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Mideast Watch by Larry Derfner

As Israel Presses Forward in Gaza, Some Israelis Support a Cease-Fire

January 05, 2009 02:27 PM ET | Larry Derfner | Permanent Link | Print

Reader Comments

Put a fence around Gaza

The solution is simple -- put an ironclad fence around Gaza - -nothing in and nothing out by land or sea (no food, medical supplies, electicity, amunition, rockets -- nothing). My guess is in about 30 days the Strip will be pretty quite.

And oh, yea -- don't let the journalist or anyone in after the fact. Gaza -- permanently a sealed no man's land.

Hardline? Let someone fire shell or rockets at your house for a few months and let us know how "open minded" you still are!

Hamas and Israel

The only possible explanation to Israeli reaction to those primitive rockets has to be internal politics.In a democracy, with multiple parties, external threats generally require strong internal responses. The US was fortunate during the "Cold War" that we had only 2 major parties, with the party in control always being the more moderate.

The invasion and the high civilian death rate will hurt the Israeli's and bring life to Hamas. The English learned after 500 years that military response towards the Irish militants only created more militants. We never learn from history and try to define events in our sense of morality.

no cease fire yet

it's a trick by the terrorist to get Israel to stop then they will fire rockets again just like the last ceasefire, keep pounding them Israel we'll send some more bunker busters. GO ISRAEL.

Primitive people

Jews and Arabs have hated and fought with each other since the beginning. The UN gave the Jews a homeland in Israel, and Arab Muslims have been trying to wipe them out ever since, and even before then. Whoever wrote the book saying that the Jews were "God's chosen people" in effect cursed them to being hated by the rest of humanity. My question is when will primitive humans, not just the Arabs and Jews, but all of us, evolve to the point of being able to settle our differences without killing each other? We've been doing it this way since we were cavemen, and we are still doing it!! We've moved from caves to cities, but we brought our caveman ways with us! Are we cursed to continue living and dying this way, or can we do better? I don't think things will change in my own lifetime, but maybe we'll figure out how to do things different in the future.

Cease FIRE? WHY?

China does not like criticism.

Cease FIRE? WHY?

I believe the newer more sophisticated Grads are not coming from Iran, but China. I can't see Israel bombing a plant in China. An effort to start a campaign showing where they are coming from, and hopefully being able to exert some pressure on them is an interesting idea

Cease FIRE? WHY?

When Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip that was supposed to be the end, the PLO and Hamas got what they want (Land Back) and Israel was to get PEACE. Well how long did it take for Hamas and the PLO to get the range for the targets? The PLO and Hamas do NOT care about the Dead bodies in ISRAEL, for every ONE rocket Israel should return a hundred. Israel must get to the countries who make these rockets and destroy the plants. These are solid propellant fuel rockets, capture some analyze them and find where the materials are coming from and take them out. The Jews are not the one who are the Cancer here be clear it's the PLO and Hamas, the PLO and Hamas cannot keep their word their word is but dirt on the bottom of a shoe. Hamas is to Israel as Al Queda is to the rest of the world terroists, they can never be trusted......................NEVER!

Israels protection from evi

GOD STATED THEY (ISAREL) ARE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE!IF YOU TOUCH HIS PEOPLE ,YOU HAVE TOUCHES HIM. WE ALL KNOW HOW IT HURTS WHEN SOMEONE HITS YOUR EYE,THE WORLD NEEDS TO BE READY FOR GOD TO HIT BACK!

end it now...

Wipe them out end it now. Becuase in reality Gaza would never forgive them so only way is to kill them to not get any retaliation. Gaza in my book was looking for a fight when they kept firing rockets, now there hoping for the world to step in. Now the childern of Gaza are going to have to suffer for there goverments stupidity. And the citizens that let the goverment do these things are the cuase of it. THEY DESERVE IT!

LEARSI

I COULDN'T disAGREE MORE......HERE HERE...LONG LIVE ISRAEL

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Mideast Watch highlights notable stories and commentary from the Israeli and Arab press. Larry Derfner covers Israel for U.S. News and World Report and is a columnist and feature writer for the Jerusalem Post.

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