“It is now week three of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon..”, writes the author. A very convenient timeline for people wanting to forget the one relating to the beginning of the Hezbollah terrorists’ rocket attacks which started the whole conflict.

“It seems everyone around me acknowledges the horror that is being inflicted on the Lebanese but somehow feel helpless to stop it”, she laments, again ignoring the fact that the horror would never have occurred were it not for the Lebanese government allowing terrorists on their soil. The horror can be stopped when the Lebanese takes control of Lebanon, as they are supposed to do, and gets rid of the Hezbollah terrorists.

The Geneva Convention might make illegal the attacking of civilians, but Israel is not attacking civilians. The Hezbollah terrorists do not give any credence to the Geneva Convention, and they are using civilians as shields. But of course, the Israel-haters don’t want to know about the truth. It’s Israel’s fault, they shriek, giving no thought to the do-nothing Lebanese government. Nor do they invoke the Geneva Convention when terrorists fire rockets into Israeli civilians.

Astore’s entire article is made of Israel-hating, emotive claptrap – “the collective punishment of the Lebanese people” is one of her most outrageous statements; and her claim that that the world is silent – not condemning Israel – is patently ridiculous. The media, left academics and all of the usual suspects have done nothing but condemn Israel for defending itself.

Israel/Jews continue to be discriminated against, as they have always been, while Arabs are cast as ‘victims’ – as they have always been.

And of course, the author brings up the old ‘racism’ lark, even though Arab countries have continually sworn to wipe out Israel for that very reason; then there is the supposed brain washing of Israeli children, without reference to the constant Arab ranting hatred against Israel, American and the entire West. The author doesn’t recognise her own racism. But she has the gall to say of the Israeli children, “What chance do these girls have of recognising their own racism?”

Sickening.

Jewish people have treated non Jews very harshly since they came into being. When you trap in a corner, all it can do bite and that is what keeps happening to Jews...they keep treating other's like vermin which then turns against them.

Remember that before Nazi Germany came along, the Jewish community was treating Germans and Austrians appallingly.

Look at the black plague...when people were dying left right and centre, the Jewish community cared for nothing but money no matter how much hurt they caused.

Nope, I see no good future coming when Jewish people can dominate for their money. Take away their money then see how much the world cares.

Oh, thanks so much Spider.

Make everyone opposing Israel's military machine sound like we're worried about Jews poisoning the wells!

Great to see that some of us are still in touch with the political realities of 800 years ago.

And what of Syria/Iran and its attempts by proxy to run Lebanon.

Some worrying signs here http://weekbyweek7.blogspot.com/2006/07/iran-syria-real-invaders-of-lebanon.html#links and especially here http://weekbyweek7.blogspot.com/2006/07/will-lebanon-soon-be-set-for-war.html#links

The Lebanese government continues to allow Hezbollah to replenish the rockets it fires at Israel from the midst of Lebanese citizens - including disabled children and their carers who cannot, and did not, escape. We saw them in plastic bags last night.

That makes the Lebanese government complicit in the deaths of its own people. Yet they and their supporters don't want the silence on that one lifted. The understandably engraged and grief-stricken Lebanese people would do much better by attacking their own government rather than shouting slogans of hate at America, Israel and the West. Their worst enemy is not Israel, but their own government and the terrorists, Hezbollah, whom they support.

It is the Lebanese who need to overcome their inbuilt 'victim' status and start standing up for themselves at home, where it counts.

Leigh with no respect whatsoever I have to say I am sick to death of your sick mind and your ability to blame the victims in Lebanon no matter how deranged you sound.

The Israelis have a GDP of $155 bn yet they receive $2.2 bn from the US in weapons and spend $9.5 bn making their own and building their army.

The scenes now coming from the south of Lebanon make it absolutely clear that this was planned with the help of the US many months ago and is to clear out the south of Lebanon for the Israeli's. I refuse to call them all Jews because most of the world's Jews live in the US and are perfectly safe from the world.

It always amazes me that when rational people speak of the nazis and compare the collective punishment being meted out to the Lebanese and Palestinians those like Leigh refuse to see the truth of that statement.

No-one is claiming the Jews are building gas chambers but if one Israeli breaks a finger nail they blow up an entire country.

Let's look at the Palestinians - millions of them are stateless because Israel stole their land. In Lebanon today about 1 million are now homeless yet the Israelis are now bombing the boulders into rubble.

Journalists describe the towns and cities as looking like Kabul or Baghdad - the pictures today do not lie.