From Be'er Sheva, under Grad attack, with anger http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/12/from_beer_sheva_under_grad_att.html

this leftist self-hater and his ilk are the very reason Israel is in this war today. Let them go live w/ their friends in Gaza.

The Gazan's sending rockets into "Israel" are the offspring of the people the Jews displaced by force in 1948. Ironic. And you do not think anyone remebers that historic tid bit?

and let it be known that each time a rocket is fired, cease fire or not, it will be answered but a ground invasion is stupid and not needed and is hugely unpopular move. We have done enough and the world is behind us and understands our dilemma far more than it cares for the likes of Hamas.

Amos Oz has no heart, no brain, no courage, and needs to go to Kansas.

fighting the war. It should support the spirit of the nation or sut up and sit in a shelter. But not uproot the spirit of the children who are fighting the very jhust war for the national survival.

IDIOT!

Be silent my lemming brother. Even if you seek your own destruction as a Jew we must not let you.

A ground incursion should take place when the objective is to cause real harm to the Arabs. They are yet to recover from the loss of their beloved Andaluse (Spain). Send the tanks in, chase the Arabs toward the beach and move the border in few kliks. They will take notice of that, very seriously.

I can't believe the vitriol directed at the poor man.He is entitled to his opinion.Maybe he is not wrong,after all a ground incursion may not solve anything and just cause more bloodshed.Israel has already made its point with Hamas and may be best to quit while it is ahead.Gaza is a terrible mix of fighters and civilians and Israel can not harm the civilian population.Thems the facts folks.There may be no end to this cycle of violence,perhaps containment is the only solution for now.

What oz doesn't tell you is that he accepts an arab majority palestine with jewish tzimmis. That's what he beilin and ben amir accept.he brought us arafat and death. he brought us hamas and death. Now he promises us more. What an idle fantacist. stick with books.

Lawrence, why can't Israel harm the civilians? Does Hamas give a damn about their own civilian population other than providing shields for them? During Israel's war of Independence the first thing was the bombing of Tel Aviv by the arab invaders. Guess who died. Then of course the attacks of certain kibbutzim where the inhabitants, men, women, and children were slaughtered; some of the bodies were abused. Has there ever been a war where civilian populations are unharmed? WWII, millions of civilians died, in England the blitz, in Germany Dresden, in Japan the A-bombs, just to point out the obvious. Mr. OZ is undoubtably a brilliant writer and he is no different than most people who do want peace. Unfortunately peace will not be achieved by mere words and his POV that Hamas is willing to react to Israeli force immediately in a positive manner is quite incorrect. Containment meaning what? Continuation of the rocketry and mortar attacks? That's why the Israeli government had to act. In this day and age, civilians are not holy cows. They face the same dangers as the troops.

Because Israels' Leaders do not wish to upset world opinion.2000 years of homelessness has traumatised the Jews to the extent that they have an overwhelming desire to be loved by all.This is why Israel goes to ridiculous lengths to avoid civilian casualties.Do they receive much thanks? do they heck.But don't shoot the messenger buddy ,I am only telling you how it is.If I were the P.M here I would have ended the problem long ago but I am just plain joe shmoe .

Mr. Nice Guy.We wouldn't want to be universally hated now would we? what's that ? we are already universally hated you say? I must say that I am a humanitarian at heart ,but with each suicide bombing and rocket I am getting to the point where I could care less if the whole f.....ng arab world was nuked.

Held to a higher moral standard than the nations.Israel is expected to use "proportionate force" whatever that means.No Israeli Leader wishes to be tried as a war criminal for killing civilians,that is another factor.It is very facile for you to be so gun-ho from the comfort of Monroe USA ,if you feel so strongly maybe you should consider living here and joining the military.The reality is Israel has to find a way to exist amongst the arabs and vice versa,mass slaughter of civilian population is not considered to be a politically correct or acceptable option.Israel kills two civilians and the whole world screams.

it is clear that stopping now would mean all those who died have died for nothing (i mean in gaza) and more will die in the next rund in a few months. what's the point? hamas needs to surrender - or agree to stop shooting.

USA will not be the super power for ever and the pictures coming from Gaza will be memoriezed, so you have to read the history carefully.

i wonder how much money you are receiving from the palestinians to write such idiotic article, 1 ] if the situation in gaza is such it is because people like you forced the jews out of gaza 3 years ago 2 ] cease fire now would'n get any benefit at all for israel, the hamas going back in the street in couple of weeks 3 ] how could you trust the goim for defending israel after the cease fire, we saw what happened in lebanon after the cease fire , bombs and missiles were back there 3 weeks later and even stronger then before , just thank to a rushed cease fire thanks to pressure from people like you . 4 israel is in the driving seat , so lets drive and kill the snake starting from the head of the hamas politicians.

There was a song in the 80's that went, "boom, boom out goes the lights." Well maybe a little boom, boom and Hamas will watch the hell up!! If not too bad for them....

The counter clock , time is changing and the so called Israel is loosing battle after the other , 2 decades back no gun was existing inside west bank or Gaza today thousands of Palestinian martyrs’ are ready to face and defend their land , defend their homes and defend their dignity . This aggression that your so called country build it self on basis of it is falling apart and in less than two more decades the war will be inside 1948 land not in Gaza strip or West Bank , look how things changed and 1948 occupied areas by the thieves is under northern and southern rockets . No more any part is safe , if not from the rockets , from a man waiting to take revenge for his family whom was killed in or outside the occupied territories . The clock is moving but Israeli leaders are still believing that they are able to stop the time which works against them , this land cannot build any future for any new Israeli immigrant , not only this but any black hat man walking inside Europe or US will be an easy target from many Muslims around the world whom are willing to take revenge for their families . The clock is moving and in a very short time the occupiers will not even find a place to receive them even the old Ghettos. I am sure that the Palestinians the real owners of the land will take it back if not today , tomorrow and if not in a short period of time The best is to leave this land before time reach a period Israeli will be begging in streets of Europe as before or homeless in US as no other place , all of you know that the clock is moving to this fact but I just inform you that not a lot of time is left to pack your things and leave this land. .

The warmongers in Israel do not appear to understand that there can be no justification for any further abuse of the Palestinians who have been undergoing land theft and the taking of life and property now for decades. So they resist as best they can? What sensible people would not? Israel either needs to get out of Palestine enitrely (the way it came by emigration or reverse immigation) or adopt a one state solution in which the Zionists would soon become a minority of the population. A two state solution would merely ratify the land theft already committed by the Zionists.Why should the Arabs accept that?