1. Moshe our greatest prophet instructed the Jewish People to destroy Amalek and strike Midyan. 2.Pinchas killed Zimri to stop the plague caused by the sin with Midyan. 3. Yehoshua, who was also a prophet lead the Jewish Nation in bloody wars of annihilation against Cananim. 4, Eliyahu the prophet lead the mass slaughter of the false prophets of the ba'al idol. And the list goes on and on. Please, before you write your next article, get your facts right.

They are the 5th column.

Of the four wars in my lifetime none have been as a result of us being too strong

HASHEM is the ONE, and, HIS Enemy is the Other. It is in the Reality of the Lion and the Lambs. The Lambs must be Protected by the Lion/The Sheepheerder/HASHEM, against the Other One and his Wolves/People. There is always two sides of a coin and of reality. Many Sheeps are to unmatured to understand this reality of the two sides above. When those Sheeps becomes to insistant, they are called Usefull Idiots. There is always a struggle between the Good and the Evil, and to the Human Eye their Actions seems Equally evil but, for the Matured of understanding reality, they are easily discriminated and separated. Arn.Sweden.

The reason I'm with the "protectors" and have an animus against the "prophets" is that the position of the former is vindicated by the facts. We tried the "prophets'" way for about 13 years--did anyone notice? It was called Oslo and the disengagement. The result was over a thousand bloody corpses, and more bloody, injured bodies in emergency rooms. Four Kassams last night that the "prophets" can celebrate. No, Mr. Cohen, I do not want to consider and examine the views of the "prophets." I'm already familiar with them, and they're bilge. Bilge propagated by malicious snobs who think they're too lofty and enlightened for the Jewish national endeavor and are not capable of being loyal and responsible within its framework.

the New Israel Fund, J Street, Jewish Democrats are these prophetic? They are the gulus mentality that fear being a Jew who can defend himself. Has this author seen any reality lately or just reality shows?

One of Israels wisest men said "...there is a time for war & a time for peace..." another of Israels great prophets said "...they say peace peace and there is no peace...." Historically nothing has changed - the real prophets of Am Israel where always her protectors with a goal of true shalom - her false prophets always promoted peace and compromise at the expense of truth and found "there is no peace..." IMO this article is a shallow analysis of the reality.

Mr. Cohen characterizes the Leftists as "the kind of Jew who detests war and violence, who believes that fighting is not ‘the Jewish way;’ who willingly accepts that Jews have their own and higher standards of behavior" Nothing is further from the truth. Where was this higher standard of behavior during the ethnic cleansing of Gush Katif and in Amona when we saw Leftists forces brutally attack and beat peaceful protesters, including little girls and boys? The Leftists do not have "higher standards" they just think that the "real war" is against their brothers the Zionists and Haredim, and not against Hamas, Hezbolla and Fatah.

Mabrook -and to Zozo wherever he is -Mabrook

big --it will be a rat

They just bring evil into this world. Lets be realistic but humane. Also to ourselves. Peace will come when the time is right. It's not right now, so stop bothering us with fairy tales.