When will the Palestinians learn that this is a vicious cycle that never ends and gets them nowhere? Israel has the capability to do this for ever. It is not the best way to deal with Hamas, but Palestinians refuse to give up their terrorism...why?

It is now the arab world will have to make a choice by boycotting or not the international peace conference set for November... It is now the arab world has to show if they agread to the Hamas policy/raison de vivre (read not recognising Israel) It is now the arab world has to show if they accept the forced sacrifising of palestinian civilian/life to the Hamas cause... It is now the arab world has to choice between peace or war for the next future... There are only 2 alternativ: Stand by Hamas. Denied Hamas.

Israel has forgotten the concept of victory ,the total defeat of their enemies. This is due to the many,many years of pressure for restraint and limited response and measured response by false ally America on Israel. The faithless leaders always bowed to this pressure and forgot that Israel could completely defeat hamas of the IDF,IAF were no longer restrained. The u.S. policy has been not to allow Israel to win any longer against any Arab army. The U.S,.French led UN Ceasefire resolution that saved Hezbollah in Lebanon is proof of this evil U.S. policy against Israel. Israel's cursed servitude to a fasle ally has allowed this stupidity to go on for too long. Soon Israel will be freed from this evil yoke of defeatism and Hamas will be no more. No more hamas,fatah no more attacks. Israel has to get victory back in her vocabulary.

HOW CAN THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE GAZA STRIP BE SO BLIND AND TO EXPECT THE ISRAELIS TO SIT IDLE WHILE THE KASSAMS ARE FALLING. CUT IT OUT AND RECOGNIZE ISRAEL, MAKE PEACE AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

If Hamas would stop lobbing rockets and mortar rounds into Israel and take care of their own people Israel would certainly cease their "aggression". I can't wait to see what kind of impotent "response" they come up with. Maybe they'll wet their pants.

The Gazan people should thank Israel for the strikes seeing how it 'only makes them stronger' as they put it. I suggest Israel continue to strengthen them by carpet bombing Gaza for every act of aggression against Israel.

joining this so called idiotic press release...."Israel will pay a hefty price for its aggression in Gaza," as siad by the DEMONIC /IRAN /Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri ? O please wipe these terrorist from the surface of the earth. They are such a burden on Global Peace. We know the activietes of hamas- their frequent drama and stages thay put up to attract international response. We we have seen enough, the Hamas Drama dosent work. at least after the kisnapped the British Journalist.Even after they released the journalist later, it dosent cahnage the fact that this Hamas are TERRORIST, they are not in nay way a decent voice of the PALS to form any solution. Israel blast the terrorist with our fear or favor. Frequent smugling of rokets and making rocket to shoot into Israel is also an HAMAS AGGRESSION. Israel merely lawfully FIGHTING THE TERRORIST HAMAS. PERIOD ! IT the Hamas That is MAKING AGGRESSION ! We are not stupid we can see for ourself all these years.Even the muslims are fed up with the Hamas Drama.Day in Day never changed. Despite all these years still not coming for peace. And these idiots want Olmert to Release 87 Terrorist who are criminal who murdered the civilians. Israel is not Mking any aggression but merely defending her home and it is a home defense lawfull IDF's RIGHT TO DEFEND ISRAEL.IAF should enhance the anti- terrorist fight and defense strategy, O blast the Hamas/ IRAN SPONSORED terrorsit out of action. PLEASE ! ben singapore ben singapore

They "huffed and they puffed but they never could blow the house down". More empty rhetoric to try and "save a face they can never save "

Although I question the motives behind the upcoming Gaza invasion as announced by Barak, I bet Hamas is starting to understand just how vulnerable they really are. Hence the big talk, but just who are they trying to convince, besides themselves? So, while I am very uncomfortable about a Gaza invasion for the sole purpose of handing it over to Fatah, it does feel good to see Hamas squirm.

same words, hiding the incapcity on both the diplomatic and paramilitary side. Where is Hizbullah ? Why is Hanniyeh dropped by all of his arab buddies ? Is this because he is personna-non-grata ? Where is the Arab cause ? Hanniyeh will soon disappear, outsted by his own people !

...the Jews did not launch rockets and mortars at German civilians. The Jews were killed because they were Jewish, not because they tried to kill German civilians. It is a false analogy to try to compare targeting militants or armed combatants who fire weapons against civilian-populated areas, with rounding up unarmed civilians in order to execute them. The two are not the same. Like Wafa Sultan said "We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant."

Probably so! They will probably send a few more armored cars full of money so hamas can buy more rockets to kill them with.

Israel completely withdrew from Gaza and even left the Palestinians millions of dollars of agricultural infrastructure (Greenhouses, irrigation systems, etc) to be used to start their own export business to Europe. The Palestinians destroyed it of course. Why? I can't even imagine the self-destructive stupidity of their approach. Israel stopped all military moves in Gaza and only attack in response to missile attacks on Israel. So the Palestinians are retaliating...for what again?

