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Do you think people with rational thinking would fall for that hoax " the chosen people crap" ?

If all those people that are protesting should get on the first flight to Israel,instead of hiding behind someother countries borders,then they may not have anything to say.

Israel will never die...it's God's chosen land....and appointed to the people now there.....wars aren't going to change that.

I think we should deport all these protesters in the United States.
If they support terrorism, then they are only an internal future threat to Peace within the US

I think those people are just expressing themselves with free speech. I don't see anything wrong with that as long as they understand that their opinion does not rule all. This issue is split down the middle as far as how it should be resolved. I believe those people are really protesting for nothing. That will be one of the first things he needs to try and help with when he comes to office, and he knows that. He will do something. Just don't ge tmad if you don't like what he does. If the decision he makes and action that he takes helps with both sides making concessions everything should be fine. And people over here shouldn't be upset.

. Mckinley. Who are you kidding. The Arab_Muslim world does not appects Israel's right to exist? Who do you think brokered the first cease-fire?: Egypt!!

JackieBoston January 10th, 2009 7:23 pm ET
Israel has the right to exist and is one of the best democracies on earth. Have you ever been there? I recommend you go because it is my favorite place on earth!
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You don't find many Donna Karan stores in Palestine. Thank ‘God’ there is one in Tel Aviv.

The protest outside Obama's hotel was appropriate. I'm a big supporter of his, but one thing I disagree strongly with him on is that it seems he will continue our country's kneejerk support of Israel. He needs to be told that will not solve this problem, and that what Israel is doing now is not only morally wrong, but practically wrong as well.

Responding to terrorism with traditional war leads to more terrorism. When will we learn? And when will Israel stop subjugating the Palestinian people? It's time for a new direction.

Perhaps if Hamas would stop things like suicide bombing, etc. then Israel wouldn't have to go to this level to deter the violent Muslim terrorists.

T. Mckinley:

Unfortunately, these days "Israel's right to exist" is a coded way to say "Let's murder and destroy the lives of thousands of innocent Palestinians in 10 days while the world is watching and doing nothing"

You can say whatever you want, you can have your own opinion about world politics (including the middle east conflict) but it's inhumane to sit, watch, and agree to what the Israelis are doing in Gaza.

This blonde-haired blue-eyed Irish girl believes US should stop aid to Israel, but that doesn't mean that Israel needs to be wiped off the map. I only want peace. The Palestinians only want to live in peace. The Israelis want to live in peace. The souls of the innocent should not be punished for the actions of a few.

Saw the protest, felt like saying something back. You can't look at the deaths accurately. Palestinians do not have an army, they have a civilian army. Though not well equipped, "civilians" that fight back are considered enemy combatants and are added to the death counts. Most of Israeli deaths in this conflict are strictly civilians, while thousands of Palestinians killed were shooting rockets and attempting to do suicide attacks.
I will concede that there is something shady about Israeli soldiers putting Palestinians into houses "for safety" and then blowing them up. But this is natural in bloody wars. Israeli's live in constant fear and have suffered suicide bombings regularly. They are mad soldiers and feel no sympathy, but Americans have been just as guilty in Iraq.
Palestinians have consistently failed at making themselves the victim when they are usually the ones who incite the violence. Maybe I could sympathize if Israel gets bored and decides to start attacking Palestinians. And I do sympathize with them that Israel is encroaching on Palestinian territory with walls and settlements, but there are better ways to fight.
Dear Palestine, take a lesson from Gandhi in all forms. Non-violent protest and adamant for a one nation shared by two faiths un-split (the rather he failed to see, maybe YOU can be the change).

Palestine has a funny way of thanking Israel for ending their occupation and allowing them to govern themselves.

If you keep kicking me in the shin, I'm eventually gonna kick back. Why do you folks sympathize with Palestine's terroristic actions?

Take that mess to its owner .....Bush. Matter of fact...follow him to Texas with it. I have concluded that these two nations will not be satisfied until they destroy each other. I believe in governments protecting themselves...I also believe in going after the hostile groups without taking out innocent children. These guys need to come to the table and have a slapping contest until someone between each group drifts into a permanent coma. Nothing else seems to work.

