israel got out of gaza completely with an open border into egypt, so they could start building their state. but they chose to attack, kill, and kidnap. ok, fine.israel has more rockets, shells, bombs, bullets than the terrorists - if they want war, war they will get. and, oh, how they complain. breaks your heart, doesn't it?

How many women died from rockets before this latest IDF operation? Not many. The day after the deadliest IDF operation in years a rocket is fired that kills one of our citizens! Does this not make you think?! You idiot right-wingers who support this strategy that ultimately led to this woman's death? Does this not make you think that maybe we are not going about this the right way? That maybe our deadly operations are not curbing rocket fire, but increasing, indeed, Israeli deaths as well.

F*** OFF .

Israel needs to make price for missiles clear to Arabs. Vague threats are not helpful. If the price for every rocket will be bombing of village (after they were given 24 hr to leave) the rockets will stop.

Shin Bet Chief Diskin WARNED us that a bigger conflict with Gaza was coming soon. Israel needs to vanquish Gaza.

Why wouldn't you post comments if it's called a "Massacre" which is exactly what it is?

Your strategy has worked well, so far.... Your solution to the killing of innocent israelis is to sweepingly destroy more lives by bombing a village. You create more angry hopeless young people who themselves become even more willing to kill and die. brilliant. congratulations. perhaps #2 should not call you idiots, but certainly your solution is idiotic. the proof is in the results.

The IDF should continue to hunt down the Islamic terrorists and kill them whenever it's possible. Israel should start a wide offensive in Gaza in order to destroy the terroristinfrastructure. Also the terrorist leaders from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa should be assasinated.

The Pals already hate Jews infinitely. If Israel defends Jewish lives, the Pals will hate Jews even MORE infinitely? Infinite x infinite = infinite. It doesn't increase. The Pals argument is "Let us kill you or it will MAKE us want to kill you." Well, they already do want to kill Jews. Israel has to defend against these attacks.

Both sides have and "Eye for an Eye " mentality, and no compassion for anyone but themselves. How can peace progress without empathy?

ISRAEL MUST DESTROY EVERY HOUSE, EVERY TREE, EVERY STONE IN BEIT HANOUN. THE PALESTINIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

1% if infinity is infinity, which means that no matter what israel does, even if decreasing the response 99% (which is indefensible), palestinian hate still will be infinite.

Eric, what would your brilliant solution be if you had missiles landing in New York everyday? Would you move out or defend your land? You critisize yet give no answer to the problem. Did you Know that the missiles were fired from Beit Hanoun? Obviously we didn't wipe out enough terrorists that day. Our strategy is not working because our weak PM refuses to hit these terrorists hard, and finish the job off properly.

When Israel attacks Beit Hanoun again, it will be innocent civilians who will suffer the pain the most. Israel will refrain from attacking now since Olmert is in the US and doesn't want to create any embarrassing situations like last week. But once he comes home, they'll be hell to pay again. No one wins again. Extremism carries the day. A staple food of insanity for everyone to feed on.

b..sh..! if someone will call it a 'massacre' we don't need to wonder if the pal. "resistance" and their supporters will call war crimes - actually it was a war crime, even it was just a "mistake" - like in B. Hanoun 'genocide' or 'holocaust'! http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA

Name one other country that would tolerate constant terror, everyday and use such little force to deal with it. maybe if we show the Palis the same respect they show Israel and have no mercy whatsoever, they will give up their terror. We have seen that talks and compromise don't work. They want it all or nothing at all. How can you deal with these people???

radical right wingers, you mean the ones who warned that expelling jews from thier homes in gaza would not do a thing to bring peice, only bring the kassams closer to your home in Tel Aviv? what is your solution? close the kenesset and go back to russia poland and the rest of the world just get up and leave? is that your plan?

but enough with th ewarnings, israel is th eonly country in the world that warns 24 in advance of an attack, and the world media always leaves out that minor fact, so whay bother with it? either way they call us rcists in Durban and condemn us in the UN so screw it kill the inhabitants. and fight your enemys stop pacifing them and caving to thier demands!

"innocent civilians" there is a term for allowing a terrorist to lunch from rocket from your yard, its calle aiding and abbeting, in th US we prosocute for that. They may have been woman and kids, but dont call them innocents. by the way anyone remember the 'collateral damage n afaganastan and iraq? oh that different everyone in the whole world has a right to defend themselves except of course israel. wtf is the matter with the left? Oslo 1 gave the palistinians guns which they have used to attak us and gave us nothing, Oslo two gave israel nothing both failed horrably when will th eleft learn violence unfortunitly is all the arabs understand. Golda said it best, when these anamals "love thier children more then they hate us there will be piece". not a moment sooner, i wish it were different but those are the facts now deal with them!!

It just blows my mind that the human EGO is so large that no one can humble themselves, let alone any country in order to achieve peace. We each must be right at any cost even unto death. Before Nations Change, Men Must Change, and it begins with the changing of the mind. No doubt we'll all go down in flames because of these erroneous values that we cling to so desperately, as if without them, we would be nothing. I have such sorrow in my heart for humankind who have been blinded by their own sinful desires, no matter what they may be. My prayer is for the peace of Jerusalem, and this will be; God said it would. donna

see - the real issue is the land - it's not all Israels, even though they want it all, doesn't make it so. and unfortunately, many people will continue to die. moving out of Gaza, but controlling ALL the territory like ghettos and prisons, still doesn't make it so. even when your government "apologizes" for killing civilians, doesn't make it right. there are too many haters of Palestinians, and there aretoo many haters of Israelis to make it so. so what happens next?

You asked "what other country would tolerate this?". To that I ask you, "what other country would DO this to other people in the first place?". Is there any other country out there using it's extremely well-equipped military against mostly unarmed, poor civilians? Shooting, bombing, killing , maiming them every day? Any other country trying to force out or exterminate an entire indiginous population? Any other country out there claiming to be God's "Chosen People" or claim that THEIR God GAVE them the land, so that no one else may live there in peace? I don't think so.