If I was Hamas or Fatah I would be much more concerned about being wiped off the face of the map by Iran than Israel. Do they think Iran threatening to carpet Israel with 600 missiles is not a direct threat to them as well? It is in the interests of the Palestinians to beg Iran not to attack Israel: The best way to do this is to make peace fast. Time is running out. I doubt there will be many people left breathing in Gaza or the West Bank one week after Iran pushes the button. Palestinians need to make peace with Israel now or they risk annihilation if Iran uses the Palestinian ‘occupation’ as a reason for war against Israel.

and that's one more than it has deserved in the past two years. Note how "aggression" is put in quotation marks when applied to Israel's actions. Usually, Waked feels free to avoid these quotation marks, even though the word really is a quotation. This time, some news editor has said that propaganda does not belong in a news article, and that a quoted word should be quoted. Good.

Time for Israel to try out the new counter measure - inform the Hamas den of Terror aka Gaza that the next hostile act that they undertake will result in a removal of their electrical supply for 24 hrs.

There are 2 kind of terrorists. The bosses and the executors. The executors actually are victims too. But the bosses get the big money. And it is much more profitable to become a terrorist boss then to start working for everyday needs. Untill there are people that support the terror bosses there always be a terror. No matter if the terror bosses are directly supported as some countries do or in the form of humanitarian help. It is not a secret most of the humanitarian help directly goes to the terrorists. That is a serious reason itself the terror bosses to desire the economic situation to deteriorate. Because if the economic situation normalise the humanitarian help will stop and the big guns will will lose a hefty portion of their incomes. So when those bosses see the economic improves and they start Jihad or something else - it doesn't matter how you will call it.

the bills of electricity, water, fuel and the costs of hundreds of arab settlers treatment in Israeli hospitals.

...yep. You cannot fire mortars and rockets into Israel and be immune! You cannot send terror cells from Gaza and the West Bank INTO Israel and be immune. You cannot kidnap soldiers over the border and be immune. Hamas, do you think that this is "aggression"? Then you "ain't seen nothing yet!". Hide in your holes cuz the big vacuum cleaner is coming to get ya all. This time it is "all the way". You have used up all the "credit" you've got. We are not prepared to sit down and do nothing while our citizens are constantly bombed over the border anymore. And Abbas better shut up and let us do HIS work. Unless he wants HIS beloved Fatah to be next.

After you (the Israelis) go after Hamas, then go after the makers of the the missiles

They say that a world without Israel will stop the Muslim terror - do any of you honestly believe this? Now imagine this: what will happen if Israel stops shooting? Well, we've seen THAT. Gaza has no Israelis and no Jews there for several years and the Palestinians keep shooting into Israeli border towns. It means that if Israel stops shooting, it will be destroyed and after it, wil come the rest of Europe etc. Now imagine this too: what will happen if all the Muslims - I mean ALL of them worldwide - stop shooting and bombing and mourdering, stealing, cheating and raping? Silence... Peace... prosperity... Need I say more?

Hamas is reaping their harvest of terror on themselves now. Hope they choke on it.

the habit of looking over their shoulders every few seconds. Cosidering the endless no. of chickensh*t rockets being launched into Israel, is anyone surprised when the Israeli's stop by to say 'Hi!'?

Provoke others then cry when got hit back... and gain huge support from the left as a result. This can go on and on in a vicious circle. While the terrorist has been exploiting this tactic, it's the local and innocent ppl who suffers most. In this, Israel gets the blame. Again this can go on and on.

Dont you people ever say anything interesting ... you kill an Israeli so Israel kills one of yours so you threaten revenge for Israel killing one of your guys. Same old story and when Israel you does something you dont like such as talking about cutting off the electricity in Gaza if the rocket attacks dont stop you say if Israel cuts the power we will have revenge and punish Israel etc. They promise revenge if Israel hurts their economy and just about everything else they can think about .. they might think Allah is on their side but he hasnt yet shown them how to destroy the zionist entitly and liberate it for the musllims but you want this illigal entity to provide electricty to the muslims and you use the currency of this illigal entity. If your trying to destroy the jewish state then really is time for a change ot tactics because shouting and screemeing wont hurt anybody allthough it might give you a sore throat.

You write as if the Palestinians have any choice but to use electricity and currency generated in israel. Gaza and the West bank are ghettoised and the inhabitants are denied the right to move freely or even to vote for their own leaders. When Palestinians voted for Hamas look how everyone reacted. And that is after everyone insisted they hold elections. The ghettos in Eastern Europe were entirely controlled by the occupying army. Would you chastise and admonish the people in the ghottos for using Polish electricity or Polish currency?

you have so many sheep, I mean people standing in line for suicide bombers, they will use any means necessary to get out from under your control. Too bad their leaders are such cowards. Think how much of an impression would be made if Abbas or Hanyiyeh would strap on a belt and go meet allah as a martyr! Like that's gonna happen-not!