Israel At War
Posted on July 15th, 2006 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Syria by kende || No Comment
I have nothing to say about it here. At least not right now. I’m using this space to keep track of every link to net based news, opinion, and reactions I read.
The Israel-Hezbollah War Part One
The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Two
The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Three
The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Four
Israel-Lebanon Aggregation @ Truth Laid Bear
Two pro-Israel rallies in NYC - July 16-17:
A demonstration against Syria and Iran and a Memorial Service for those murdered in Israel. (Sponsored by CJC-Amcha.)
Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 11:00 am.
Meet at the Syrian Mission to the UN, 820 Second Ave. (between 43rd and 44th St.) for the demonstration. The group will then walk to the Israeli Mission, 800 2nd Ave, for a memorial service.***
Rally against terror and in solidarity with the government and people of Israel. Demand the release of Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. (Sponsored by the President’s Conference, JCRC, and UJA-Federation.)
Monday, July 17th, at noon.
Across from the UN at 1st Ave. and 42nd Street, New York, NY.
Rain or shine.Speakers include: Elie Weisel, Sens. Hilary Rodham Clinton and Frank Lautenberg, Israeli UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman, and others.
Liveblogging the War: Friday July 14th:
The Big Pharoah - Dad Weighs In:
My dad was a general in the Egyptian army. His comments are always so informative especially if they were related to a war that broke out. He had this to say about Lebanon:
This idiot Nasrallah. He is so funny. He keeps on issuing threats, he has no idea what he is talking about. What Israel is doing to him now is just gentle padding on the shoulders. Abou Shakha dah didn’t see what we saw. Israel fought on 3 fronts in 1967 and it was hell. I was there, I saw it all. He has no tanks, no boats, he has nothing except a few toys he got from Iran and it seems abu shakha dah don’t know that Israel confronted 3 of the most powerful armies in the region at the same time. If Israel wanted to brutally crush him it can do so in 1 hour.
*Abu Shakha dah literally means “this guy with the piss”. We use this slang term to refer to a grown up whose capabilities is of a baby who wets himself.
Did the Grandchildren of those in Auschwitz learn the lesson or not
Hezbollah wanted to make us share the fate of Hamas, out of solidarity with the Palestinians, but they never wondered if that was what the Lebanese really wanted. We now have to pay the consequences of the actions of an Iranian stooge who’s been hiding for the last two days. What can you say when your fate is decided by a man who threatens to chop the heads of his opponents?
Did you ever watch Hezbollah units parading in Beirut’s Southern suburb and and making the fascist salute to Nasrallah? Well guess what happened to the guys wearing dynamite belts and holding cardboard RPGs? These mighty fighters were occulted by God overnight. They just vanished. Nobody knows where they are, but according to some rumors Beirut’s sewers are experiencing a lot of demographic growth these days. But there’s no need to worry, the resistance will be back. Once the last Israeli plane leave Lebanon, our courageous Hezbollah fighters will return to threaten the Lebanese who dare to question their policies.
Israel vs. Lebanon - Callimachus @ Michael J. Totten
Closer to War - Callimachus @ Michael J. Totten
War! - Michael J. Totten
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Islamic leader of Australia: Holocaust a Zionist lie:
THE nation’s Islamic leader, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, has dismissed the Holocaust as a ‘Zionist lie’ in a series of fiery sermons in which he also lashed out at the West and the US-led occupation of Iraq.
Revelations that the nation’s most senior Islamic cleric has been openly preaching extreme messages to his mainstream followers will be a major setback for the Howard Government.
Sheik Hilali is a senior member of the Prime Minister’s Muslim advisory board.
“It is no coincidence that the Hizbullah operation comes at a time when the international community is working to impose sanctions on Iran due to its nuclear program and settle the score with Syria by establishing an international court to try those behind the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri,â€
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Hizbollah’s War for Iran and Syria
Experts’ Posts on Lebanon and Hezbollah:
I was at a lunch with the Israeli Ambassador to the US when he announced that a Hezbollah rocket hit Haifa - the gasp from the crowd was an audible recognition of the major escalation that the attack represents, in part because it wasn’t clear beforehand whether the rockets had sufficient range. I would draw a parallel to the 1914 Sarajevo shooting of Archduke Ferdinand, which ultimately led to World War I.
Imad Mugniyah likely behind the capture of Israeli soldiers
Israel smashes Hezbollah strongholds
Gella’s sister in response to whether Israel’s actions will have a positive or negative effect:
A country that refrains from responding in any way to having two to three rockets A DAY fired into its sovereign, undisputed borders by a group directly associated with the government of a neighboring country, for ten months straight, and still can’t get any support for responding, has no security. A country that the world expects to do nothing when a group directly associated with the government of a neighboring country invades its sovereign, undisputed borders and kidnaps its soldiers who are only protecting its sovereign, undisputed territory has no security. Almost anything it can do to stop the over 700 rocket attacks and ground invasions of its territory can only have a positive effect. Invading the country that is BOMBING IT and INVADING IT would indeed be a good first step.
It seems to surprise many people that when the government of a country says that they plan to destroy Israel and kill all the Jews, that the Israeli government takes that seriously and responds appropriately. Why this surprises people I’m not sure, but it still does.
Israel has survived this long by demonstrating that if you attack them, they will fight back. Sitting still for ten months at the request of the USA and Europe while being bombed just led to the murder and abduction of soldiers in sovereign territory. So, tell me, what would you have them do? Sit still for another year and hope that Lebanon and Syria decide to play nice?
‘Israel has a window of opportunity to hit Hizbullah’
So far, one senior diplomatic official said, Israel has been able to fend off a “collapse on the diplomatic front.” The official noted favorably the comments made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday, in which he refused to condemn Israel, and US President George Bush’s comments at the G8 summit during which he placed responsibility for the situation fully on Hizbullah’s shoulders.
Although many statements coming from foreign ministries around the world called for Israeli restraint and for the use of proportionate force, Foreign Ministry officials said that this was all within the framework of “agreed upon language that the EU is recycling - old formulas of restraint from both sides, and ideas of moral equivalency. But if you look at the basic components of the statements, Israel’s main interests are being preserved - calls for Lebanon to implement Security Council Resolution 1559, and the release of the soldiers.”
In addition, senior diplomatic officials said a significant anti-Hizbullah line has emerged in the Arab world that goes beyond Egypt and Jordan, and that there was anger at Hizbullah for destabilizing the region and plunging it into a crisis without any coordination with the Arab world.
Sharp rifts among Arab foreign ministers appeared at an emergency meeting in Cairo, with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal calling Hizbullah’s actions “unexpected, inappropriate and irresponsible,” and said they have set the whole region back years, “and we cannot simply accept them.”
This position was reportedly accepted by representatives of Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
A Middle East Peace Plan That Just Might Work
