Did Israel assassinate a member of Hamas in Dubai?

I like your way of putting it into a balanced perspective.

What's this 'your kind' filth? Keep your vicious stinking hate to yourself. I am not Jewish, not Israeli. I am British. I simply believe in truth and justice and support the jewish state and its right to exist.

Firstly, you're right we Jews/Zionists are not the really victims, but neither are the Arabs. We're the winners, they're the losers. But you're attitude is exactly wrong because the Arabs, for the past hundred years of this conflict have always been the aggressors. Its a total farce that we are human rights or war criminals. Israel may have room for improvement on its human rights record, but there is no other country in the world facing comparable threats that does more to protect human rights. You're wrong that America will ever cease to support Israel. Americans generally get it, we don't excuse suicide bombings and indiscriminate rocket attacks because a group of people are desperate or frustrated or whatever. You're also wrong that we, Israel owes the Palestinians any land. Most of what is now the State of Israel has always been populated predominantly by Jews or was wilderness. We only expelled any Palestinians when we were under attack by NINE Arab Armies! The Palestinians have to come to grips with the fact that they have lost, repeatedly, and that the Jewish State is permanent. If they were serious about achieving peace and improving their lives, they would have accepted the offer of statehood that Ehud Barak offered them at Camp David in 1999. There has never been any other national liberation movement in history that has rejected an offer of statehood for any reason. This proves that their leadership is more concerned with destroying the Jewish State than creating a Palestinian state.

Thank you Jimmy, you're a real mensch. As a Jew, I want to thank you for your support.

What's equally disturbing as that diction 'your kind' is the way this kathymm uses the term 'mossad zionist' as a term of derision. Mossad Zionist isn't a real word anyway, its like calling somebody an 'MI6-British Patriot'. Zionism is the national liberation, and self empowerment movement of the Jewish people. To be anti-zionist, is to be indisputably, a bigot. To drive my point home, it was Mossad that captured countless Nazi war criminals including Adolf Eichman. Self-righteous Jewish empowerment is what Mossad and Zionism are all about.

Yep, the author of that article sure is a self-hating Jew. He and you don't seem to know about the innumerable riots and terrorist attacks that the Palestinians have committed against Israeli society over the past hundred years. Have you ever met a Jew? We don't claim that the holocaust has ANYTHING to do with our conflict with the Arabs.

What's your point? I don't see what this has to do with your previous points.

Crimminy mate, these stinking Islamist apologist (under the guise of "human rightists") are like freaking weeds, pull'em up and sure enough more pop up again...

A terribly thoughtless article. If the United States has a right to assassinate Osama bin Laden, Israel absolutely has a right to assassinate thugs like Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

What's really unfortunate is how the cult of Israel-bashing takes away attention from worthier causes. These people are crying wolf. It's to bad they don't have as much sympathy for the people of Darfur, or the Kurds, or the Uighurs as they have for the Palestinians. Each of those groups has a much stronger case for their statehood and have been subjected to far greater human rights violations.

I must respect your desire for peace. But don't assume that I've studied my history, go study the history of Israel for yourself! I strongly recommend that you read "The Case for Israel" by Alan Dershowitz, and check out StandWithUs.com. Its been a very enjoyable discussion, you're a great chavrusa!

I didn't know much about Israel either until I posted a video about the Israel lobby in Britain recently as a guest on a friends blog....the response was immediate and violent....with the threat of "shutting the blog down" of course that didn't happen, but it spark my curiosity....I am familiar with some of Dershowitz comments...most recently about the Goldstone report....It may even be entitled 'the case for Israel' ....and thank you for "StandWithUS.com"...I'll check it out and just so you know...I've done my part (small as it may be) to bring attention to things like DU's in Iraq and John Bremer's illegal proclamations regarding Iraqs agricultural laws making it illegal for saving seeds as they've done for thousands of years and injustices like that....nice talking to you...and thank you for not letting it deteriorate to vulgarity and rants....Kathy

seriously you said it not me "anti-semite is beginning to feel like a badge of honor," hmmmmmmmmmm. You're obviously on the wrong website if you feel offending Jews is cool.
That is really lame Kathy.
You have no concept of relativity, justice, international events, or human rights in my perception of your commentary.
Your opinion of the Mossad and how it is seen is not prevalent.
And you just put your foot in your mouth big time.
The Mossad is recognised as one of the number one intelligence agencies in the world with direct ties to the CIA AND INTERPOL. They have participated in the capture of hundreds of thousands of criminals.
Former agents are now the FOREMOST security for getting ships through Somalia and rescuing kidnapees.
And no agent has ever done time for killing a civilian mudering terrorist.
You need to watch Munich, unlike Palestinians, Israelis often work overtime to avoid killing kids.
Mossad does what others are afraid to do. They take out those they know are guilty and that cannot be arrested because they are protected by 22 Islamic countries which NEVER adhere to international law.
This man was a war criminal, there is no doubt.
He was responsible for smuggling arms that killed Muslims!
What is your problem?
Seriously?

