Israel doesn't learn from it's mistakes , you repeat your self like brainwashed , i said each shot will creat some new Hammasans , they will become heros for the Palitinians , their amount will increase after the war members of victims famillies , you caused damage for 1,2 milliard$ they collected 4,4 milliard$ , you killed 1300 most are children and women you boiled the whole world against you , the rockets still falling on you , Shalt still in their hands ... soon America and Europe will start talk with Hammas , the new Palistinian government will have at leat half of them from Hammas ..... what did you win ????????????????? more victory for Hammas than for Israel .

The reason Haniyeh is gaining popularity is due to the fact Arabs got to the conclusion that Israel only understands force and talking peace to Israel is a waste of time. This conclusion has a merit. All the peace talks that Palestinians conducted with Israel since 1990s got them nothing. It is pointless to talk peace with Israel.

There goes the myth that the "poor Palestinians are being strong-armed by Hamas." The Palestinians had free elections and elected Hamas! They continue to support them...their crocodile tears are for export and to emotionally blackmail the rest of the world so they will be seen as the victims. In reality they are the agressors and have no desire to live side by side with a Jewish state. They also have no conscience nor remorse in exporting their lies in order to achieve their end goal.The world needs to open their eyes.

Well, alrighty then. Let's seal the borders; no so-called "humanitarian" aid will be allowed into Gaza. Check back in a few weeks. See how the popularity is doing.

I always thought they deseved what they got so next time around no sympathy for the "poor Palestinians". There are few "innocents " in Gaza

The only people I see using force is the Arab world against Israel. ISrael has given too much for peace and the Arab world has given NOTHING. Your own country still has RACIST laws preventing Jewish citizenship and land ownership. I am waiting for Jordan Palestine to compensate Jews whose land was stolen from them by the British/Jordan from the 20s through the 40s. Israel lets Muslims continue to desecrate the Temple Mount, the holy of Holies in the name of peace. What force do they understand? The force that Arabs continue to exert on Israel. How about the $20 million of hot houses GIVEN to the Gazans when Israel left which was DESTROYED by the Arabs. Plus the fact that from day one the Arabs in Gaza starting launching missles at Israeli cities, a war crime. Israel waited a WEEK having an onslaught of missles from Gaza before the defensive operation. The peace fence is another example of a peaceful means to prevent arabs from trying to murder as many civilians as possible. Yes, Israel understands force, it understands that the Arabs around it ONLY use force and refuse to make peace. The peace with Jordan Palestine and Egypt is a joke. Egypt has been in violation of its agreement for decades! I will quote which lines they broke if you like, but its pretty obvious.

and what did they got with terror? destruction, hunger unemployment, isolation.... because they are not able to make compromises. Everything or nothing-so they get nothing.

Gaza and Hamas,but Israel was tied up by EU,UN,the Arab world,common people of the world, and the world media.These people are encouraging the Hamas to go on with their evil attacks.Probably,they already killed Shalit.Not releasing Shalit and keep bombarding Israel with rockets[is a victory to them].Martyrdom is an honor and victory to them as well.They used women[who stained their family reputation]as suicide bombers.Who can win over these people who don't value their lives.I'm sure they're the winners. This is a [war between-life lovers and death lovers].

Israelis abroad.They want to be popular also.Arabs are crazy.They may be popular,but it's a devilish popularity.I bet they're all hiding in their bunkers or disguise themselves during the day.If that's the meaning of popularity, I don't want to be popular.

Sammy, Israel has given them everything possible - returned Gaza (which Hamas trashed) and offered them real negotiations and real offers for peace and their own country. Arafat turned them down cold. Abbas turned them down cold. When will the world realize that the Palestinians exist only as a mirror of Israel and will not give up their victimhood for peace?

Number 1. Your right. but only if you realize that Israel is dealing with an enemy which is not interested in peace. The arabs get upset that Israel would dare hit back. How dare they. Who do they think they are? I can see that the muslims have a point. After all an enemy which doesn't fight back is so much easier to deal with. As for sammy from Jordan, why should Isreal expect Muslims to hold to a treaty after all the founder of islam didn't have to keep his word. Medina is proof of that. But you expect Isreal to hold to a cease fire when muslims shoot at them. The double standard of your rather limited thinking is obvious and I hope the sarcasim didn't confuse you.

Israel has reduced the number of missles launched at it daily. What Israel should have done was DESTROY the Hamas cancer. They continue their war crimes and spread. There is only one way to cure cancer and it must be complete.

people. Hitler was popular too. This is just proof positive that Palestinian Arabs can expect more of the same from their exploitative "representatives" in Hamas. As for you #1: Israel doesn't care about being popular. Israel is an exceedingly prosperous nation whose citizens have a government that provides them with more than just basic services, unlike Hamas. The quality of life for Israeli citizens is far better off than for Gaza's Palestinians, since their Hamas brothers thought it was in their best interests to buy rockets with the aid money that was earmarked for Gaza's infrastructure developement. After the latest IDF adventure to root out the Iranian proxy regime, which allowed the Palestinians to be bombed while they hid in their tunnels, they have an awful lot of rubble to clean up. Hundreds lost their lives. Is that your definition of victory???????????????????? Idiot.