T. Mckinley: Your explanation of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict is precisely the same as the only rationalization ever offered by the American media.

I didn't see these people screaming about human rights when thousands of Hamas rockets rained down on Sderot, Israel...

Apparently Jewish deaths don't mean much to them.

Let's see Rahm Emmanuel-Israeli
Axelrod-Jewish
Biden-self proclaimed best friend Israel has in the senate
Hillary-Huge proponent along with her husband of Israel
Summers=Jewish
Volker-Jewish
Rubin-Jewish

Good luck for those who expect President elect Obama to change policy

Do you pro-Palestine people realize that these COWARDS set up their war offensive operations in private homes, grade schools, hospital basements? They WANT Israel to kill private citizens in the attempt to take out the terrorists. It gains them all kinds of sympathy from the whole watching world. And you idiots fall for it! You take the side of these animals who WANT their own innocent civilians killed, because dead babies are good PR!!

I always voted for democrats, by all means I am on left spectrum, atheist, PhD, etc... Yet I would not blindly blame Israel. Hamas MUST stop launching rockets, and must recognize right of Israel to exist. Palestinians are just hostages of their 'leaders', which are supported, paid and stimulated by Iran and Syria.
International peace keeping forces around Gaza is probably a good solution now.

The Arab-Islamic world is composed of homocidal lunatics who are totally delusional because they believe in myths. If we do not do something now to control these crazy freaks we will have WWWIII. It's inevitable because these lunatics will not give up simce mohammed, the master mythmaker, said to fight all men until they say there's no god but allah. That's what they believe and nonbelievers have to be exterminated. Lovely bunch of people, huh? They and their religion are plagues upon all mankind. Hey, if they get the chance and do start WWWIII, they judt might end the human race. Way to go, ragheads!

Where is the protest over the rockets fired into Israeli cities, or any populated areas? The headlines read all the time about Israels action in Gaza and anything Hamas is like a side note. Media please get back to basics. Agenda driven, opinionated media. It's more like reading a blog than a news story. Actually I think the headlines come from blogs rather than fair, and balanced reporters doing the foot work.

War is war and we didn't start this one, but glad to see them exercising there right to protest. Not even Obama has the magic necessary for this age old problem, only decades of teaching tolerance and increasing prosperity for all can solve that quagmire.

FOLKS I DON'T KNOW WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING,

BUT OBAMA IS NOT IN OFFICE & WHEN HE TAKES THE OATH

ON JAN.20TH HE WILL BE TAKING IT TO WORK FOR AMERICA.

PALESTINIANS SHOULD GIVE THEIR LEADERS THEIR AGENDA

& SEE TO IT THAT THEY WORK ON IT. FIRING MISSILES AT

ISRAEL WILL NOT GET YOU PEACE & OBAMA'S JOB, BELIEVE

IT OR NOT, IS FIRST & FOREMOST TO DO THE WILL OF THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE. YOUR LEADERS SHOULD WORK FOR YOU.

At home: Billions for the banks not the people. Abroad, billions for corrupt regimes ie Israel. While the U.S. (through Israel) spends billions of our tax dollars littering Gaza with U.S. made bombs and rockets, thousands of people here at home are losing their jobs, houses and ability to provide the basic needs for their families. When are the american people going to stand up and demand that their "leaders" provide jobss and services at home, not wars abroad!

It is scary that 3000 people in Washington alone protested so openly against Israel. What do they expect Obama to do exactly? Flip sides?

I HAVE A SECRET TO TELL ALL PALESTINIANS ALL OVER

THE WORLD. HERE IT IS. YOU NEED TO ELECT LEADERS

WHO HONOR, RESPECT & CHERISH YOU MORE THAN THEY

HATE ISRAEL. PRESIDENT-elect OBAMA CAN'T SOLVE YOUR

PROBLEMS. HE CAN & WILL HELP, BUT THE FINAL DECISION

IS IN YOUR COURT. YOU HAVE ELECTED PEOPLE WHO ARE

LAUNCHING MISSLES AT ISRAEL. NO ONE CAN STOP & NO ONE

WILL STOP ISRAEL FROM RETALIATING. OBAMA HAS BEEN

ELECTED TO DO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA.

