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Rockets reach Beersheba, cause damage
Ilana Curiel
Published: 30.12.08, 21:09
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1. NO CEASE FIRE!
Chaya ,   Bat Yam   (12.30.08)
2. Winners and losers for now
oscar ,   buenos aires   (12.30.08)
AIR WAR (F 16 vs. Qassams&Grads): it´s a draw, because every dead israeli hurts much more than every dead palestinian. HOME FRONT WAR: palestinians are the winners because they keep strong while some criticism is appearing among israelis. INTERNATIONAL PR WAR: palestianians are the winners. Just look at Tzipi begging for help to Al Jazeera, UN resolutions equating Hamas and Israel, etc. GROUND WAR: to be seen. FORECAST: "divine victory" for Hamas or "phyrric victory" for Israel.
3. Call up all reserves..wage war for Life
Al   (12.30.08)
Dont even think of a cease fire. Its time for war and less BS. The very existance of the State is in danger. Nothing less than total war is called for. Very soon Hizbollah will join the fight as will Syria, Egypt and Jordan. They smell your weakness, they are ready to pounce. Stay strong and with G-d's help we will see this thru.
4. "..ran to the bomb shelter only to find it locked.."
y guy   (12.30.08)
Sack Rubik Danilovich!
5. Why send in troops? Blast them by heavy artillery fire
Todd ,   Seattle, USA   (12.30.08)
Answer every katusha rocket with 50 155mm shells and pals will quickly get the point.
6. Not safe to live on any occupied land. Palestine is occupied
JJJ ,   USA   (12.30.08)
People will eventually do everything possible to liberate their lands from foreign occupation. Palestinians won't be first or last do so. Any History 101 book will give you hundereds of examples.
7. only victory over hamas is acceptable-nothing less.
debra ,   usa   (12.30.08)
8. so lets have a cease fire..........
Lior ,   Israel   (12.30.08)
You know, give Hamas a little time to dig out of their rat holes along with their rockets to fire at maybe TA!!! See, already Bush and Abbas TOGETHER are talking what kind of a cease fire Israel should call for. The long claws from the international community of appeasers reaches all the way to Israel. .......And while rockets reign down upon Israel no ones precious feelings will be hurt. (except ours of course but we don't matter)
9. Olmert !!!!! stop this stupid war
Ofer ,   Sderot israel   (12.30.08)
Our leaders just use us in this war for their election. No body coming to visit us in Sderot and see our needs. They hid in their homes and offices like rats. We are killed thousands of times every day. And this war will not achieve its goals as stated before, so BARAk, Nat, and Olmert leave us alone stop your stupidity. .we do not accept our blood to be fuel for your elections
10. History 101 from number 6?
Dora ,   Ramat Gan   (12.30.08)
Which history book are you reading from because there is no history book in the world which contains such rubbish as you claim... except of course the ones written by liars who brainwash their people. hmm.
11. answer
joseph ,   amsterdam   (12.30.08)
bomb them back to the stone ages!
12. Rightists: don´t blame Omert/Livni/Barak anymore
oscar ,   buenos aires   (12.30.08)
They WANT to bomb palestinians back to the stone age. But they simply CAN´T do it.
13. Lets not forget
Yisraeli   (12.30.08)
Lets not forget who is responsible for the importation of missiles endangering Israels population. The very same people conducting this war namely Barak, Olmert, Livni and Sharon who allowed Gazans for years to build up theyre arsnal, who did nothing during the "lull", who removed Israels presence from Gaza, who brought Arafat to Gaza etc. etc. Before 2000 they had nothing but thx to Israels leaders and theyre leftist ideology they are capable of doing what they are doing now. And now we expect these very same leaders to rectify their mistakes? Hardly.
14.  No cease fire. Gen .W.T Sherman
Mike Cato ,   USA   (12.30.08)
I would again quote Gen WT Sherman, Army of the Republic, Amer. Civil War regarding Israel's temptation to call a truce. 1. "I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the [enemy] begs for mercy." 2. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." 3. "War is not a popularity contest."
15. to ofer in Sderot - so what is your suggestion?
rebecca ,   modiin   (12.30.08)
You tell Olmert etc to but out, but you dont give any positive suggestions. Not that I support Olmert but they have tried to talk, the had a cease fire and you were constantly targeted. You have not given any suggestions.
