"The last Gaza war, a lopsided three-week long Israeli air blitz and ground invasion over the New Year period of 2008-2009 aimed at ending repeated rocket attacks, left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead, mostly civilian, and killed 13 Israelis."

One hundred to one kill rate in Israel's favour......PROPORTIONAL to what?

And now they have Netanyahu's consent to mobilise up to 30,000 reservists, 16,000 of which are already being processed.

So where do they plan to stop?

70 kilometres inside the Gaza border completely sanitised, so that no rocket can reach Israel????

It seems the Isralis carrying out these disproportionate acts of murderous aggression are too stupid to realise that Israelis haven't cornered the market in love of country.

They would fight to the last against foreign agression or control, why can't they see that the Palestinians will do exactly the same.

The Israelis must be aware that the only possible military solution if they keep fighting will be the complete annihilation of the Gazan Palestinians, man, woman and child, given the immense disparity in arms and resources.

Is that what they really want?

They really need to talk, whatever it takes.

They could take the moral high ground by declaring a unilateral truce, on condition that the UN put on place a peacekeeping force between Israel and Gaza while they reach a negotiated settlement.

Israel would gain considerable credibility worldwide if they did that.

The military alternative will eventually alienate and inflame the surrounding Muslim countries to the point of uniting and attacking Israel. Netanyahu is a loose cannon who needs to be removed, before he embroils the whole Middle East in a war to the death.

Don T.