I agree with Walter #21. That most of the press feels free to follow the fashion and distort the truth against Israel. Mr Rowan reminds of those 'friends' who precede each insult with 'I don't want to be rude but........' He doubtless thinks he is unbiased when he equates a suicide bomber with her victim, the attacking terrorist with the defending soldier, Hizbollah's infiltration across the border with Israel’s attempt to rescue kidnapped soldiers and Hizbollah targeting civilians with Israel accidentally killing Hizbollah's human shields. This is why the Jewish pres objects to his stance. Maybe he will surprise us but somehow I doubt it.

You're not a self-hating Jew Karen. Just ungrateful . What a horrible thing it is to know that the guys who are fighting to protect Israeli civilians are also protecting you.

It's such a simplistic solution for you to call karen a "self-hateing Jew... just ungrateful". This moronically facile reaction of yours, and many other people, to call any criticism "self-hatred" is just ridiculous. Let us remind you, Faith, that your secular life-style, just one hundred years ago in teh depths of Poland or Lithuania, would have been considered apostasy by the shtetl rabbinates - for I'm sure you expose your lower arms and ankles if not your own hair. It would behove you to remember that human beings are born with the freedom to think, and just because Karen has a different opinion from yours, this does not make her a "self-hater". You also make a simplistic assumption about "the guys who are fighting to protect Israeli civilians". In fact, they are fighting because the high command has sent them into fight. As for protecting Israeli civilians - look how many have died since the murderous assault on Lebanon. Until this assault started you had two kidnapped soldiers. now you have many dead soldiers, many dead civilians and many wounded. I wouldn't call that protecting Israeli civilians - I would call that exposing them to more danger.

Let "us" remind me? Who is us? Should I be scared or something??? I don't care for your nasty tone, or accusations either, Rusty in UK. You totally misquoted me in your long and tiring comment. I only read your talkback to me because I needed to read something totally boring to put me to sleep... I am amazed at how much freedom our press gives to morons like you. Laylah Tov, Israel.

I would like to apologise for calling my fellow Jewish brothers and sisters scum. They'll work it out soon, if not then so be it. The baseless hatred has never stopped for 2000 years. What a peculiar (but special) people we are.

Sitting on your backside in London you have the temerity to say the precious children of this country both Jewws and non-Jews are fighting because the high command sent them. The fact is that each of the call ups have been over subscribed. Our children are turning out willingly to protect their fellow citizens from the fascist militia set up in Lebanon. If not for them the death toll would be far higher. If not now in a year or so their arsenal would likely have quadrupled and with more sophisticated weaponry than they even have now. They are no more a resistance movement than Hitler's SS - and they are better armed and trained too by their puppet masters in Iran. The facile comments by Karen who probably does not come from Tel Aviv anyway that basically mean that when the chips are down we should wave a white flag and meekly go to our doom are just that. Hezbollah's avowed aim is the destruction of Israel - they may not achieve it on their own but judging by the effect they have on you and Karen they are succeeding in winning hearts and minds. What middle ground are you talking about anyway - how can you have a middle ground when the other side wants you dead? You wake up and smell the coffee before it's too late! The JC calls itself the organ of British Jewry if so it should reflect the opinions of that community not a minority who are ashamed of being Jewish and who would rather be dead than Jewish. Supporting Israel at this time is not a Zionist thing - what about the Israeli Arabs who are also suffering? I do not think they are Zionists. supporting Israel now is supporting the right of Israel to live securely behind recognised borders. If we do not fight for that right then what hope have we? BTW my son is in the IDF so I have an interest to declare.

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Kol Ha Kavod to Joy Wolfe. What idiotic decisions by the editor of a Jewish publication.

Have you 2 found a solution to the war, YET?