An article titled "Terror" in He Khazit (The Front, a Lehi underground newspaper) argued as follows:

Neither Jewish ethics nor Jewish tradition can disqualify terrorism as a means of combat. We are very far from having any moral qualms as far as our national war goes. We have before us the command of the Torah, whose morality surpasses that of any other body of laws in the world: "Ye shall blot them out to the last man." But first and foremost, terrorism is for us a part of the political battle being conducted under the present circumstances, and it has a great part to play: speaking in a clear voice to the whole world, as well as to our wretched brethren outside this land, it proclaims our war against the occupier. We are particularly far from this sort of hesitation in regard to an enemy whose moral perversion is admitted by all.

(This, "enemy," is the British and anyone else who stood in their way for the establishment of Israel)

Well, well...

So what does everyone think of the French/Egyptian proposal to settle the current fighting?

remember what happened to Anwar Sadat

Neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians want peace. They both want to destroy the other

i had read those. i had not seen the rather well described
discussion about how the previous ISM descriptions had been
probably fabricated, exaggerated and faked!

after seeing the videos posted above, i am inclined to
believe that the Corrie instance was in fact an accident
but was misreported by her colleagues.

and that is why they have given back major land concessions over the years...negotiated and respected peace agreements
with Egypt and Jordan...offered Arafat a Palestinian state
and almost everything he wanted in the failed Clinton attempt to resolve the conflict?

c'mon!

Well, well...

So what does everyone think of the French/Egyptian proposal to settle the current fighting?

step in the right direction. but i disagree about what
quiet says. i think israel really does want peace.

"Despite mounting international pressure for an end to hostilities between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, Hamas declared on Wednesday that it would not accept any permanent cease-fire with Israel. "

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167294753&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

The "Palestinian" cause is the worlds greatest appeal to emotion fallacy. In what other situation could one nation defending itself from relentless rocket and homicide bomber attacks be considered the aggressor? Those who support the Palestinian cause always resort to saying "But what about the kids!" as if Israeli children's lives have no value. The only way that anyone can support the Palestinians over the Israelis is by believing the Palestinian's own distorted history. If you take the time to look at the actual history and what is actually happening there, then you get a completely different view on the subject.

So I'm wondering how many people who oppose Israel's right to defend her people do so because they have been fooled and how many do so because they are Jew haters.

You're saying that if some opposing Israel's attacks, they are Jew haters.

That's garbage!

I wish that they both would stop what they're doing.

Assuming complete innocence on either side is a mistake, but calling people Jew haters because they deplore the over the top aggression of one side is ignorant.

Just like there are people that still hate blacks, there will always be people that hate jews as well. But in this instance it's ridiculous to assume those against unbalanced agression are all haters. How convenient to use racism as an excuse to remain ignorant.

Since when has history always been absolutely correct. Prejudice is evil, and so is ignorance that condones this imbalance.

Assuming complete innocence on either side is a mistake, but calling people Jew haters because they deplore the over the top aggression of one side is ignorant.

Just like there are people that still hate blacks, there will always be people that hate jews as well. But in this instance it's ridiculous to assume those against unbalanced agression are all haters. How convenient to use racism as an excuse to remain ignorant.

Since when has history always been absolutely correct. Prejudice is evil, and so is ignorance that condones this imbalance.

And if the Palestinians don't stop? What then? Should the Israelis stop protecting themselves?

Israel was under attack for SIX MONTHS before they retaliated. Oh and that's for six month AFTER they signed a peace agreement with their attackers.

Their response is totally justified, completely legal and the moral and ethical thing to do. Israel has a responsibility to protect the Israelis. They have tried reason and threats to get Hamas to stop the attacks, they have had to resort to violence. And now the Jew haters come out and attack Israel for defending itself. Where were these "concerned citizens of the world" when Israel was under attack for six months? Silent as church mice and rejoining at every Israeli death would be my guess.