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AddReply(455653,"JMK #22, you could well be wrong","Jew","Israel","06/25/09","At Yamit virtually all of the residents took compensation and left early. Most - not all - of the protesters at the end had not lived in Yamit for more than a few months. At Gush Katif very few left early and many residents and their supporters actively resisted the IDF: K\'far Yam, Shirat HaYam, and a few points in Neve Dekalim and K\'far Darom are were the main centers. Other communities, Gadid and Netzer Hazani among them built barricades at the gate and set them ablaze. At Amona it took a whole day to destroy eight houses, and the violence surprised most people, from all sides of the issue. Since then at the expulsions from outposts the resistance has been more similar to Amona than not. Youth and others are still living Homesh on a constant basis. We\'re not going to see another Yamit again and we\'ve learned a lot since Gush Katif.");
AddReply(455441,"Janet Kasten: Remember Yamit, Remember Gaza, Remember Amona.","JMK","NYC","06/24/09","Israel will abide by its agreements, if it means dismantling, they will dismantle. Civilians have no choice against probably the finest military in the world. What happened in Yamit (a beautiful city for young people) and Gaza and Amona gives the myth that Jews went like sheep to the slaughter in WWII, civilians have no chance for success. Sorry to spoil your dreams.");
AddReply(455182,"JMK, we\'ve been offered money","Legal resident","Yesha","06/24/09","MK Collette Avital tried to bribe us with compensation through her organization \"Beit Echad\". It didn\'t work. On the same day, in the same community in which \"Beit Echad\" came to speak a large number of houses were sold. It\'s happened before too. Very few of the residents of Gush Katif left before the soldiers came and loaded them on buses. Many stayed after the date that the government said after which anyone who stayed would receive no compensation. The previous posts stating that the highest percentage of Americans who have served in the IDF live in Yesha are correct. Virtually all of the yeshiva students living in Yesha serve in the IDF and most do not postpone their military service.");
AddReply(455165,"You are right and you are wrong","Joel","","06/24/09","There is an elephant in the room. That elephant is Hammas. Azza is all but a state. A state at war that is loosing badly but still a state. To implement the two state solution someone will have to destroy Hammas, who? Abbabas, he wont last that long, The international community, I fear the plan is Israeli soldiers who will both pay with their lives and be charged with war crimes.\n\nAn armed resistance would be easily penetrated by the Shin Bet.");
AddReply(455096,"# 17 - VM-V: a name change isn\'t","Snoop Doaggy","","06/24/09","truly LEAVING is it? If you can\'t be truly truthful...why should anyone believe ANYTHING you say?");
AddReply(454963,"destruction of Gush Katif","Not in reality","saw the ","06/23/09","Had you been in Israel when Gush Katif was detroyed, you would have seen many peaceful protests-like sheep to the slaughter. The word was that we could save Gush Katif with love. Few are bold enough to be willing to destroy their families and lives by truly fighting against the corrupt Israeli government and police.The latest war in Gaza brought out the best in our army and HaShem was with us because we were united in the cause.Then, our joke of a government quickly pulled us out before the job could be done. There are no fair trials, there are no fair laws, there are no wars fought with a true war mentality and there are few true fighters. May G-d save us from our own weaknesses, fears, and foolish decisions.");
AddReply(454831,"The Problem is Jew against Jew","daniel antopolsky","Edisto Beach","06/23/09","I agree with the sentiment of the author of \"Elephant in the Room\" with the exception of his statement that there could not be the sad possibility of Jew against Jew. (G-d forbid).\nThe Chanukah story was a war against  traditional Jews and Hellenized Jews. Unhappilly, that was not the first or last time for such disaster.  Gush Katif was a recent example.\nThere is an element in both the very secular as well as very traditional yearning for more common ground within our hearts..It looks like such a scenario will be forced upon us whether we like it or not!\nIn the meantime, peace is not probable with a totally spiritual and geographically  truncated Israel .  And villifying settlers is already Jew against Jew.\nMay the Jewish people, with G-d\'s help, one day stand united with uplifted and not broken hearts.....as foretold by our prphets. ");
