the first talkback posted declares "bishara is right!". the writer, who calls himself "noah james," then goes on to carefully cite various statements by various Israelis. and? what? noah evidently thinks that by those citations he established that the traitorous member of parliament (NB: no country, democracy or otherwise, would tolerate the open support for its enemies that Israel tolerates of her arab minority) is shown to be "right." those statements do nothing of the sort. the "evidence" cited does not support the conclusion. try these facts, noah: the terrorists threaten to destroy Israel. they kill soldiers. they kidnap soldiers. they launch weapons that are designed to terrorise the Israeli civilian population. they hide among civilians. they launch attacks from these positions. Israel warns the civilian population that hosts the terrorists (to whom the civilians are loyal) to flee, that they are vulnerable if they remain with the terrorists. there was NO indication of the presence of civilians in qana. and, little noah james of ohio is ready to weigh in with his opinion that Israel is guilty! guilty of what? of genocide, of course. that's the best that the fool can do. as schiller wrote: mit der dumheit kampfen gotter selbst vergebens.

Israel,Are you trying t o self destruct? This Bishara is an enemy of Israel. He should be tried for treason. Throw him out and send him to syria,or lebanon or Iran where he would be more at home.

Free media? say what you want? You are clearly not reading the newspapers. England are rounding up loud mouth extremists and kicking them right out the UK. Free speach and death to anyone who isn't a Muslim expired and so will many Muslims visas. They should all be kicked out the UK and sent back to their own country.

I don't believe that the UK's domestic policy vis-a-vis visitors is based on the expression of your personal paranoia. However, Mr or Mrs Facile, there is a big difference between a sovereign country refusing to renew the visas of hostile extremists and what a sovereign can do with its own nationals. So many fascist bigots here call for Bishara to be "sent back"... sent back where? He was born there, he holds Israeli citizenship. Are you all suggesting that Israel should become more like the Soviet Union and withdraw citizenship from people it deems undesirable? In which case, we'd see many of the thieving settlers on the West Bank being sent back to the land of their birth - Brooklyn/Moscow/Gateshead. However, you give yuor racist game away by stating that Moslems "should all be kicked out of the UK". Foul, scurrilous, bigoted and divisive suggestion - which, thanks to our decent democracy here (which is not "faith-based democracy") simply will not happen. You obviously know zilch about history and have not realised that your evil thoughts, like those of Enoch Powell, are doomed to be swept out with the dregs of history. kullena muqawama

You're embarrassing me and all those in the UK with a brain.... again!!! You attempt, through use of long words and complex sentences, to bamboozle everyone into thinking that you must be well educated and therefore your opinion should carry more weight! Sadly for you, I know your game and can recognise that you are more East End than Eton and certainly more Harlow than Harrow!!! So why don't you stop, take a deep breath and finally admit that you know, as well as I and everyone else knows, that Israel is doing what must be done. I don't think I could put it better than Tony Blair did last night - I assume you saw his speech - in which he finally recognised that Israel is a cultured, Western nation, surrounded by neighbours who only wish for death and destruction - to Israel and the whole of the civilised world. Well, I have news for you, the Western world will not allow that to happen. Some countries may speak out against the situation, but you may also note that those are the ones with large muslim communities that need to be appeased (in order to avoid riots, destruction etc).... You may also care to note that a large number of Arab countries have kept quiet - they also recognise that there is no place for Islamic extremism... Iran with a nuclear bomb?!? Forget it - Tehran will disappear in a radio-active cloud long before that happens.... So do us all a favour, Rustum, if you wish to make a point, make it SIMPLY, so that everyone can understand what rubbish you say and therefore have the opportunity to tell you themselves. Try and explain how morals and ethics come into play when a man holds a rocket launcher in one hand... and a child in the other.....and targets random civilian areas....having started the war in the first place!!!!!!! You see, Rustum, it's time to take off your anti-Israel (yes...ISRAEL! Not "Zionist state", but I-S-R-A-E-L), anti-semitic blinkers and start to recognise that when the arab extremists start to love life more than than death & destruction, Israel will be a willing peace partner..... In fact, Rustum, if you have a modicum of intelligence you will understand that - maybe you could start spreading the word to your brothers and a whole new peace movement could develope!!!! (Thinking aloud....have you ever seen a muslim demonstration that called for peace instead of death to Israel and the US?!?!?) ps. a short, simple response will suffice!!!

