without attacking anyone personally an insult? Mr. Ya'alon, speaking at a university setting in which free exchange of information and knowledge is one of the building blocks of intellectual pursuit, expressed his learned observation. Perhaps the US administration ought to listen to him instead of insulting him...??!!

Op-ed: Defense Minister's comments will greatly influence American willingness to listen to Israel on crucial issues like Iran. Comment - The US has been deaf the last more than 5 years so what ? Arn.Sweden,

Sometimes it's not very clever to say what you think...especially when it's to put down the ONLY country in the world that defends us and throws huge amounts of hard earned dollars our way year after year.Believe me....we need the USA far more than they need us. Ya'alon should have been fired straight away.

...rise to any position of responsibility at all??!! Listen, bud, they're not helping us with Iran now, ok? And they're trying to force our hand in these useless, dreadful negotiations with the latest Arab dictator on the block. Got it? And they're still holding Pollard! What part of this does Alon not get?

so did Cheney, Rumsfeld ... I guess everybody has to form a line and apologize to the emperor with no clothes

Someone has to wake uo America to reclaim it's rightful place in the world. Not since the US followed an isolationist policy after WWI has America's standing been lower.

The Americans won't forget Ya'alon's insults. Too bad we can't forget Ya'alon!

Most Americans know that Kerry and Obama are fools. The democratic party is facing a historic defeat at the polls at the mid term elections. Obama is no friend of Israel and is already doing everything he can to harm Israel. But for political reasons he is very limited in what he can do. Congress will overrule any major ant Israel actions he takes. Obama is not a Prime Minister and can and will be overrules by the US congress.

he Is the Defense Minister and very popular in Israel, & suitable candidate to run for Prime Minister!

"Defense Minister's comments will greatly influence American willingness to listen to Israel on crucial issues like Iran." What this means is that the U.S. has never been serious about preventing Iran from obtaining nukes. It if was, nothing anyone said would cause it to flip flop and play Israel like a ping-pong ball. It is sad that Pinkas did not balance his argument by noting, at the very least, the military technology and clandestine information the U.S. receives from Israel. It is sad that Pinkas sold himself out to the lying, manipulating Obama regime. What did you receive in exchange, Alon?

Barack Obama is a person who can't lead. He's more interested in vacations and golf course dragon flies buzzing past him... as he wines and dines his basketball buddies on the golf course. He constantly pits american citizens against one another on purpose....as well as everyone else in the Middle East. He plays both sides of the fence. Anyone with a brain knows the US administration that is presently in power , helped stage the coup in the Ukraine. It backfired massively. Putin let the Russians have a free vote to decide who they wanted to represent them. If anyone was fair about the situation...it was Putin. This is what you get when you have a president trying to overthrow the entire Middle East with dreams of Democracies around the world. His Disneyland Policies of freedom and happiness for everyone...are getting innocent people killed...and terrorists taking over countries...rather than people who really want to make societies free. He is totally misguided in his thinking of send a sign with Democracy on it..and Democracy will come. Hitler was voted in too. Everyone went along with the mass killing of Jews. They had their vote in the matter. They committed genocide in the name of Democracy. This social experiment of President Obama's...isn't working. It was only right that someone called him on his misguided ideas for once.

As an extremely, ardent patriot, for my country, I personally excuse whatever comment another patriot makes, believing it to be for the betterment of his country, ESPECIALLY Israel. True patriots are too few, and far between, to let an impassioned comment be their downfall. We have NOT had a true patriotic president.since R.R.. However, I would, without any doubt or hesitation, lay down my life, for my president. True, I don't like the man. However, my fellow citizens voted him to lead us. Thus, being a patriot, I would kill and die, defending the man.