AddReply(454713,"Fantasy or reality?","Jewish Mama","Tzfat","06/23/09","I\'m not so sure that Israeli soldiers would do a repeat of Gush Katif considering the results. Additionally, there are soldiers who have stated they would NOT participate in anything like that.\n\nI think the author has a very good point. Elephants travel in herds. They are affectionate and will even adopt orphan calves. Have you ever seen an angry elephant? Do not underestimate the power of the few against the many. G.d has proven time and again in history that we can take a hit, even be hurt badly, but we are His nation, He does not break His promises. Against all odds, the prophecies are and will continue to come to pass. Whether anyone sees the elephants or not.");
AddReply(454685,"Our brave settlers would win the fight.","Chaim","","06/23/09","I hope it never comes to this. I hope we are able to stop the monstrous, suicidal Two State Final Solution through legal and political means. I hope no effort is made to disregard the clear rejection of the Two State Final Solution by Israeli voters. However, if it comes to this. If it comes down to a battle, our brave settlers would win with flying colours. Nor would they fight alone. Most of Israel would support the noble struggle for our land.");
AddReply(454618,"#15. Don\'t bet on it!","D\'veed Natan","Kfar Adumim","06/22/09","\"The Israel Army is probably one of the best in all the world\" This is the golus Jew\'s biggest brag. Facts don\'t back it up. Those professionals amongst us know. But, if you think the fighters are going to kill Mom and Dad, boy, are you out of it. Gush Katif settled this dead horse in their minds. Sometimes it is better to shoot a loud mouthed commander rather than your friends, neighbors and relatives. Nuremburg settled, \"I was only following orders\", also. You might be surprised to know how many residents of Judea and Samaria\'s children live elsewhere and help constitute this amorphous general Israeli public you keep speaking about. Within the last few weeks the \"general Israeli public\" has turned against Obama and his lackeys\' \"peace\" proposals. A government that turns its guns against its citizens (here at least) will fall immediately. If not by ballot, then by bullet. Just like 1776");
AddReply(454585,"#13 Shel - your observation","Michelle","Vancouver","06/22/09","I tend to agree with you.\n\nI first saw this column on Ynet.\n\nhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3731806,00.html\n\nNormally I read the last paragraphs to see whether I want to read the rest of it or not. \n\nWhen I saw the warning about Jewish violence against Arabs, it reminded me of articles and columns that appear once in a while on the leftist media about an imaginary danger of Jewish violence against Arabs.  So I dismissed it. (Sorry Mr. Fenenbock.)\n\nWhen I saw it published on Arutz Sheva I decided to read it, but my comments had IDF violence against Jews in mind instead.\n\nJewish attacks against Arabs are very unlikely and wouldn\'t be tolerated by the government.  Arabs count on it.  \n\nSo far the government puts more effort into protecting Arabs living in Yesha than the Jews who belong there. \n\nSo yes, this column is rather puzzling. ");
AddReply(454582,"Dear JMK, please identify the specific military skills...","anonymous","","06/22/09","...needed to spray automatic fire into a crowd from a moving car.  While you are at it, consider the ease with which the IDF can track down a motorbike bearing two young Jews who look like any other Israeli.  The fact that 15 minutes ago a grenade was thrown into an Arab souk from this same motorbike is irrelevant as long as the two young men on the bike take rudimentary precautions and engage in some basic planning.\n\nMy point: kindly learn a little something about resistance activity before opening your mouth.");
AddReply(454517,"What Elephant-that\'s Obama & Hillery!","Roshe","Clarksville, AR","06/22/09","Obama/Hillery are not thinking of Israel, but what they want, what EU wants. Make the problem-Israel go away. Do what they tell ya to do and shut up already Abbas and Net, make like everything is ok so we can go on with important matters!");
AddReply(454498,"Concerning my response:","JMK","NYC","06/22/09","The Israel Army is probably one of the best in all the world and is an expert in just this type of intelligence operation that would be required. The general Israeli public does not really care, and sees the Jewish population in Judea and Samaria as religious and a problem, in addition Israel as Sharon\'s Gaza disengagement shows is really an oligarchy and not beholden to democratic procedures if it doesn\'t want to be. I stand corrected concerning the demographics but it does not negate the fact that is no match by any stretch of the imagination against the Israeli army which would enforce the Israeli govt\'s will upon them to appease forces beyond its control for the perceived \"greater good\".");
