SUNDAY, just before the official start of Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom Ha Shoah, I was moderating a panel on terrorism at American Jewish University. It certainly seemed a fitting time to talk about terrorism and the fanatical dedication of those who want us dead. There are still people who call for the extermination of both Jews and the Jewish State. There are still radicals who call for the conversion or death of all who do not submit to their twisted version of Islam. A rapt audience gathered to hear three authors speak of their experience. Joel Chasnoff, an American, had been a soldier in the Israeli army and served in Lebanon. Thanassis Cambanis was a Middle East correspondent. The third, Mordechai Dzikanski, is a former New York homicide cop who following 9-11 specialized in terror...
Mideast unrest SYRIA Turkey's prime minister compared Syria's president to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, as Damascus defies international calls to end the crackdown on a 5-month-old uprising. President Bashar Assad has unleashed tanks, ground troops and snipers in an attempt to retake control in rebellious areas. EGYPT A military tribunal sentenced two young Egyptian activists to six- month prison terms after convicting them of insulting the army. The trial of 19-year-old Hassan Mahmoud and 23-year-old Karim Mahmoud adds more tension to the deteriorating relationship between Egyptian democracy advocates and the ruling military council over freedom of expression. YEMEN Opposition groups and protest leaders form a national council to step up pressure on Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton argued Wednesday for a continuation of military aid to Lebanon despite the recent government takeover by the Shiite Islamist group Hezbollah and its allies. In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mrs. Clinton said that after new Lebanese Prime Minister Nijab Mikati has formed a government, "we will review its composition, its policies, and its behavior to determine the extent of Hezbollah's political influence over it.
My Judeo-Christian beliefs make me biased towards Israel; however, I have enormous concern after the incursion in Lebanon. While I sincerely believe that Israel garners every right to defend itself against terrorism, I also postulate that a mighty nation must show restraint when innocent lives are at stake. America's tightrope routine of supporting Israel's defensive rights while trying to avoid Lebanon's destabilization impresses no one. At the same time, we must remember that as brutal as the violence seems, it is not as exorbitant as the media depicts. Images on television and the internet show mass devastation throughout Beirut, yet the damage is confined to one percent of the entire city. Hezbollah's media manipulation is evident in a news segment aired two days ago on "Anderson Co...
... Hezbollah still has over southern Lebanon despite futile Israeli efforts. Cooper joined other foreig...
With the warring parties signaling support for a U.N. cease-fire plan, the month-long war in Lebanon appears likely to end with Israel's military campaign falling short of its goals and Hezbollah's cause strengthened. Israeli leaders are expected to formally accept the U.N. resolution today having achieved only their most modest prewar objectives, despite pounding Hezbollah bases throughout Lebanon with airstrikes and, in recent days, a major ground operation.
In his recent Faith Matters article, Jimmy Jones distorts the history of the 2006 Lebanon war and misunderstands Barack Obama's position. On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah soldiers crossed the border into Israel and attacked Israeli soldiers, killing three and kidnapping two. In the ensuing war, over 4,000 rockets were launched from Lebanon into Israel, killing many Israeli civilians, including Muslims, Druze and Jews. Despite Jones' claims, Hezbollah operates openly in Lebanon, with the tacit approval of the Lebanese government. In fact, in the Lebanese election of 2005, Hezbollah won 11 percent of Parliament seats!
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed "far-reaching consequences" for the Haifa attack, Hezbollah's deadliest strike ever on Israel. The Israeli military warned residents of south Lebanon to flee, promising heavy retaliation after the Haifa assault. "Nothing will deter us," Olmert said. Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, said that despite the barrage, the guerrillas were "in their full strength and power" and that their "missile stockpiles are still full. Iran threatened "unimaginable damage" to Israel if Syria were attacked, and its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Hezbollah was winning its fight against Israel and would not disarm. Iran's foreign minister headed to Damascus late Sunday for talks. AP
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UNITED NATIONS The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft Security Council resolution that seeks a full halt to fighting in Lebanon, breaking a three-week impasse caused partly by Washington's refusal to press Israel to end its offensive against Hezbollah. Despite the agreement, fighting raged on. Israeli naval commandos struck the southern port of Tyre before dawn, while Israeli air raids killed at least eight people across Lebanon and a rain of Hezbollah rockets on northern Israel killed three civilians.
When world leaders gather in Rome today to discuss ways to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, their focus will appropriately be on an immediate ceasefire and an international force in southern Lebanon to keep the peace. Both, however, are fraught with complications that will be difficult, but not impossible, to overcome. As the United States has found in Iraq, military force alone will not stop Hezbollah. Despite 12 days of air strikes, the terrorist group continues to launch missiles into Israel. Israeli attacks can temporarily weaken Hezbollah, but won't eliminate the group that has an ample supply of recruits angered by Israel's bombings. Neither will Hezbollah and other extremist groups wipe Israel, which has a strong, well-equipped military, off the map.
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