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What do you think about all the violence in Iraq? Is Israel responsible for all the Muslims being slaughtered there? Please, I want to hear your views on why Muslims kill muslims all the time, all over the world. Are they argueing on who will take Israel once it is destroyed? I am confused, please clear this up for me.

Israel is the homeland to many of those Arabs you ignorant pr*ck! Arabs have been living on that land for generations...Your sick attitude is the polar opposite of the Islamic fundamentalists

Yeah, the Shiites and the Palestinians, both sad victims of genocide. That's why their populations have been going up and up. I hate this kind of loose usage of serious words. When I was 14, I thought my parents were "fascists" for not letting me stay out later. Now that I'm older, I know better.

I though I'd lost him when I left Haaretz, where some of us like to call him Rectum. He's probably a hireling of the "Stop the War Coalition."

Your questions are obviously ridiculous. Try asking again without crass generalisations, and I might consider responding to you.

Right on! Your response to the moron is brilliant . How sickening all the time to read these people in America, Switzerland, London, Brasil, etc - suggesting that the indigenous Arab population of Israel and the territories should be "sent home". They are home - and you said it beautifully.

Sad, so very sad. If I were to follow your example. I should believe that all people from England are the true blood thirsty savages. Afterall, you were the first people to come to my homeland in the U.S.A., killing and raping my American Indian ancestors, spreading disease on purpose, and forcing us to try to forget who we are by placing us in boarding schools away from our families, relocating us from the East coast to the middle of the Great Plains. Forcing us to drop our own religions. Forcing us to walk for miles as our loved ones collapsed and died before us, we picked them up and kept walking with tears dropping at our feet. My great grandmother is the legacy of what England did to my people. You wanna talk about tradgedy- that is tradgedy and it was commited by people from your country. I have yet to hear an appology and despite that I have never seen any American Indian strap a bomb to their body and walk into a cafe in London or send a rocket over at England. You know why? Because I was not brainwashed to think every British person is the same. It's about time you yourself rethink your blatant prejudice as my family has been in a real tradgedy and I still find it in my heart not to be as hateful as you. You are quite funny. "Poor brainwashed Israeli public"... it seems as though you are the brainwashed one since you cannot even find the ability to look at Israel's side. Have you ever visited Israel? Have you interviewed all of the Israeli public to really make such claims that they are all brainwashed. Sure- there are people of every kind, but let me assure you, the majority of Israel is not full of the Zionist type of regime. Otherwise, why would they have voted in a Prime Minister who was running on the theme of unilateral withdrawal from all the settlements. In the fall, some of the withdrawal was taking place in the West Bank, where angry Jewish settlers were throwing bricks at the Israeli police because they were trying to move them out of the Palestinian territories. Why? To finally give the Palestinians what they have asked for. Unfortunately for us, it doesn't matter that this governement was already making plans to withdraw out of the West Bank completely when Hezbollah started firing rockets claiming it was because of the Palestinian cause. Why did they do it when we specifically elected a government which stood for peace and was willing to make it happen. What you claim you know about how "brainwashed Israeli's" think is not based on truth or fact of what the majority of Israeli's feel or what the majority of Israeli people want. I'm tired of hearing that Israeli's are blood hungry Zionist savages. The people that say such things are clearly so one sided it is hard to believe you actually think you are educated on the issues. You seem to be performing the same prejudice you claim that Israeli's have for everyone else.

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No one is stopping Israel from destroying Lebanon. Hizbullah must put their country first. What can be done. How can we save innocent lives? Where are the strong, good leaders? I'm an american that is ashamed.