AddReply(454445,"to #1 You are wrong! And you haven\'t read the article correctly either...","Janet kasten Friedma","Kochav HaShacha","06/22/09","The author is not talking about Settlers VS IDF. He\'s talking about Settlers VS neighborhood Arabs (aka \"Palestinians\").\nYou are wrong about settlers being mostly Americans, yeshiva guys and otherwise non-combat-fit people. Settlers are not non-violent because we lack the ability to hurt anyone; we normally refrain from violence because we are Jews, \"rachmanim b\'nei rachmanim\". The authors\' point is that Settler non-violence will soon stop. I don\'t know if he\'s right or not (even though I am a settler myself).\nI DO know that YOU are very wrong about the settlers just waiting for compensation so we can leave! We are not interested in leaving at all, even if we received honest compensation, which we almost certainly would not. (The settlers from Gush Katif did not)\nMore important reasons to resist Dis. II. is 1)it is immoral. 2)it didn\'t bring peace, but its opposite. ");
AddReply(454418,"Don\'t like the article","Shel Zahav","Jerusalem","06/22/09","This article makes no sense whatsoever. The \"armed resistance\" is a figment of the writer\'s imagination. However, there is an elephant in the room: it is the obviousness that the solution will lead to the next war just as disengagement led to the last one.");
AddReply(454353,"Expulsion would not be necessary. Other ways to ethnic cleanse Judea and Samaria","Michelle","Vancouver","06/22/09","The gov\'t and IDF have been preparing for years. \n\nFirst, gradual withdrawal of IDF protection. Their response becomes increasingly sluggish, biased. They go easy on the Arabs, hard on the Jews.\n\nNext, when the time is right, they withdraw all but absolutely minimum protection. Individual acts of terror are allowed to occur, they just make sure there are no all-out massacres. Bad PR.\n\nBy this time most women and children have left. You can ethnic cleanse a territory this way.\n\nFinally, the most recalcitrant fighters will be \"taken care of\" by either Arabs or IDF.  \n\nThere will be tent cities all over the country. It will take years to re-absorb them.\n\nAgain, the time to fight back is NOW.  This Palestinian state project is still so full of obstacles that you have a little time left. Last chance. Use it. Unite ALL the right wing for a landslide victory in the next election.");
AddReply(454307,"Replies","D\'veed Natan","Kfar Adumim","06/22/09","#1: Most of the people in the Jewish cities and villages are Israeli. The men are vets the majority were officers. The Americans here have a larger percentage of military vets than elsewhere. Quite a few were in Special Forces and more than a few were and are instructors for the IDF. #1 & 5: To enforce its will, the Army would have to be willing to pay the price - politically. Full scale civil war is not out of the question. Settler youth dominate the military in the ranks that actually DO the fighting. The generals are bit out of shape.\n#9: Aid? You will have to PAY for the Jewish population\'s move. Start at 8 TRILLION dollars and keep counting. Another 2 or 3 Trillion should take care of the defense expenditures you will be forced to cough up. Remember, You will be moving CITIES and more than a half of a million people. Compensation for their loss of work and unemployment.\n");
AddReply(454186,"The elephant in the room needs to stomp on...","MED","USA","06/22/09","...ALL those Arab Muslim mice that have snuck into the room in search of a shack & some snack.  They are the ones who are illegal.  It\'s time for the elephant in the room to stomp heavily on these creatures.\n\nIsrael should deprive these mice of any snack or shack, by not  catering to their needs, or letting foreign funds maintain this mice infestation in Israel.  Just block these funds from sustaining these illegal Arabs.  \n\nJews & Arabs living side by side certainly is not a symbiotic relationship where each gains benefits from the other.  It\'s just a parasitic relationship where the parasite not only kills the host but in turn gets killed by its own greed.  Israel sure doesn\'t want to get destroyed this way.\n\nIf other Arab nations complain, let them be the 1st to accommodate this mice-infestation they\'ve let loose in Israel.  That\'s the only solution.");
AddReply(454124,"Oh, I like this article..","yvonne","cary","06/21/09","and I like the two comments too. More points could be added. For example, if the right of return the Palestinians want to add is implemented, we would have a large mass displacement of people without jobs, leaving employment and housing elsewhere. If the PA and Hamas already now can not pay salaries and feed their populations, how will squeezing Israelis out who provide some of their needs help those same Palestinians? The stakes are not only high for Israel. They are high for the larger ME, especially with all the unrest going on elsewhere.There is unemployment all over. Jordan\'s Queen Noor is complaining about Jordan\'s difficulties with the Iraqui Palestinian refugees. Yes, I do not think the area needs more displacement.The U.S. has too tight a budget to supply more aid. Do Israelis have to leave their homes, completely furnished, for the Palestinians to move into?");
