite Muslims, and usher in the "return" of the twelfth imam, signaling the end of time and supreme rule of Shiite Islam. The Shiite southern Lebanese Hizbullah state, the Iranian proxy entity, is being armed, funded, and controlled by Tehran via remote control, to directly serve this end. This is why a high number of Arab heads of state, from Egypt through to Saudi Arabia, have blasted the Hizbullah – Iranian axis of aggression against Israel. Sunni Saudi Arabia, no great friend of Israel, is frightened by Iran's attempted takeover of the region. Meanwhile, like a virus, the Shiite Hizbullah state is draining its host, Lebanon, of stability, security, and sovereignty." CAN YOU READ? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE? REMEMBER 9/11? They are "like a virus" and the world must find the cure IMMEDIATELY. It is not just Israel they are after. But, anti-semitism rears its ugly head once again. Islam is less than 2.000 years old, Israel is 5,766.

I think you've been eating too much mutton down there in the middle of nowhere, and your brain's gone all wooly. I've read some mind-bogglingly uninformed things on these boards, but your comments tank with the dumbest of them. I expect you think this is part of the big Jewish plan to take over hte world. Need more blood for those matzos!

Israel, you have my unwavering support in this battle. I realize that you are literally fighting for your existence as a nation. Have courage and strength, you will prevail. Allow no hunda with Hizbollah.

Let's go Israel--hit hard--put an end to hizbullah!

Israel bombs civilians LONG before either the conflict with Hamas, OR the conflict with Hezbolla, and THATS all pushed under the rug...But when OTHER groups (at first) strike LEGITIMATE military targets in relatiation to Israeli barbarism, they are pronounced "terrorsists" ! ! ! And I, for one, am ASHAMED of my country's support for the terroristic state of Israel !

Ten years from now when a nuclear missile falls on Tel Aviv not one of you here will remember that this brutal overreaction was the seed that brought forth such a horrible revenge.

No wonder the world is so screwed up--it's worthless "analysis" like this that keeps the war merchants in business and allows militaries to bomb and kill defenseless people. You believe your own bull, and that's so very tragic. Totally divorced from reality. One-sided and laughably simple. Very sad. You are warmongers.

In response to the ARTICLE on Iran's attack on Israel has begun,we should all understand that this war started a longtime before now,This is a war between ISLAM and NON-ISLAM, Its Jihad,its not only Israeli(JEWS),palestinian,lebanese,hizbullah,Iran,syria or arab war,everybody is involved. For those of you who thinks that its gonna end or that America,UN and the west can do anything about it,i think you should go and examine your heads with the Psychiatrist,then go back to the history books and see what ISLAM and their extrimist have done to thousands of innocent people and their families,all in the name of god.Even in recent times,it has been happening in Africa, non-muslems have already started defending themselves,KILL ONE CHRISTIAN IN NIGERIA and 10 MUSLEMS WILL DIE THE SAME DAY. They have never left anybody at peace.Europe,America,Asia and everybody is under pressure,some days ago,it was India.For the sake of Islam. You are fighting for your God?A God who is powerless?who cant defend himself?If your God cant defend himself,then why is he a god? And for you MR PETER MORRIS,maybe when you experience the pains many others have been having,by loosing a loved one for nothing,then you will appreciate the problems and understand the politics. Just like so many of you with limited vision.Who never experience the direct consequence of terrorist activities. IRAN,their allies and their terrorists are evil,Even if they wipe out Israel(Which will be when the oceans will dry out or when the sun will never rise again),Will they be satisfied? Their Theory is: EITHER ISLAM OR DIE,THEY JUST STARTED WITH ISRAEL,YOU KNOW "CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME" OPEN YOUR EYES. LONG LIVE ISRAEL.BE STRONG!!!

hallo, today i must write to you and you must know my opinion. i am member of our local football club and commite member. most of my friends in club understand your fight against all enemies surrounding your country. israelian people have to suffer a lot. we all hope better times will come. but at the moment there is no other way than to punish the enemy very strong. i hope you will be succesful. rainer