To Saleh, Amman. Who were the Jordanians before they were Jordanians?

leila, manchester, uk

To Leila, Manchester, UK: when and how Jordan became a country? You have to refer to the famous sayks-peko agreement right after WW1 where Great Britain was a party. You will become more aware about the British historical responsibilities towards our region. However, in the case of Jordan no people were removed; and no people were mobilized.

By the way; we also miss the Middle East peace envoy! Having worked so hard for peace! is he enjoying a holiday somewhere?

saleh, amman, jordan

And when did Jordan become a country?

leila, manchester, uk

To Leon in London, I say: Judaism is not a nationality, it’s a religion. Jews like Moslems and Christians can live anywhere as they are born. Why do you want us to agree that all Jews must live in a Jewish state of their own? However, if so, they should not live on the land of others. Among the five million “Israelis” who live now in “Israel”, of course there are some who deserve to live on this land because they originated on this land, but to mobilize millions of Jews from every other part of the world and remove Palestinians who lived on the same land for at least two thousand years is not acceptable. If you apply this rule, hundreds of millions shall leave the united states, canada, austalia and newzeland back to Europe!

saleh, amman, jordan

Israel is smaller than Wales
Israel only accounts for 0.8 of 1%!!! of the land mass in the M/E.
"land grab" and " expansion" is a joke, this country is so tiny.
They just want to survive.
They have been attacked in full scale wars, won and are told to give the land bank.
They face constant attempted suicide attacks, that you never hear about.
Hezzbolah, Hamas, Syria, Iran etc want this tiny country wiped out. They have publicly stated it.
They need our support, not continual condemnation for trying to survive.
The arabs have 22 countries, not to mention the tens of other Muslim countries. Jews have one country on this planet.
there are 12 million Jews worldwide, 5m in Israel vs 300million arabs and 1.5billion Muslims.
Lets support this tiny minority for a change

Leon, london,

it's an equal fight and it is not good for Isreal to show her power to innocent children (19 babies killed in their cot) and I don't think these babies have rockets to fire to Israel. Moreover, Israel was humilated in South Lebanon 2 yrs ago and they think they will succeed on the Palestinians??? NOOOOOOOOOOO
I think the only way for solving this problem is going through the nogotiation table and follow the peace process for both sides to live in peace. I think the Palestinians have had enough of bloodshed.

hannah, moscow,

No Andrew from Kent but England did let the Irish starve in a famine so dont try and take the moral highground please

claire, Cambridge, England

"In the view of Fadal Tahabub, a member of the Palestinian National Council, an estimated 70 percent of the 200,000 Arab residents of Jerusalem prefer to remain under Israeli sovereignty."

"Nor are such pro-Israeli sentiments limited to residents of Jerusalem. When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government released a trial balloon in February 2004 about giving the Palestinian Authority control over the Galilee Triangle, a predominantly Arab part of Israel, the response came strong and hard. As Mahmoud Mahajnah, 25, told Agence France-Presse, "Yasir Arafat runs a dictatorship, not a democracy. No one here would accept to live under that regime. I've done my [Israeli] national service; I am a student here and a member of the Israeli Football Association. Why would they transfer me? Is that logical or legitimate?" One resident quoted what he called a local saying, that "the ‘evil' of Israel is better than the ‘heaven' of the West Bank." Shu‘a Sa‘d, 22, explained why: "Here you can say whatever you like and do whatever you want—so long as you don't touch the security of Israel. Over there, if you talk about Arafat, they can arrest you and beat you up." Another young man, ‘Isam Abu ‘Alu, 29, put it differently: "Mr. Sharon seems to want us to join an unknown state that doesn't have a parliament, or a democracy, or even decent universities. We have close family ties in the West Bank, but we prefer to demand our full rights inside Israel."


http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2534

Wallace Edward Brand, Alexandria, V

You guys are not looking at the situation in depth, how can you sit there and whine about rockets - do you not ask the question of why they are launching these rockets?? Israel are squeezing the Palestinians to the brink of extinction with their checkpoints, inability to move within their own country, no food, no jobs, trade is non existant and Israel continue to build settlements, and a giant wall that sits deep into their land. Come on this is not a one way thing and you need to wake up and smell the coffee, it disturbs me that you are stupid to think Israel are so peaceful and patient - please~!!!

Yaseen , London, UK

Israel should fence of gaza and must never occupy such a place and let egypt run it as pre67 attacks will stop on Israel because the fear of the Egyptians is far greater than F16s and drones. The palis have no need to go across Israel and Israel should stop feeding this beggar mentality. if you want food then start working instead of poncing of the rest of the world

Yeshurun, London, ENGLAND

to Michael James-Shields, Southampton, UK

HAMAS IS DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED . SO MUCH FOR
DEMOCRACY.

I guess we are looking for another Saddam Hussain. We will arm him to the teeth let him bomb the stuffing out of Iran with the weapons we will supply him. 10 years later we will hang him on the pretext of killing his own people.

You are only saying this as its not on your doorstep.
When the I.R.A. was bombing us did we bomb Ireland into the stone age?
Did we cut off their water?
Stop Aid?
Shot ambulances?
Killed their children?
Shot their young?

NO WE DID NOT.

Andrew, Kent, England

It's astounding... Israeli towns and soldiers were in Gaza pre-2005 and no rockets are fired into mainland Israel. Israel leaves Gaza to the Palestinian's own devices and they're then faced with rockets every single day designed to kill and maim totally innocent civilians.

If Hamas and the Palestinian people do not want Gaza to be a part of Israel once more, then STOP FIRING ROCKETS AT ISRAELI TOWNS with the intention of murder. It's so simple.

STOP trying to cover up your pig-headed and selfish behaviour Hamas, by deflecting pressure upon Israel.

STOP hiding behind your own civilians and using children as shields in a cheap attempt to save your own destructive life and demonise Israel.

STOP taking kindness for weakness, reclaiming Gaza and not developing it as a crucial part of Palestine but using it as a launch-pad to throw missiles into Israel.

Hamas is the enemy of peace, of decency, of life, of stability and of free societies which one day may live side-by-side.

Blake-Ezra Cole, London,

Has anyone seen our Peace Envoy?

Hobbler, Watchet, United Kingdom

This is a no win situation. Muslims can't live with each other in peace. Who expects them to co-exist with Israel.

James higgins, Derby, England

I think it would be best for all parties involved, if Israel got rid of Hamas once and for all. If this means re-occupying Gaza, then so be it.

Michael James-Shields, Southampton, UK