churchill he is defenitely not....... something else? maybe.

I doubt it, if he pathetically hands over even more of our beloved country to terrorists and murderers. Hardly Churchillian behaviour. Will it be E. Chamberlain then? Or, maybe his fine leadership and our support and pride in him now, will inspire him to continue to stay strong and firm. Will it then go back to cherchez les femmes? Let's hope not.

I'm surprised..i mean i heard yesterday carfully carfully to the speech of Olmert..and he said some really strong things!-things with lot of sence!! like:"israel have the right, the naturall right to live a normal life" or:"we are sorry for the innocent civillians that get killed" this is so clear that Israel has a purpose and the purpose is: to get the hizballa of the borderline and to hit the hizballa people.. but when u try to look more deeply to the details..u see that the hizballa has no goal!they want to kill and hut israelis civilians !-and then the want to "take us to the trial" this is so lame!! this is soooo clear that we are both israel and lebanon civilians are victimes of the hizballah and fucking nasralla terror! we dont try to hurt civilians!the hizballah organizations is all over lebanon, and the hizballah people are surrounded by civilians!-unfortunately we cant bomb the hizballah people excatly...so the peopel around get hurt..but Israel did something very humanty..israel told the civilians excatly where willisrael army will work ,so the civilians wont hurt! u will never found such a thing in any country..trust me! we want peace we care about peace but to make this happen we need to fight and stop the terror in our counrty.. Hope peace will be soon!

You got it wrong, if Israel realy wnats peace, then u should return all occupied terretories and allow Palestinian refugees to return and compensate them or else u will never have peace.

The truth is that Israel will never be able to eject Hezbollah from south Lebanon. The truth is that even if Israel occupies the south with minimal casualties, the soldiers will then be sitting ducks just like the Americans in Iraq. I'm not sure what the correct approach is, but Olmert is taking Israel on an adventure that is certain to end badly.

Olmert want to give Bush the "New Middle East" on the "Debris of Israel" as I read somewhere. I see Olmert following orders.

i know only two things about the man he wanted to union with the evil to get rid of the enemy he used to walke hand by hand with his handi caped duaghter infront the public i admire the man for hese two things but what about olmert ,,he wants to get rid of the evil which is here hizballa ,,and hisdughter do not need the father support as she is not handicapped so i do not admire this man

Let me get this straight -- if Olmert is like Churchill, we get to throw him out on his ear right after the war? Correct? Where do I join Peace Now!

Strong words from the strong heart of the leader of a strong nation

I think you'll find that Olmert's daughter is morally handicapped, as well as the rest of his family! His wife is a far-left member of women in Black protesting the war with her Arab friends, his son slipped out of the country to avoid the draft that the rest of our sons are proud to do and his daughter has nothing nice to say about anyone and has repeatedly attacked public figures and got away with it. Olmert is probably too ashamed right now to walk in public with them, but it must be real fun at the Olmert household in the evenings! Olmert wants to get rid of the enemy, but then rewards them straight away with more Israeli land. Go figure. Its like saying to Japan, here, sure you can have Hawaii. I'll bet there'll be a lot more protesters if he tries to foolishly implement the next disengagement, after all, it'll bring Ramat aviv well within Katusha range!

Even if true, you should be able to come up with a more believable phony article.

for the death and destruction wreaked on northern Israel!

In other words, you want Israel to exist in the sea... Well, it means any peace initiative from Israel creates more demands for ‘peace’... So guess the peace will come when no new initiatives are created, and any demand for a new one will be met with strong NO, and if some part of NO is not understood, Israel will be able to find some more persistent ways to convince such 'peacemakers'.