YOU SHOULD ELECT LEADERS THAT WILL DO THE WILL OF

THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THE RESPONSIBILITY IS YOURS.

I dont visit countries with an apartheild system.

you're right. It's not just about Gaza. It's all of the sufferings & injustices that the Palestinians have experienced. The whole world is watching with pure disgust & shock. Thank god for the internet, they can not monopolize the media anymore (even if they try by barring ALL journalist).

Pictures say a thousand words and the truth always prevail. The world is watching israelis' cruel and inhumane treatment of Palestine.

does israel's right to exist mean the right to kill women and children? who's the real terrorist? Their best defense to killing innocent children is "they have a right to defend themselves". exactly from what?? pure evil.

Look at the number of dead year after year, a few Israelis, HUNDREDS of Palestinians. Its been this way for years.
SHOULD WE BOMBS OKLAHOMA BECAUSE ONE MAN ATTACKED A FEDERAL BUILDING? the same concept apply s to hamas, a few men do not represent the whole population.

Imagine THIS senario:

Militants in Mexico set up rocket launchers in Tijuana and Juarez, and begin firing rockets into San diego and El Paso.

What's their reason? The U.S. "wrongfully" took Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, etc. from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American war of the 1800's. They consider the fact that these states are now part of the U.S.A. to be the "occupacion of Mexico."

How do you think the U.S. would respond to this situation?

So, then...the U.S. takes action to defend itself from these militants and to stop the rocket attacks.

Millions of people in Spanish speaking countries all over Latin America pour into the streets in violent protest. Many people are seen holding signs saying, "Free Mexico, stop all aid to the U.S.A."

Officials from the Mexican government go on T.V. decrying this "unwarranted act of U.S. agression against Mexican civillians," and demanding the immediate cessation of all U.S. military action.

Can anyone imagine a senario like this? I can. It's happening right this moment in the Middle East.

I think, it is important that we all talk and act as responsible citizens. We, as Americans, have more responsibilty than rest of the world. We can bring peace and justice in the world by acting and talking as moral human being. By no means, we should support Israel the killing and occupation that is going on in Gaza, is unhumane.

T Mckinley:

Israel may have a right to exist, but it also has an obligation to respect the rights of the people who were there before Israel existed. Oh, and not pound innocent people into oblivion with the accuracy by volume form of warfare. Two wrongs do not make a right. It is time the government of that country was called upon to act in a responsible and moral manner.

Obama will do the same thing Bush has done in the region... why – because its the best thing for USA. We need to support Israel, especaially against terrorist like Hamas. I am excited about the new President. Lets also not forget his Chief of Staff (Emanuel) is Jewish as is his most senior Advisor(Axlerod). Both are huge supporters of Israel.

Sorry the protests are all for nothing!

If these people cannot accept that BOTH states have a right to exist, I don't see how our pouring money unto Israel for weapons (they get more of our dollars than anyone else, by far!) is helping do anything but keep the battles going. Israel does not treat the Palestinians with any respect, and that behavior is returned. If you look at the casualty numbers, the Palestinians are being killed in far greater numbers because Israel has more weapons, thanks to our support. I don't want either group to disappear, but I do think we cannot afford to keep funding this crusade.

Let’s hope Israel finishes off Hamas before Obama turns against Israel

Yes the protest is good, but why in front of ( PE ) Obama Hotel ?

Lol this fighting has been going on for so long now that any right winger that thinks th emost hated country in the world can stop anything must have voted for McCain. And probably thinks Palin will be the next Prez. Lol the only thing she could govern is a trailer park

"Carrying a Palestinian..."?

Israel has the right to defend itself from the thousands of rockets that have been being shot at it for the past several years. Obama must stick to supporting Israel 100%. Israel has the right to exist and is one of the best democracies on earth. Have you ever been there? I recommend you go because it is my favorite place on earth!