Read carefully. This poll is about Judea-samaria. Not Gaza. In Gaza, hamas popularity keep on going down. In the last poll I've seen, they had less than 30%...

Because I get the impression that they do like deads and demolished houses, so who are you to talk for them? Let them enjoy! B.T.W An arab will never admit he lost, but will always claim for victory. And Sammy its nice how you turn things upside down. Cause I remmember wars in 48,67,73,82,91,06,08 all made in Arabs:) All just because Israel disturbs your eyesight, isnt it so? Making war, getting your land conquered then yell to the world "occupation"(I must say you're doing great job).

But I doubt the poll represents the true support of Gazans.

...just don't complain and cry foul to the UN when Israeli tanks roll through Damascus, Beirut, Cairo and Amman. If it's war you want, it's war you'll get- just remember that it doesn't have to end like this. Mark my words...

For reasons partly indicated in the Koran, Muslims and Arabs have despised Jews for around 1400 years. This provides the background to the current 60-year-old dispute centred on refusal of most Muslims and Arabs to accept the legitimacy and permanence of Israel as a Jewish State. Jews have always lived in the Middle East, including on the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, where --- of all extant Peoples --- the Jewish People has the strongest claim to be aboriginal. However, none of that matters to most Arabs and Muslims who --- as a matter of faith --- regard Israel's very existence as a violation of Islamic law, which forbids the cession to unbelievers of any of the lands that have once been part of the Dar-ul-Islam. For the foreseeable future, Arabs west of the Jordan River and in Gaza will support whichever leader appears best positioned to wage the ongoing war against the Jews, which is sadly still one of the major themes of Middle Eastern and world politics.

Hamas is the controlling authority in Gaza and determins what happens. First, Hamas should be crushed to the ground : the leaders as well as the common murderers should be eliminated. Not breaking the resistance force of Hamas today means that hundreds of thousands of Israelis will be brought within range of Hamas rockets later. A ceasefire agreement with Hamas means that we will soon receive a stronger, more protected, better-armed and better-trained Hamas. Diplomatic and locale arrangements with Egypt and/or the international community will come next, after the total political presence in Gaza of the Hamas doesn’t exist any more. About Hamas : http://xrl.us/beb96h

The Israeli should now understand that Arab does not want peace and will never want in a foreseeable future. Hamas was strongly defeated and Arab civilians suffered losses but they still support this warmongering organization. Arabs are very obstinated, being more obstinated that they are is the true peace process.

Your claim that talks with Israel have resulted in nothing is wrong. Pals have gained alot by talking to Israel, including the fastest growing economy in the world in the late 1990s which they threw away for the tiny chance of destroying Israel. Do you think that was lost on the Israelis?? They know that even when Arabs talk, Arabs launch attacks. When Pals talked peace, it still made demands that would result in Israel's demise. Pals made NO concessions in talks and never fulfilled their own obligations, like changing school books and tv shows that promoted NO Israel in the region. In addition, when the Pal govt talks peace, their "radical arm" began launching terror attacks and Pals claimed they couldn't control them. It's a tactic used by Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, etc. to offset responsibility while tacitly condoning and supporting terror. We know it and we won't stand for it. So if you Arabs want real peace - come to the table with the 3 NOs: NO weapons, NO dreams of destroying Israel, NO using Pals as your fodder to gain Islamic supremacy. Then you'd see it work.

The shameful part is the EU and US still get dupped by the Pals and dump millions of $$ into their hands while they continue their war crimes. The problem is not the Gaza War but the Israeli politicians who stopped it short in order to campaign and gain Obama's good will. The correct path should have been demolishing Gaza. "1300 women and children" - um, even the groups that did claim this do not anymore. Proof shows only half of these were killed and less than a third where women and children, most likely dragged by the arm or hair as human shields. If this action of locking families in houses, booby trapping them to kill soldiers gains Hamas support, then truly there is no more degenerate in the world lower than the Palestinian.

as weak.

The Israeli army no longer has the deterrence it was has. Your army could not defeat Hezbollah. The days of quick Israeli victories are over. Everyone knows the weakness of your army. It can not sustain long term wars. It is really sad that peace could have been achieved if Israel wanted it. But the truth of the matter that Israel never made a credible offer for peace. Israel intention all along was to swallow the west bank and leave the Palestinians with nothing. The expansion of the settlements and destruction of Arabs homes in Jerusalem is a solid example of Israel evil intentions.

Here are two great posts that show us exactly who Israel has to deal with all the time. It is impossible to reason with unreasonable people, but here you have two clowns blaming Israel for Palestinian support of Hamas, a terror group! Wow! Hamas swears to destroy Israel and these people vote for them, but it is Israel that doesn't want peace? Again...wow! As for Sammy's asinine statment regarding the IDF's inability to beat Hezballah...are you on drugs? Israel could have flattened all of Lebanon and turned it into an orange grove, but no body wants to do that. Israelis just want security and no more rockets, kidnappings, shootings and suicide bombings..get it?

...the former can be easily fixed by exhaling, whereas the latter is, unfortunately, terminal. Cheers!!