Michael is correct. Israel has done more than any other country ever has during war to protect civilians. The group that wants civilian deaths in Lebanon is Hizballah, they hide behind the skirts of women and the diapers of children. Never be distracted by the propaganda, Hizballah (and Hamas) has only one goal, which is the destruction of Israel and the death of all Jews. They have stated this goal repeatedly. There can be no true negotiations in this situation. Israel along with the U.S. are the point men in the war with the Global Jihad. This war has nothing to do land. This war is about whether or not the 5 billion Non-Muslims in this world will allow the Muslim minority to rule over them. Thats the bottom line. If you doubt it check out the Indonesia, India, Britain, Spain, Phillipines, United States, half of Africa (especially Sudan) or any of the other countries were Muslims are trying to impose Sharia through violence and death. Michael, never fear, for the G-d of Israel is more powerful then the god of Islam. This has been proven in the past and will be proven again. He watches over you and your blessed land. Please rest assured that you and Israel have more support around the world then you can know.

we must fight until the end of al l terrorists in Lebanon in Gaza and In Yehuda and shomron and inside of Israel,Go IDF Am Israel with you.

Olmert is quite the 'speechifier'. He is a skilled lawyer AND a charlatan. He knows exactly what the people want and need to hear. However, he is loathe to give the orders necessary for a knockout blow. That is why the ground forces did not go in en masse in the beginning. He is more concerned with his 'convergence/expulsion' plan for Jews, than to eradicate his 'peaceful' Muslims. Stop trying to create a myth around Olmert. It won't work. The people know who he really is and what makes him tick.

#17 comments that Michal is to young and has made incorrect statements. I didn't detect any real factual errors in his statement other then Hizballah does have a stated goal which is the destruction of Israel and the death of all Jews. Though Michal didn't state that directly he did describe the fact by saying " they (Hizballah) want to kill and hut (hurt) Israelis civilians! This is a very accurate depiction of their goals. Hiballah has publicly stated their goals so I don't know how you can argue any other point. The truth is the truth whether spoken by a 15 year old or an adult.

AMEN ! WHOEVER #13 IS WHO WROTE THIS, YOU ARE RIGHT ON. KICK OUT THE p'arabs. TAKE OVER THE GAZA AND WEST BANK AND TURN YOURSELF AWAY FROM WORLD OPINION. NO ONE IS OUR TRUE FRIEND. WE ARE ALONE. SO WHAT MATTER IS IT THAT WE ACT FOR INTERNATIONAL PRAISE ? NOTHING FROM NOTHING IS NOTHING. MOSHE

Right on #13 and #20, and maybe the East Bank too, and how about the whole Sinai as in the days of Moshe Dayan! Go get 'em Israel, and may The Almighty strengthen your hands!

You know Churchill won the war unlike this guy... This Israeli government is making war to cover its own ass, one member in a sex scandal, one committing fraud, and the military trying to look tough after it becamse obvious how easily soldiers can be kidnapped.

haha, Winston was no truthsayer.. I read today that he was once so incoherent, the vocal actor that played winnie the pooh on the radio was paid to ventrioloquize for churchy.

well clearly u dont know that israel occupies a lebanese land which is "sheb'aa farms" and lebanese prisoners still in israeli jails. thats the goals of hizbullah to liberate the occupied land and the prisoners.

Urgent need in war time laws is felt manifestly, but to no avail. The law proclaiming the closest unity of the rope and the necks of saudi-eurabian operatives in Israel, including Bishara and psychotic scoundrels .

You, my "friend" are or mentally nulified or totally disinformed or a common lyer or just an Iranian like "peace lover" (read - world in peace with no Jews, as Hitler. BTW you could read "nice" hatefull theories at Radio Islam). Iran, Hizbullah and Hamas declared clearly that their aim is to destroy the Zyionist state of Israel. It seems will be dificult. Sincerelly? Impossible.

Guys, before getting all thrilled, you wouldn't even be there if it wasn't the perennial blind support of USA (u can check how many US vetoes protected u!). Second, just try to get to Maroun el Ras and Bint Jbeil, and hold them for a while before getting excited about conquering other territories. Whenever a soldier falls, from whichever side, I cannot help but think that the politicians could've prevented that with a little more dedication and work :s