I couldn't have said it any better myself. It is this exact reason that I too believe is the reason Hamas is still firing these missiles into Israel. All Israel wants to do is live in peace, but they are always being "heckled" by Palestine and every state that is on its borders who don't respect Israel's statehood. I too am not a "right-winger," but I feel Palestine brought it on themselves because Israel did warn them that if they didn't stop, they would retaliate.

OBAMA CAN'T DO ANYTHING NOW OR EVEN AFTER HE IS PRESIDENT, ISRAEL IS IT'S OWN STATE AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD REMAIN. LET ISRAEL DEFEND ITSELF OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

We need to stay out of it. The Palestinian supporters spew nothing but hatred and Isreal can take care of itself.

TO T. Mckinley: Nicely said and not only that wether you like it or not the Bible tells us any nation that supports Israel the Lord God will bless.

We had better support Israel more than we do anyone else!!

we all love and desired peace in all its ramifications, but can a sustainable peace be attained where there is no equality and justice?the answer is not far fetched,ITS CAPITAL NO.
I dont think that MIGHT is always RIGHT,but some poeple tenaciously beleives that MIGHT is right.
HISTORY WILL JUDGE US ALL.

I must have missed all the protesting for the last THREE YEARS as Hamas sent rocket after rocket into Israel. Guess I wasn't paying attention.

"Those who bless you, I will bless. Those who curse you, will be cursed by me." These are the words of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to Israel. We would do well to heed them.

It's time for obama to pay back the nation of islam and it starts in 10 more days. We need to bring some Israeli's over here to clean up Lafayette Park.

America can stop the situation in that part of the World. America will have to STOP GIVING ISRAEL UN-CONDITIONAL SUPPORT.

If we continue with the Foreign Policies that we now honor . . . WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR ANOTHER 9/11!

AMERICA CANNOT SUPPORT ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR WITH THE PALESTINE PEOPLE!

PALESTEIN PEOPLE DESERVE HUMAN RIGHT'S!

This will be ultimate and fururistic test for incoming President barrack Obama. The entrenched Israel lobbies and New York news setting media will not allow and permit to be fair and forward looking to address the issues famillies, fellows, friends, faiths, finances, and fun with freedom & fairness and without fear, favor, and failure.

With regards,

COL. A.M.Khajawall [Ret]

Another thing how can these animals complain about collateral deaths when these very mothers let Hamas shoot rockets using their children as sheilds, or letting their children strap bombs to themselves.
Give me a break, they care about hate not their children. Name one Nobel Prize winner in any science or economic category that these wonderful mothers have produced.

Yes, please let's get involved in another war so the people asking us to help can turn around and say they hate us. Let's please keep telling other countries how to conduct themselves. The world hasn't had enough of the U.S. of A telling them what to do. Also, we have a lot of extra money in the U.S., let's please spend it in another country.

By the way, does anyone here know the definition of irony or sarcasm?

HE IS NOT THE PRESIDENT YET! WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO AFTER BUSH?

While I am no right-winger, there's something people need to understand. "Free Palestine" is a coded way to say "Destroy Israel."
The people who are demanding that the U.S. stop all aid to Israel believe that Israel should be completely wiped off the map and be replaced be an Arab-Islamic state called Palestine.

It's not just about the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It's also about Tel Aviv, Haifa, West Jerusalem,...the whole enchilada. When these people talk about the "occupation of Palestine," they are talking about the existence of the state of Israel itself, which they consider to be the "occupation of Palestinian territory."

THIS is the reason why Hamas has continued firing rockets, and also the reason why the Arab-Islamic world gets up in arms everytime Israel does ANYTHING to protect itself. They believe that Israel should NOT exist, period.

Until the Arab-Islamic world accepts the fact that Israel DOES have a right to exist, there will be no peace.

It is okay for Hamas to lob bombs into Israel.....and then hide among the civilians. They are reaping what they have sewn!

he can't do anything until Jan. 20, people. We all have to wait.

How is this America's problem? I thought Israel is a sovereign nation capable of defending itself from Palestinian supported Hamas thugs?

Quit yer whinning. We've got enough problems of our own right now. Go to the United Nations.