16. 3#, Al,I totaly agree
Judah ,   Golan Heights,ISRAEL   (12.30.08)
Once before I told you that I would not return to Canada. Yet if Israel does not wipe out Hamas and later Hezbollah then I may have no other choice. In the Lebanon war rockets went as far as Hadera and now rockets fired from the south hit Beersheba. Soon Dimona can be hit. If Israel wants to continue to exist then now is the time to finish the job and not agree to a ceaesefire!
17. Attack on kindergarten shows why IDF must finish the job
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, DC USA   (12.30.08)
Don't stop. When members of the Quartet call to press for a ceasefire, have someone "take a message".
18. How come the kindergarden attack wasn't reported on bbc??
dave ,   uk   (12.30.08)
19. Kids spared
robert barrett ,   fort smith ark   (12.31.08)
I thank G-d by His Grace that those kids were not in class. I have been reading Joshua in the Bible and just read where Joshua took Gaza as given by G-d. That's what needs to be done again and never to be given back to Israels enemies.
20. a, now it's clear what Barak meant by deepening and widening
Gur   (12.31.08)
The PLO will deepen and widen their rocket attacks, and the Kadimists will deepen and widen the number of Israeli dead.
21. #18: How come the
Gamal ,   Ryiadh/SA   (12.31.08)
kindergarten attack wasn't reported on bbc? Because this kindergarten is in israel, habibi. bbc is only interested in arab buildings hit by israeli rockets.
22. To number 10 History 101
Bill ,   London   (12.31.08)
You know the History book that says you all came in the 1940's by ships from all over Europe running away from Hitler after Mr Balfor (sp) promised you Palestine - and the towns that Hamas is bombing from Gaza used to be theirs, their father's and Grand father's.
23. Israel has lost this war already
Donna Lee ,   win canada   (12.31.08)
As soon as Israel made known it was going to give a three day lull and listen to France, Britain, the UN, the EU, it has lost this war. It's all over folks. Another win for Israel. If they were going to do anything as far as a ground war, it would be done by now. Very unfortunate for Israel. Again, they have caved in to the terrorist!
24. What about Egypt?
David ,   Rhode Island   (12.31.08)
They created the refugee problem in Gaza when they attacked in 1948. They took the Sinai along with the oil field that Israel developed for them as part of the Camp David accords, but refused to take the Gaza mess they created by not absorbing the palestains and making gaza part of Egypt. Do they really want an Iranian base on their border? I'd like to see what Egypt would do if the kassams and grads started coming in their direction. Or any of the arabs for that matter. In 1982 Syria killed 25,000 palestinians along with their pets and livestock and paved over the town of Hama.
25. Why bombing Ashkelon is the most tragic irony
marcellaurent ,   montreal, canada   (12.31.08)
How easy it is to snap off the history of the Palestinians, to delete the narrative of their tragedy, to avoid a grotesque irony about Gaza which – in any other conflict – journalists would be writing about in their first reports: that the original, legal owners of the Israeli land on which Hamas rockets are detonating live in Gaza. Robert fisk read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-why-bombing-ashkelon-is-the-most-tragic-irony-1216228.html
26. to 22-Whose land is it?
Sylvain ,   Lausanne, Suisse   (12.31.08)
It doesn't matter where their grandfathers' lived. What matters is that today Israel has 7.5 million Israelis living their and they are not going anywhere...
27. SCREW THE CEASE FIRE, FINISH THEM
USA   (12.31.08)
WE SHOULDN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THEIR "CIVILIANS". THEIR SO CALLED CIVILIANS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY NOT OURS.
28. No ceasefire til Hamas is history...
batman ,   gotham city, Lebanon   (12.31.08)
I just hope the 2nd lebanon war is not repeated here... An American saying goes, "a good indian is a dead indian" and I say "a good hamas terrorist is a dead one"... the same goes for Hizbollah...
29. #12 why not?
Joseph ,   Israel   (12.31.08)
Thanks to Olmert/Livni/Barak the Arabs of Gaza are able to shoot Beer Sheva and probably even Tel Aviv, and let's not forget Hezbolla. Olmert/Livni/Barak did nothing until the elections. First they used an "Iron Fist" to expel Jewish children from their home, but when that failed to raise their popularity, they started this war. Olmert/Livni/Barak could have prevented the war if they acted sooner but they didn't. Face it, the Rightwing of Israel was correct and the Leftwing was wrong.
30. To Number 26 History 101
Bill ,   London   (12.31.08)
You mean it is okay if someone come and kick you out of your house/apartment in Lusanne (if you own one) and lives in it. Then he is, by your logic, is living in it and he is not going anywhere.
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