'by the world'? ROFLMAO. You mean your world.

ummm...I think I was pretty clear....without all the initials...."the world" is accurate...what "world" do you live in?

The real one

you're damned right I'm proud. Mahbouh was a vicious Jew hating murderous scum bag and needed despatching to hell urgently with extreme prejudice. Are you actually siding with this evil anti human?

Deep yawn!

really kathy? Is that all the IDF is notorious for? And can you say that Islamic countries have not done the same? 3 million dead in Sudan while the Palestinian population increases by 3 million since Israels inception?
A higher standard of living in Gaza than Egypt? Just ask Unicef!
How about building colleges in Palestine?
Educating doctors?
Developing the #1 export of organic goods in Europe?
Developing drip irrigiation?
Making the Palestinians the #1 per capita recipients of international aid?
Your statements are biased and they smack of racism.
Yes, Israel is flawed.
But for one thing, ALL of the arrestees so far are PALESTINIAN!
For another, Hamas assasinated over 600 Fatah members in DIRECT violation of international law and Fatah had plenty of motive.
You have a serious problem and need to do a lot more research on the subject before you step onto this complicated playing field.
Common Dreams was nice until Molly Ivins died and now it just sucks and sounds like a Russian KKK meeting.

Aside from the nasty black goo this country has been forced to run on, name ONE modern contribution to human rights or justice given to us by the Islamic community today?
Name one Islamic country where women have equal rights as an absolute?
Name one Islamic country where gays do not have to live in fear?
Name one Islamic country that is at the forefront of Green tech?
Name one Islamic country that enforces religious freedom and doesn't jail or discriminate against Jews or Christians?

In a sea of 22 countries (with billions of square miles) that persecute and discriminate against africans, women and homosexuals, you point out one 50 mile wide 300 mile long stretch smaller than Jersey that fights back and call it a wholesale destroyer of the poor?
You obviously have no clue about world events, have never even looked at positive contributions or even compared Israel to it's neighbors human rights records at all.
Who started slavery?
Who kills more blacks today than drought?
Islamic nations.
Not Jewish ones.
Get a google search engine for god's sake and stop looking to only one source of info.
AlJapoopy and Communist Schemes, figures.

Really?
You would prefer if the US took credit, so Hammas can rally more hate against the US, inciting more attacks on the the US? Because that's how it works.

Oh, I'm sorry, I did not realize the invasion of Afghanistan was prior to 9/11. The way it works is very simple; The Muslim world hates American culture and they hate it even more for coming to their country. And granted, American culture sucks. But if there was not a thirst for American culture within their countries, it would never enter to begin with. So you have a vast fringe Muslim group that is upset with that and attacking the United States when they should be fighting themselves. Manifest Destiny and "protecting" the Western Hemisphere in the 19th century from Europeans was unwanted meddling, agreed. But today is not that sort, and as a Historian I can assure you, my friend, that those are distinctly different situations. But thanks for the comment.

You think Obama, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, should start assassinating foreign leaders? You realize how ridiculous that sounds?

Assassinating any Islamic extremist leader will not stop terrorism. All that does is elevate their hatred for the West, which is what is fueling terrorism.

LOL @ fueling terrorism. the very existence of the US is fueling terrorism.

No, the US messing with other countries is what is fueling terrorism.
So why would you want Obama assassinating terrorist leaders?

Islam means "to submit" Its ultimate goal is to bring the whole world under the submission of Allah, but the most radical seek to do it through violent Jihad

"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.."

Sura 9, Verse 29:

I know it's easier to think about everything we do in terms of black and white good vs evil, but the world doesn't work that way. Stop being so naive.

Shades of gray are useless.

No. This is definitely not a victory for peace and justice.

Assassinating leaders won't stop terrorism.
There's another one waiting to move up and take his place.
It's just creating an even more intense anti-Israel atmosphere, which is good for recruiting more terrorists, inciting more violence.