God forbid another Netanyahu reign. It has been a disaster for all involved last time, and would be a disaster again. When will bith sides give up hatred and violence and embrace peace ?

I believe it is time now for Benjamin Netanyahu to be the leader. The days grow short for Israel. The rocket attacks will inch forward. The rockets will be bigger and longer and then the death toll will climb. Hamas must be stopped now rather than later and then later...etc.
Iran has its main focus on the destruction of Israel. One they move forward on this path, they will be hailed as the "arm of the Middle East". No country within the region will be spared by Iran. After Israel it will be Jordan, Syria, Saudia Arabia and Lebanon (to include any other country that permitted U.S. military on its soil).
No land should be given to the enemy. They will only use the land again as a staging ground to further launch strikes into Israel.
There can be no pity at this time towards Hamas. No quarter should be given.
If Israel does not strike its enemies now, I fear there will be no Israel with the next two years.

"Even further right than he is"!! Talk about balanced reporting...in other words, Netanyahu is very much right wing, but Lieberman is "even further right wing". CNN is again demonizing those whose stand for Israel's security as it did in the past during the disastrous (for both Israelis and Palestinians) Oslo agreements.

'Despite international condemnation at the high number of Palestinian civilain casualties, it was a 'popular' war in Israel'.

'Tuesday’s Israeli election will determine who should 'take the credit'.

Seriously, what's wrong with people, so that they only see their own suffering and not the immense suffering of others. 'Take the credit...'

I find these points objectionable on so many levels. In the first paragraph, every Palestinian tragedy is spun into an Israeli positive. Why not start with the Israeli point and end with the Palestian points in each sentence? Because the way the sentences have been constructed lessen the effect of Palestinian suffering.

'Foreign minister Tzipi Livni has given herself a tough war image, her television advert focuses on the military assault on Gaza and statements about not allowing Hamas to decide Israel’s fate'.

It's convenient a promo advert was able to be compiled from the deaths of innocent men, women and children so that political points could be scored. Bravo – it's amazing how a defenceless population without any military to protect them was defeated by the 4th most powerful military force in the world.

The "right wing" of today is the extreme left that Israel had 30 years ago.
Most parties (left and right )agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state next to Israel.
The trouble is that most Israelis dont beleive it is achievable when you have Iranian backed Hamas on its southern border.
Iran up until now has succeeded in derailing the peace process by stirring things up in territories Israel withdrew from.

Elections Tuesday:(so called centrist party katima) in other parts of the world this is already a rightwing club)

To be in favor of the gaza war means, that Israel has learned nothing from the holocaust.
to kill 1500 persons without being at a trial and convicted is a crime.
the world judges the usa for still having in some state the death penalty but does not care about 1500 dead women, childred and men. thanks your your atention.

That the Israeli public thinks that something remotely positive came out of the recent Gaza massacre is frightening and shows just how out of touch they have become. Hamas is still capable of launching rockets. Hundreds of innocent Palestinians have died. Abbas and Mubarak are now considered traitors by the rest of the Arab world and Hamas has gained complete legitimacy as the leader of Palestinian resistance. The all ready dwindling moderate voices among Arabs have been silenced completely and it will take at least a generation for the wounds to heal. Amidst all this, Israeli politicians are scoring points based on the "success" of this war and IDF soldiers are going home to a hero's welcome? Absolutely disturbing.

What is it siginificance?
good action do something.
The thing need action.

Netanyahu's will surely come to power, and if he does, most of these militant groups will surely think twice before striking Israel again. It is a shame that stability has to come about like this, but there is no other option and is inevitable-more so because of the recent demonisation of Israel-which happens to be a more than half a century old democracy. We live in strange days.

I'm very concerned about the future of the Gaza.

I just want to the Israelis pursue the peace process.

Do we care who wins in Israel? Do it affect the Peace process if all political parties think they can keep occupying West Bank and may re-assert Israelite militrary force in Gaza again. US is not going to give them another 30 Billion dollars military aids again. Next time the world is going to start a boycott on Israelite goods and services. If it comes from civilian force, there is nothing the governments can do to stop it.

whoever will be the next israeli prime minister the conflict between israelis and the palestinians will continue as long as the islamic militants like hamas are still there . it cannot be solved by the most powerful country like the usa ,not by the un , there will be another cycle of violence to come. the only resolve is for the palestinians to control the naked military aggressiveness of the hamas .but the moderate palestinians has the muscles to police the militant hamas ?moderate palestinians are the silent majority , they can control hamas if they want to ,but given the situation they dont have the political will to do so .i believe much as other people worlwide even if the israelis will dismantle the safety walls , will give the freedom of movements to all palestinians still there will be violence because hamas like all other islamic militants are organized to destroy israel .

I was under the impression that a ‘war’ was between more than one side. It was an invasion, so why the word ‘war’ is still being used is very strange.

Flying by and dropping bombs is not a war, driving in on tanks and killing people is not a war. Let's be honest and admit that this was one-sided.

Seriously, what’s wrong with people, so that they only see their own suffering and not the immense suffering of others. It’s so sad.
I sent a comment in before to this posting but for some bizarre reason it was not posted and I hope it is published this time so that all viewpoints are represented. It’s appalling that a promo advert was able to be compiled from the deaths of innocent men, women and children so that political points could be scored. Bravo – it’s amazing how a defenceless population without any military to protect them was defeated by the 4th most powerful military force in the world

i want Isreali to deploy more troop to GAze,

I agree with Captin. NO agreement will make an iota of difference unless it begins with a Palestinian statement that they will forevermore reocgnize the right of Israel to exist as a sovereign nation. Until then, Israel has no choice but to respond with DISproportionate force, and render Hamas' aggression simply not worth the consequences

If the hamas leaders and the israeli leaders can sit together and discuss their differences, then peace will reign in their midst.

Wow, if Avigdor Lieberman’s party wins elections, we can expect "ethnic cleansing galore" from Israel's far-right. Of course, people here will not criticize this, for fear of having their jobs/lives threatened.

At the same time, civilians on both sides have suffered terribly – and only hard choices will eventually lead to a solution (rather than the tiresome, pro-Likud rhetoric that comes from Washington).

I generally agree with you, Captain. The moderate Palestinians are the silent majority and just want to stop living like rats but they are under the tyranny of Hamas. Hamas persecutes not just Jews and Christians but also other Muslims - Palestinian Muslims - who do not agree with their extremist plans and views. Whoever is elected must have the wisdom and fortitude to deal effectively with Hamas. I'm not convinced more war or more attacks by either side are the answer. Everybody needs to stop the violence.

Amnesty International, the most prominent human rights organization
today has concluded from its investigation of the ground in Gaza
that Hamas has physically tortured its people, to stop othes in the
population from speaking out about their atrocities Hamas is committing against its own people. A government that tortures its people, does not render even court hearings before killing its people,even in hospital beds Amnesty reports. Hamas must be destroyed. Thank god for israel to come to the people's rescue, even if it has to come after these terrortists when they are using their people as human shields. A new administrationin Israel will
hopefully put an end to Hamas. These terrorists will eventually be hunted down and tired in the Hague.