Nailed it yet again Alon, and the nightmare scenario turned into something unthinkable by an unholy alliance between Iran, Turkey and Russia?

Each anything but a democracy with a moderating free press etc! And will Putin man in washington be the insurance Netanyahu is banking on? Alan B.

To deal with the Palestinians of the West Bank if they cause any trouble while Israel is at war, Israel only needs to deploy its military brass-band against them. Further, a peace deal would not be of any help in the military sense because the "Palestinians" would never respect it anyway.

Israel's problems are moral and internal, not military.

Israel is not interested in peace, let's get that straight. A good look at their short history shows this.

Israel is more of a dictatorship than a 'democracy'. This means the folk live in fear.

Israel is hopelessly divided from within, along, class, ethnic and sectarian-religious lines. 'Community' is a foreign word in Israeli reality. The Jewish state lives a nightmare inside its borders.

Israel has one of the most over valued currencies of all, this means their utter dependence on the economic band-aids of other countries, is a debilitating feature of everyday life. Exports are crippled.

I have nothing against these folk, but a steady look, at what's going on, within and, in the near neighbourhood, of Israel, is indeed a nightmare or worse.

Israel's enemies want Israel wiped out completely. Talking about peace in the Middle East is downright stupid. There will never be peace as long as Islam exists.

if people are to blind to see that the fig tree is now blossoming after numerous attempts to wipe them out throughout history they will continue this failed 2 state 'solution' dogma. Anyone who is interested in truth knows that the muslims holy place is mecca but now they claim Jerusalem where Solomons temple was built (just for those who refuse to see history for more than a few decades). Read the end of the book. Israel can't and won't lose. After much bloodshed Islam will know longer worship the moon god.

Runner, the state of Israel is built on sand. It's reason for existence is built on the myth that the Jews are God's chosen people. Sooner or later the rest of the world is going to wake up to this. If the Iranians want to destroy Israel, then I say, "More power to their elbow", because if they do it will show the Christians of the world that the state of Israel was just a big con.

David