How Should Barack Obama Handle Israel and the War in Gaza?

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its not right. Hamas have only threatend to fire rockets which dont even kill or hurt anyone because their weaponry clearly isnt has high class as the Israeli Military. i jus the war should end...no one needs to die, let the palestinians live in peace and the Israeli's should live in thier peace. Palestinians cant even go to Mosques without being harrased by the military...they just want to cross the boarder to pray in their mosques. this is all gone on for too long, i think Obama is spot on
"If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do everything in my power to stop that,"
Damn Right.
Everyone knows their isnt PEACE on this world but we all can live clear of fear.

. 5:18AM April 20, 2009

I do not think that Obama should send our tax dollars to Gaza to help rebuild. Our problem is, we have always tried to take care of the world and not our own.

Betty of SC 12:48PM March 28, 2009

What would you have the Israelis do? Tell the civillians in Gaza to jump up and down and shout "Hey! I'm a civillian! Don't kill me!"? What would make the real terrorists, Hamas, not to do the same thing? Israel has been very patient in this issue and is tired of being pushed around. Israel can not help that Hamas operatives are cowards and are unable to fight in front of women children. Hamas fires rockets from schools. Israel bombs the school to show that there is no place that Hamas can hide without receiving retaliation. Technically, the land doesn't belong to the Palestinians either. If we're going to do the "Who's land is it?" debate, then the ultimate answer would be the Canaanites. Next would be the Jews who conquered almost all of Canaan (ancient Palestine). After the Jews, there would be the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Greeks under Alexander, the Romans, the Ottoman empire, and the British who then sold the land to the Zionists (aka Jews). The Palestinians, instead of agreeing to a two-state system, listened to their fellow Arabs (the Egyptians, the Jordanians, the Syrians, etc) and attacked the Israelis the day after Israel proclaimed statehood. These mighty countries should've easily wiped out the Zionists in Israel, but they were defeated by a handful of Jews. The US should support Israel because Israel is the underdog. Yes, I know, pretty hard to imagine a country with a well equipped army being an underdog to a group of terrorists. But hey, as you said, "It is a reality." Take a look at Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and other Islamic countries. They are not very happy to have a Jewish state so close to them. Iran's president and groups like Al-qaeda, Hezzbollah, and Hamas really want to genocide the Jews/Israelis. That is something the US can not stand up for or look the other way. I do love this country. But if it can not support its allies or the stomache to go in and win wars, then the country I loved has died. That is the mindset of those in the Revolution. Remember Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or give me death"? This was the mindset of those who faught in Normandy. If we can't fight wars to win, then we might as well give up being a nation for this no will in its people to defend the rights their forefathers fought to secure for future descendents.

Dr. Shade of NC 11:00AM January 18, 2009

Dear President Barack Obama I wish you do some thing to stop the people whos heting gaza with rockits

sheren of MA 9:30PM January 17, 2009

The days are not far when the same will happen to the people of israel what they are doing to the people of Gaza and Hamas. They are killing KIDS, WOMEN, YOUNG, OLD, BLOWING UP FOOD SUPPLIES and many more things. This is terrorism, Palestinians are fighting for their land. The land was never belong to the Jews. With the help of our (US) strong political system, which is run by the zionists Israel is killing innocents. All the Jews don't be angry about my comments, I can't help it. It is a reality. All my AMERICAN fellows say no to war and think about USA first and then everything else. NOT ISRAEL FIRST.

American Patriot of NY 10:18AM January 15, 2009

US is creating Crime over the world. Otherwise the world was fully calm. For this US has to pay value (compansation). Now the Israel war is only for what Mr. Bush got the SHOE by the Journalist.
Mr. Bush and his some company is the main Criminal.

Mr. Scizer 6:23AM January 12, 2009

US is creating Crime over the world. Otherwise the world was fully calm. For this US has to pay value. Now the Israel war is only for Mr. Bush got the SHOE by the Journalist.
Mr. Bush and his some company is the main Criminal.

Mr. Scizer 6:21AM January 12, 2009

Im sorry seek a state in Europe? Israel was founded partly by British Zionist Leaders such as David Lloyd George whose main objective was to get the Jews out of Europe! And where exactly in Europe do you propose to found this state of Israel? Surely not to kick out another indiginous people to make way for this Jewish race. They will have to resettle where there is uninhabbited land i.e. The south Pole. The they are far away from the middle east and cant cause any more problems for Europe or the middle east.

Marty 1:58PM December 31, 2008

In view of this long problem, it seems to me best to separate these groups and my suggestion would be to allow the Arabs to move to Jordan and allow the Jews to stay in Israel. Then they could have the government they both desire and hopefully have a peaceful existance. This same has been done before with India over Kashmir and perhaps can be done in this case. It seems to me this problem will persist for many years and could be handled now,

Morris Fier of CA 1:45PM December 31, 2008