A labor stooge appointed head of military (with zero army experience) is telling us why we are so 'violent' this clown and Olmert and the rest of the kadima circus act should be thrown out of office and into jail for what they did to the country, and instead he's lecturing us about our cruelty to animals. This sad, twisted state of affairs is worthy of a Bulgakov novel.

Arab violence: The occupation didn't make Arabs violent. Their violence started way before that. Jewish violence: Poverty does not cause violence. The erosion of Jewish values in schools and elsewhere does.

Doesn't that kind of violence done to individuals and to the heart of Israel concern you at all? I don't think so, since you're still eagerly planning more expulsions.

Hell Atilla karagözoğlu ! what you know about the society or the elites ??? *** RELAX...RELAX. I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ISRAEL. THE GOD (G-D) DID TEACH ME ALL INTO MY HEART. *** in Israel !!! THE ELITES ARE THE SOCITY. NO TORAH IN THEIR LIVES. THAT MEANS NO LOVE FOR ANYONE. *** I got an Torah in My Home :) yes I do. Well, I am not drunk always as I am now. *** I READ . I LOVE READ. I UNDERSTAND WHAT I READ. I SEE ALL MISTAKES HUMAN TRANSLATING. *** I am an expert about The GOD (G-D) Sure He loves me. I am His boy. I am free everywhere. I recieve letters from everywhere in world. Mostly I dont read. But I reply with thanks. I have no time. Maybe I dont feel to read. I am not an Elite. I was born in a Mountain Willage. Whenever My wife gets angry at me (everytime) he says I am from mountain. My mom says I am good father for my own family. anyway, what is the subject ? IF A STRONG LEADER WHO HAS GREAT VISION, SEES WORLD WITH MY EYES, ALL PROBLEMS WILL BE FINISHED. I DISCOVER THAT I AM GOOD. I LOVE MYSELF. MAYBE LITTLE POOR WITH INTELLEGENCY BUT I AM STILL GOOD :) anyway MY BIRTH DAY is tomorrow, here on Ynet. May 10. I will get into 43 I think. Lets see what MYYNET WILL DO. ELITE MEANS TO ME WHO LOVE ALL OTHERS. I AM SHY IN PUBLIC. BUT WHEN I DRINK, I FEEL I AM EVERYONES BROTHER. IN BROTHERHOOD NO NEED PANIC, APOLOGISE OR SAY SORRY. BE YOURSELF IS ALL NEEDED. love Atilla Karagözoğlu

"Israeli society is growing more violent" Not true! If there are more acts of violent crime in Israel, then it is caused by non-Jewish immigrants, Arabs or a simple natural increase in the population. To promote the impression that this is a violent society is blatantly untrue and slanderous.

It would be interesting to dig up some stats to disprove Peretz' allegations.

Guess what- increases in population, Arabs, and non-Jew immigrants ARE PART OF ISRAELI SOCIETY! Blame your disgraceful leadership in the last 30yrs for this truth. On top of that, Israel is a nation that's been subjected to constant warfare and terror, from within and without. You can endlessly debate the sources, but the fact is that any population under this type of duress will ultimately turn callous and violent.

Mr. Peretz's resons for4 violence are a bunch of crap! The reason is because of the INSECURITY fostered by an incompetent bunch of politicians who don't know how to do their job. They don't care at all for the people, only for the power they have!If they had any shame at all they step down immediately.

I agree 100% with that statement. Violence has risen in schools ,with the increase in kids getting bullied, and fighting. Violence permates through this society, which is becomming more and more morally bankrupt each day. There is the under lying tension of possible war again this summer, corruption at all levels of government, a sense of economic loss, people filing more for bankruptcy, people going hungry,losing their homes due to falling behind on their mortages(see today's Haaretz in English)... all this leads to stress which is released as violence here. ISRAEL DOESN't HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE PALESTIANIANS OR IRAN DESTROYING IT IS WILL DESTROY ITSELF IF THINGS DON"T CHANGE!

The mind and the body cannot be at peace as long as the society is at war. Stress is a dangerous thing.

Lefttist appeasement policies have created more external violence and this external violence is becoming internal violence. Peretz must go

Parents musnt discipline their Children Teachers must fear their Pupils Youngsters must rule the streets Criminals must be attended by Social Workers(not police) Single mothers must be given every encouragement . ALL this so the politicians can have a good life. They let everyone in their area do what they like just so they can have a good job.Holidays (goodwill visits to Hawai,Switserland,Cayman Islands,Mauritius) Big Pensions, Volvos BMW Merc Even family get in the act.

You are a riot and certainly different. Don't apologize for having been born in the mountains. Heck, we didn't even have any mountains where I was born.

In 1980 PLO Chairman Arafat stated: "Peace for us means the destruction of Israel . We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations." The PLO Charter calls for the destruction of Israel. On the same day Oslo "Peace" Accords were signed in 1993, PLO leader, Arafat stated: "Since we cannot defeat Israel in war we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish sovereignty there and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel." Relentlessly pressured by the US EU UN, Israeli leaders, military and police cooperate in the Muslim plan of taking Jewish land in stages for the final blow against Israel. Coveting Jewish land for Islam, on February l, 2006, in Amona, 12 miles north of Jerusalem, Israel's police went to war against Jewish patriots instead of fighting the war against Muslim terrorists. Israeli police savagely attacked the peaceful protesters inflicting broken bones and mutliple head wounds on the Jewish victims-many of them children. Young Jewish girls were sexually molested. Video of the violent attack on Jewish innocents: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122176 Shortly after the 1967 War, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff submitted their report which stated that Israel can only be defensible if it retains Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Golan. US EU UN/Israeli leaders accomplished the first stage of rendering Israel indefensible by the surrender of Gaza. The next stage is planned to render Israel absolutely indefensible reducing TINY Israel at mid-section to 9 miles wide Auschwitz borders. Jews must survive! Move to Judea and Samaria in massive numbers and prevent the continuation of thousands of years of rabid Jew-hate - the expulsion of Jews from Judea and Samaria! STOP the US EU UN Global Islamic TERROR State in Biblical Judea and Samaria, a Terror State dedicated to Jewish annihilation and the destruction of all of civilization! Council on American-Islamic Relations: "Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth." - Omar Ahmad (CAIR co-founder). Addressing a youth session at the 1999 Islamic Association for Palestine's annual convention in Chicago, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) founder Omar Ahmad praised suicide bombers who "kill themselves for Islam," http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52184 An authoritative Muslim stated: "Thanks to your democratic laws we will invade you; thanks to our religious laws we will dominate you." http://www.meforum.org/article/448 STOP Inciting Children to Kill ! http://www.teachkidspeace.com/flash.php Surround the Knesset! Demand Israel's enemies are utterly defeated and all stolen Jewish land and Temple Mount are returned to Jews! http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/PalestinianChildAbuse Palestinian Authority society are taught murdering Jews is the highest goal in life and attains paradise: http://www.pmw.org.il/AFD.html