AddReply(454066,"Odd so much pachiderm and no one smells the feces!","","","06/21/09","No one hears the cries of Gush Katif people with out homes, broken families broken bones.Just like the expulsion of Jews from arab lands in 1948.We just want to talk about Jews expelling Jews because aparantly they don\'t sue one another in such cases.We\'re going to have to be much more strident about \"HASBARA\" getting our message out that muslim false peace gesture tricks won\'t be tolerated. Not just by members of pa/fatah but especially by their Jewish leftist cohorts.");
AddReply(454062,"Two State Baloney","Cliff Ross","Conway","06/21/09"," Give Arabs land when they swear to kill Jews and destroy Israel??? Are you collectively crazy ????\n Annex the West Bank NOW! ! ! Then clean out all terrorists, including Abbas,WAQF, and PA Authority. Install Israeli police and IDF all over Judea and Samaria to enforce laws equally for all. Make all residents swear allegiance to Israel, or leave. \n Protect all religious sites. The Arabs have destroyed enough of them already.");
AddReply(454015,"#1 most Israelis were in the IDF.","Netanel","","06/21/09","");
AddReply(454005,"There are elephants in both rooms.","Aubrey Wulfsohn","Leamington spa","06/21/09","The PA are Israel\'s partners in peace. If Jews attack Arab, under the present administration  the IDF will massacre these Jews;");
AddReply(453982,"Thank you for finally saying it!","Judie","Mt. Holly","06/21/09","At last, someone has finally come out and made the clear statement that Obama is promising something that is not his to promise. Even with all of his well-publicized intellectualism, he has become yet another victim of the revisionist \"history\" propogated by the \"Palestinian\" information machine, completely ignoring the fact that the so-called Palestinian refugees are, in fact, pawns being used by the Arab countries to try to gain sympathy from the other nations and attempt to set up a case against what they want to promote as big bad Israel. Every single one of those refugees could have easily been absorbed into another Arab society but it is more politically beneficial to keep them in a state of limbo. And Obama has fallen for this, along with pretty much all of the other world leaders. When will someone finally expose the lies????");
AddReply(453952,"Problem Two","Michelle","Vancouver","06/21/09","2)  Many of us assume human beings are rational all the time.  \n\nWe are not.\n\nMany studies prove that we just don\'t think things through before plunging ahead.  And that we make decisions based on emotional reasons.  And that we use downright irrational thinking patterns way too often.\n\nGovernments are no different. Even from the point of view of their self-interest, the USA has made major mistakes in their foreign policy during the past decades.  And proof that they are not thinking is the fact that they make the same mistakes over and over, and that even when good evidence is staring them in the face, they refuse to look at it.\n\nWe see the truth we want to see.  \n\nAnother Arab state will be a nightmare not only for Israel but for Jordan, Egypt, the US and other states.  At some level THEY KNOW.  But they\'re being guided by immediate concerns and DON\'T WANT TO THINK.");
AddReply(453946,"Problem One","Michelle","Vancouver","06/21/09","1)  The anticipated Jewish resistance is greatly exaggerated.  \n\nMaybe I\'m wrong, but judging by the way DISENGAGEMENT BY STEALTH is occurring all over Israel (not just Judea and Samaria) and how it\'s tolerated by Israelis, there does not seem to be enough fighting spirit to defeat the government.  \n\nThis other Disengagement aimed at turning Israel into a binational state includes outrages such as recent approval for new housing for Arabs and cancellation of housing for Jews in Jerusalem and Jaffo, and house-by house Arab expansion into Jewish areas in Jerusalem and other Israeli cities.\n\nWhile the Yesha Jews have the courage to fight back, many of their brothers and sisters elsewhere in Israel will hesitate from joining in or even supporting them. \n\nThe time to fight back is now, not only in Yesha but everywhere in Israel. Jews need to fight for every inch of Jewish land.\n");
AddReply(453834,"You are living a fantasy.","JMK","NYC","06/21/09","Settlements are populated by many families with children who are there mostly for the better cheaper housing, by many Americans who have zero military experience, by many former Yeshiva students with zero military experience, by many who if offered money would leave tomorrow. In addition the population which is civilian is not a match in any way shape or form for the Israeli army which would enforce its will on Jews like in Yamit, Gaza, Amona. ");

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