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Submitted by Dave Levy, May 24, 2007 15:44

Iran today threated Israel's destruction again, saying that in the event Israel attacks Lebanon the entire Arab world will turn on Israel and in effect, destroy it.

Hamas has asked for a cease fire, while it fires more Kassams and threatens with the more sophisticated GRAD Missiles. Hamas is being punished by Israeli air attacks and it knows it.

So, typically, it wants a timeout as the Palestinian militants have done countless times before, in order to regroup and re-equip (similar to the UN imposed cease fire in Lebanon, when Israel was beginning to hurt Hezbollah.

Those who want diplomacy and negotiations to resolve this conflict are fooling themselves.

They have it backwards in denouncing Hillel who is a citizen of Israel. He may spend time in the States, but he lives in Israel, and I'm sure his family also reside there.

It's the critics who are wrong. They can expouse all kinds of failed solutions previously attempted, while in the safety of their homes in Queens or wherever. I would ask them, if your neighborhood were being subjected to Kassams, what would you do?

In fact, what would anyone do if their city was being hit with rockets constantly?

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Mr. Hillel Halkin The New York Sun Re: Losing Battle For Sderot ( May 22,2007 ) Although I fully agree with your... [MORE]

Dov Gilon

May 27, 2007 09:04

There are some major misconceptions going around about the Arabs and how Israel should approach them. To the poster who... [MORE]

Josh

May 23, 2007 16:19

I agree with Mr. Halkin on most points, but would amend his plan slightly. If the Kassam rockets are effectively... [MORE]

Scott Baker

May 22, 2007 12:04

It's unfathomable to me that certain militant Palastinians simply shoot rockets into civilian cities hoping to kill innocent Israili citizins.... [MORE]

Chip

May 22, 2007 09:42

Every reasonably human person should be sympathetic to the plight of Sderot's people, just as we should be to the... [MORE]

David Irby

May 22, 2007 05:05

So at first the Palestinians are removed from their lands. Next they are enclosed in enclaves that have no direct access... [MORE]

Aaron Hart

May 22, 2007 04:02

The German army in WWII used to slaughter a village if one of their men was shot. I don't remember... [MORE]

Gene Machina

May 22, 2007 03:51

Hard to believe there are people who stil reason this way after four years of 'liberating' Iraq. Sure, it's easy... [MORE]

Cohen

May 22, 2007 03:35

It would seem to further undermine Israel's legitimacy as a Jewish state if it were to set aside "eye for... [MORE]

Andrew

May 22, 2007 02:42

Your statement, "Several hundred Palestinian irregulars, who may or may not be taking orders from a central command" is incorrect.... [MORE]

Jo Jobson

May 22, 2007 02:28

How about Israel stops occupying Palestinian land, stop controlling there borders, stop controlling there airspace, stop collecting there taxes, give... [MORE]

Green

May 22, 2007 02:12

Excuse me, that's ostensibly why Israel abandoned Gaza -- to let them build a nation. And in the two years... [MORE]

Ellen

May 22, 2007 17:12

Halkin lays out a scenario that may not be popular with the UN or the Main Stream Media, but it... [MORE]

Tennisman

May 22, 2007 02:04

Iran today threated Israel's destruction again, saying that in the event Israel attacks Lebanon the entire Arab world will turn...

Dave Levy

May 24, 2007 15:44

"Reasonably prosperous" is an odd and uncalled-for description of Sderot. It is a 'development town' backwater with a high rate... [MORE]

Avi Katz

May 22, 2007 01:47

First of all, I would advise JOSH, who, in my opinion, submitted a very good analysis of Hillels article, to... [MORE]

Joe Zionist

May 25, 2007 20:13

Just today, Hamas has warned that the captured Israeli soldier will not be freed or heard from again, if Israel... [MORE]

Dave Levy

May 26, 2007 15:44

(Believe it or not, there were several paragraph divisions in my previous comment before I submitted it. Where they went,... [MORE]

Josh

May 26, 2007 20:16

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