Will this increase or decrease the likelihood of terrorist actions in America, Europe and the rest of the world?

If you were a member of a family murdered in this conflict, would you be seeking revenge?

Should Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert, be tried for war crimes if or when this conflict comes to an end?

What will the price of oil be in 4 weeks time?

ahoj I am not israel did not fire the rockets it was by the hamas terrorist
hiding behind women and babys .
because they are cowards yellow bellys .
who are to scared to face the men of israel face to face .
hiding behind babys about sums the slime up.
if gaza want peace kick out the hamas terrorist that are stealing they money
for when they leave gaza to reire because that is what they will do fact

would you get in to a cage with a lion
so why get in to bed with hamas

mnamreh

I think the most efficient route to peace is education. We had over 50 years to educate the people of that region, but didn't do that. Now internet is helping a lot, time will resolve the issues, I believe.

When you start a war, you have to "destroy the community to gain control", kill many people some of whom are inevitably innocent, and that's wrong.


Tanker,

You don't like go to bed and sleep with Hamas, do you. You should spend hours to shave them first to find something interesting.

Have you ever thought about its practicality?

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mna very true .
israel and the people of gaza should seat down and talk to each other.
but not with guns at there heads .
and have the talks on tv so the world can watch and listen
then niether side can call the tune .
lets go down the road of one big country for all
and all have the same rights .
and if any one breaks the rules of law be dealt with .
this is the path to peace ..

but the talks must be seen by all on tv

Fully agree with your suggestion.

All the talks between the two parties and also any outsider with any of the parties should be live on TV.

Each party should be able to have internal private discussions for itself anyway.

BBC, I think, can lead on this and take the responsibility of broadcasting.

and keep that murderer BLAIR AWAY he should be in the war courts with the yanks

Watching CNN just now there was a comment from a journalist in Israel. "Netenyahu assassinated the Hamas leader as a pre-emptive strike to prevent a long term ceasefire".

The last thing Netenyahu wants is peace with an election in January.

hay the slime posts again but will not anwer the questions will you SLIME
SLIME ABOUT SUMS YOU UP fithy slime at that .
no one will take any notice of slime that will not reply

slime the word to sum you up.
wakseh

the mother of a israel woman whos son as just been killed by the rocket said i hope this will bring peace ,
the mother in gaza said i want my 10 sons and daughters to die as suicide bombers .
that was no the tv news this morning

ahoj - a sensible post for which i thank you ...... as in ireland, it would be mindnumbingly naive to expect the situation in m/e to be resolved quickly - i.e. even within the next 5/10 years ..... ultimately, the only way these things are ever resolved, again as in ireland, is when the general populace tells its government(s) that enough is enough

it would be easy to dismiss the above with "Oh, that will never happen", but it did in ireland, and it should also be remembered that there was a comparatively long period when the m/e region was quite calm and most of the inhabitants rubbed along with each acceptably well, or even better than that

for those that do not what WAKSEH means

as a result of selfinfliction meaning humiliation ruin and collapse damage to ones own

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not convinced that was so, but would happily bow to greater knowledge ..... i was under the impression that there was a very strong "peace movement" generated by a wide x-section of the populace that at least provided a significant catalyst

There are approx 1.5 million Palestinian refugees who were hounded out of Israel and had their homes and land stolen. About 500,000 STILL live in refugee camps more than 50 years later. Israel will not accept their right of return in any peace talks. This item alone will prevent Hamas and the Palestinians accepting peace for ever.

Palestine will get observer status at the UN in the next month. Palestine will charge Israel and their leaders with war crimes and crimes against humanity at the ICC. Iran will get nuclear weapons and the balance of power will change in the ME.

There is NO military solution for Israel, which is a pity as that is all they know. Israel ha mounting internal social issues. This compounded by their increasing spending on the military.

Israel current path is one heading for disaster. They are all in a train with no brakes heading for a cliff.

Thank you Cynic,

I think we should try to pass our message to BBC.

Tanker,
last war resulted in over 1413 dead (over 1400 in Palestine and 13 in Israel). You cannot expect the same message from the relatives of those killed. Also, what a mother say about her feeling should not be used to make decision about millions of people. Be fair and consider all the issues in your assessment PLEASE.

In my view no outsider can assess the situation. We can help peace ONLY by encouraging the two sides to talk and not taking sides.

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ahoj try telling the SLIME that he is a idiot and as no facts he is what i say a peace of slime that must be washed away

It was John Major that really got the peace pocess under way in NI. The community peace process grew on the back of that.