He didn’t come from inside the Green Line, he was from E. Jerusalem.

1. I think the only reason that Syria, Lebanon et al. haven’t attacked Israel again is because they know they would lose.

2. The minute the Arabs think they have a reasonable chance, they’ll attack Israel.

Therefore:

3. The only way that Israel can prevent war and destruction by the Arabs is by maintaining their current position, of being militarily superior.

Do you agree with the above statements?

Palestinians – Short term:

On the issue of Palestinian terrorism, and “Destroying the support base”. Israel must make repercussions for terrorism severe enough that it drives home two points:

1. Hamas isn’t going to win.
2. The only result of Palestinian terrorism will be a much harder life for Palestinian people.

Palestinians – Long term:

A long term permanent solution is needed. This is the most difficult part…. but it needs to be worked on ASAP.

The PA isn’t going to help. Abbas is just like Arafat, and wants to keep the conflict going. So Israel will have to do it themselves.

So Israel should attack Iran and hope that will do something? Should they send more leaflets to the Palestinian public? Should they make life miserable for the Palestinian public or should they shower them with goods and gifts to make their lives easier? Should they kill Hamas supporters who are not Hamas, like their families? How do you destroy the terrorists’ support base?

Deducting prisoner costs is quaint but probably illegal. If it were legal, chances are it wouldn’t help very much thanks to the EU subsidies and UNWRA help. Besides, Israel withholds taxes from the PA already and nothing has changed.

Apparently you think that Israel can attack anybody and everybody. Not only attack them, but do so with impunity. That is a ridiculous position to take and totally irresponsible. What would you rather have, a low level conflict with rockets that cause terror and some deaths and injuries or war after war where you lose hundreds of soldiers, pay a fortune to keep them going, disable civilian life within Israel and invite thousands of rockets to be launched at your civilians for months on end?

Don’t you get it? Israel is the small country here and the underdog. Stop believing the Arab propaganda to the contrary. If Syria and Hizbullah started launching rockets at Israel, they would shut the country down from the northern border to Tel Aviv. They will do so for a long time and you will have to fight them far more effectively than Israel fought Hizbullah. Yes, Israel is stronger, but if you know anything about the ’73 War with Syria, you know their army isn’t going to run away and leave their boots behind.

So go ahead and play your fantasy attack games. Fortunately the Israeli leadership of the moment isn’t as keen as you to embark on adventures that could cost lives, money and the potential existence of the state.

Not whether I’m a nut job, loonie, kahanist, idiot, moron or anything else.

And if you’re going to call my comment “the stupidest you’ve ever read”, which could be how you feel… then at LEAST explain what you disagree with in it.

This is one of the few commentaries I have heard on the matter in the states but it is quite powerful.

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There’s a lot to say about what Israel should do. So I’ll write about one issue:

DESTROYING THE TERRORISTS SUPPORT BASE.

Israel should destroy the terrorists support base, rather than “methodically hit Hamas”. Destroying the enemy’s support base has been used successfully against drug cartels in Latin America, Communists in Greece and Malaysia and partisans in WW2 Russia.

Sharon was very right to try to eradicate popular support for terrorists. Israel is making a huge mistake in trying to fight the terrorists themselves. There’s too great a supply of potential terrorists.

Israel has lots of Palestinians in prison. Israel should deduct those costs from the remittances it gives to the Palestinian administration. That would start getting the Palestinian people to realize that terrorism adversely affects them.

Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iran openly support terrorists, and most Arab countries incite militant groups and ordinary Arabs against Israel, all the while proclaiming their readiness for accommodation, though the extent of their meddling is difficult to prove. Even when facts are available, they cannot be revealed for security reasons. Evidence obtained illegally is inadmissible in any case. Israel, therefore, should drop the pretense of legality and act efficiently instead. A war against terror means striking people who support terror without hesitation and formalities, wherever they are, not only in defenseless Palestine but anywhere. That idea is not altogether new, since Israel chased the P.L.O. all the way to Tunisia. The innovation would be to attack not only weak states but rich ones as well. Such action might not lead to reprisals or prolonged conflicts; no Arab army would stand a chance in a confrontation with Israel. Israel may even benefit from war since her army is stronger than her enemies’ and could demilitarize them. Arab countries would likely be glad to retract their support, financial or otherwise, for terrorists who are a headache for their hosts.

There are obviously a lot of other things Israel should do. I just wrote about one issue, that I think would be a good place to start.

Agree? Disagree? Your thoughts?

The perp was not a “Palestinian” – unless Israeli Arabs living in Jerusalem are now considered “Palestinians”. The guy was able to do what he did because he, as an Israeli, had free run of “his” capital city – Jerusalem.

So this immediately undercuts a lot of the anti-Israel grievance theater.

There were even reports that this guy had been a bus driver for the high school – which is why he knew his way around the yeshiva complex. In typical cowardly Pali fashion, he targeted the unarmed teenagers instead of the older guys in the main yeshiva, one of whom eventually shot him.

Readers can determine for themselves how successful Israel’s “not over-reacting” policy has been.

Bob, think of it as a win-win. That’s over a hundred Gazans Hamas has offered up for martyrdom this week alone.

I’m sure “Bob” isn’t listening to you anyway. He’s busy trying to drum up Nazi metaphors.

Hey Bob, this attack wasn’t “payback.” You didn’t read my post carefully. This attack was initiated by the Palestinians for political reasons just like their other terror attacks. There isn’t a “cycle” here, because if the Palestinians stopped their violence tomorrow, the Israelis would not fight them any more. You should be spending your energy trying to convince the Palestinians to run their territories properly and with a vision to help their people instead of building up armies. Then, Gaza wouldn’t be this hideous, closed-off area because the Israelis and the Egyptians would have reason to trust, trade and work with the Palestinians.

It’s up to you, Bob, to change this decades-old stupidity on the part of the Palestinians and bring them to reason. You can do it! You can change everything if you stop excusing the supposed victim and demand just and reasonable behavior from them.

Say hi to the Hamas leaders for me.

Obviously I am anonymous here, also. The difference is that I mourn the loss of life and you apparently do not.

Your argument of moral equivalency is not only stale but thoroughly corrupt. It is an argument that is used far to often and always applied illogically.