john mccain was on british tv today saying obama was dead wrong on reset with russian and naiive in judging putin. and he was. Romney said the same thing on face the nation. Clearly state and obama were wrong, as obama was taken in by the softer medvedev whereas Putin was oil and water with obama. On top of it, obama cut the US armed forces below ability to project forces beyond afganistan and the home front. So what Yaalon said was right in line and professional given in a forum. This is not an insult but a professional difference. So what haaretz writers, pinkus alon, shteinitz are saying since the US gives israel 3 billion/year(and gets back some of it and more interms of israeli deterrrence of russia), Israel should keep quiet and just follow whatevder kerry says. Listen security comes first above anything. OK. many jews did not flee to the forests to fight and survive bielski who saved 1000 jews. They thought fighting was not the way, they were afraid,besides the US and God would save them. Well they didn't. So jews learned that they can only save themselves through a strong military and ciitizenry(the haredi are not strong and need to be toughened up and not wear religious garb in public ). despite this,t he alons, the peres, the shteinitz, all of h aaretz writers and some in ynetnews continue to rely on the US and not to air differences. hey when it comes to security borders of israels, you are bloody right I willl air differences with respect. More jews could have been saved if not for the kind of thinking of rely ing and not offending big brother uSA or anyone else. Sadly today, jews continue to be infected by the pacificism, fear and dzimmitude which can destroy israel. There is no way convince the beiilinst who stupidly say make a deal with abbas to avoid a deal with hamas since a deall with either is a deal with death. i see no difference between the pinkus alons the benjamin netanyahus.

Ya'alon was/is absolutely correct in all he said. We Jews should ask Kerry for an apology for saying our desire that the PLO recognize the Jewish Nation of Israel is a "mistake." A mistake? That perception of Obama/Kerry is one of the main reasons that the USA is very weak, both in foreign affairs and domestically. There is not one foreign leader who respects either Obama or Kerry.

I despise much about Israel and Israelis and I try to get people to understand why the US should cut all ties with the horrid little racist state. I do that in one simple way. I direct them to the talkbacks on this site.

And Israel will not forget the St. Louis or the flack they took from the USS Liberty incident. The US wasn't Israel's ally until about 1968, when Israel suddenly became a nuclear power. And the US became Israel's ally only because they didn't want all those oil wells to go up in flames at the slightest provocation. Diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Washington is only a friendship of convenience for the Americans. The Arab world, however, had better hope it lasts, or the restraining hand that holds Israel back will be removed. And we all know what will happen next.

No more cowardice! We don't have to cower before Obama and Kerry. Israel wasn't founded by weaklings and submissive people. America admires the strong and tramples the weak.

As someone who resembles the monkey from Alladin you are not one to speak.

They don't have to, who give a sh-t

Israel has exactly ONE ally on the planet and who do these people spend all their time attacking? I give Israel another ten years. Twenty at the most. Once the US stops vetoing UNSC resolutions, that's when the death throes will begin. They'll end when the first of their enemies gets a nuke. There are, of course, countless things a SMART people could do now to avoid this fate (and no, attacking Iran isn't one of them. That will just speed up the inevitable.) But as these talkbacks show, these people are far from being smart. It's no wonder their history is filled with repeatedly getting slaughtered.

This article is nonsense. The U.S. is not in a position to do anything against Israel. The Administration has enough troubles without having to contend with the majority of the American people and Congress that greatly support Israel.

I shall take you seriously when you learn how to spell Aladdin correctly. Until then, you are merely another ingnoramus who can be conveniently ignored.

"And this is something the US will not take lying down." Obama has taken everything lying down. Other than false 'daylight' with Israel (The American people and congress could not be more behind Israel) Obama-and Obama policies alone-has been wrecking America's image around the world. Obama will insult Israel, but not because of Ya'alon. Obama will insult Israel because that is what he has been doing his entire presidency! You give Ya'alon far too much credit.

Attaway Israel, keep biting the hand that feeds you.

try and act like man, you lied, you lost, you've insulted more people than you've made friends of, excepting, perhaps, your famous bow to the Saudi King who left you for Israel SUPERIOR military expertise. Now, even We the People' have seen for themselves what a lying SOB they voted for not once but twice. Much to the late and deep sorrow of those who were deceived. BUILD MORE !!!