Comments on: Mourning Ehud and Eldad

By: ken

ken — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:36:03 +0000

The correct response to hezbollah would have been to inject kuntar and one other prisoner with a slow acting poison so that the the hezbollah leadership would have received the same exchange……two dead bodies.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:30:42 +0000

Interesting, Kuntar announced that he was jealous of Israel, because the country makes so much effort to get its soldiers home, even if they are dead.
What can we make of that?

By: David-Joe

David-Joe — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:55:27 +0000

Israel does not have the guts to implement a death penalty for terrorists. You have to remember that we are the Israel of the 21st century – craving acceptance and likeability from the world, placing our own soldiers at risk to save the child of an enemy and obeying not the Talmud rules for war but the Christian, St Augustine doctrine when it comes to military matters – “The Just War Theory”.

And the Iranians are banking on this – that Israel will say lots but do nothing and will ultimately in its timidity accept a nuclear Iran. Given Sderoty maybe the Jewish DO enjoy being victims.

I am an Israeli of the old school and I understand that to “Live Free Or Die” cannot be negotiated as the Israel of the 21st century tragically believes.

By: Terah

Terah — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:19:12 +0000

Somehow, I like the idea of returning DEAD bodies for other dead bodies!

By: David-Joe

David-Joe — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:20:08 +0000

What about the family of the little girl who was murdered with the butt of a rifle after watching her father beibg shot dead on the Nahariya beach?

This is not morality that Israel has carried out. The men were soldiers and usurping justice based on the immoral ethic of sacrifice [giving up values] now makes targets of all Israeli soldiers. Why should any future kidnapping not end in swapping dead Israeli soldiers for live Arab terrorists? Nothing.

Israel has showed that it does give in to pressure and has lost its will to win.

It was not always like this. As a kid on a border kibbutz with Jordan I remember being told that we too were soldiers and that should anything happen, not only must we be brave to fight but that we could not expect the kibbutz to be out in danger for our individual sake.

It made us strong and not soft. We understood that Israel had not choice and could never give in, ever.

Since then Israel has changed and I wonder if it is even going to exist in fifty years time.

It is a terrible disgrace what Olmert has done. I am ashamed of Israel for being so weak and giving in to emotionalism.

By: Gliker

Gliker — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:04:11 +0000

May God bless their souls. They are our heroes.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:37:27 +0000

A very sad moment for their families indeed. Kuntar will probably be smiling over their graves, as he is welcomed with cheers in Lebanon :-@