Comments on: Israel suffers psychologically from imposed restraint

By: Shalom Freedman

Shalom Freedman — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:35:25 +0000

You are right of course for an ideal world. But unfortunately the situation Israel faces, including with its friends is less than ideal.
It seems to me that given all the limitations on Israel’s actions it did the best it could in this situation. Israel is judged unfairly. Israel is discriminated against. Israel is singled out for moral offensives which are not that at all. Israel is above all the target of destruction for a very large number of states and entities.
I could go on and on with listing the unfairnesses.
One of them is that Israel will have to remain militarily far stronger than any combination of its enemies. This seems to be the case now, and hopefully it will pertain into the distant future.
I by the way believe an important element in our ‘strength’is believing in our own rightness, and FresnoZionism makes a real contribution in this regard.

By: NormanF

NormanF — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:06:20 +0000

The only way for Israel to win would be to flatten Gaza and drive out its inhabitants. This is what victors do in a war to the vanquished.

Jews unfortunately have false moral hangups about the use of force. If they are not willing to wipe out their enemies, they will never know a day of peace. As long as they rebel against G-d and allow the Land Of Israel to be occupied by other nations, they will suffer.

If Israel isn’t winning, it isn’t because the great powers intervene to keep it from winning, its because Israel’s elites have lost the desire to win.

And if all you want to do is run out the clock, you won’t achieve anything lasting value on the ground. That is the object lesson of Operation Pillar Of Defense.

By: artcohn

artcohn — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:43:14 +0000

The article states:”Israelis do not want to see their sons and daughters doing occupation duty in Gaza.”
This is most likely true for most Israeli’s . However, how about the Israeli’s in the IDF who were brought-up in Gush Katif and other towns in Gaza, who were torn away from their homes by Ariel Sharon a few years ago. Has anyone asked them if they might be interested in doing occupation duty in Gaza?