Is Israels Response Disproportionate?
31 July, 2006 | This item was filled under [ Failures, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Terrorism, Videos, War ]
Jon Stewart breaks down the recent turmoil between Israel and Lebanon. [Hat tip: Ohoud]
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To All the viewers especially the arabs and Muslims around the globe. If you still have some brains left please read through and understand especially the last part.
I copy pasted this part.
“He also completely understands the effect on the Muslim community - both in terms of losing Muslim voters hand over fist and “”"”the wider issue of community cohesion”"”".’
The doctrine of divide and rule between sunni’s and shia has been planted by the western nations and they are wedging a war between sunnis and shias.
Cabinet in open revolt over Blair’s Israel policy
Gaby Hinsliff in San Francisco, Ned Temko in London and Peter Beaumont in Beirut
Sunday July 30, 2006
The Observer
Tony Blair was facing a full-scale cabinet rebellion last night over the Middle East crisis after his former Foreign Secretary warned that Israel’s actions risked destabilising all of Lebanon.
Jack Straw, now Leader of the Commons, said in a statement released after meeting Muslim residents of his Blackburn constituency that while he grieved for the innocent Israelis killed, he also mourned the ‘10 times as many innocent Lebanese men, women and children killed by Israeli fire’.
He said he agreed with the Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells that it was ‘very difficult to understand the kind of military tactics used by Israel’, adding: ‘These are not surgical strikes but have instead caused death and misery amongst innocent civilians.’ Straw said he was worried that ‘a continuation of such tactics by Israel could destabilise the already fragile Lebanese nation’.
The Observer can also reveal that at a cabinet meeting before Blair left for last Friday’s Washington summit with President George Bush, minister after minister pressed him to break with the Americans and publicly criticise Israel over the scale of death and destruction.
The critics included close Blair allies. One, the International Development Secretary, Hilary Benn, was revealed yesterday to have told a Commons committee that he did not view Israel’s strikes on power stations as a ‘proportionate response’ to Hizbollah attacks.
Another Blairite minister among the cabinet critics said: ‘It was clear that Tony knows the situation, and didn’t have to be told about the outrage felt by so many over the disproportionate suffering. He also completely understands the effect on the Muslim community - both in terms of losing Muslim voters hand over fist and the wider issue of community cohesion.’
To the international community. The argument that there is no cease fire until security is assured. A pretext for killing the civilians around the globe. If such a doctorine is justified. Until the security of the muslims in United Kingdom is assured, there shall be mass destruction, similarly in france and united states. Is the international community ready to buy in such arguments. If so, this gives in pretext even for the freedom fighters to strike at the heart of the colonial powers.
The level of insanity people like blair, bush and olmert have been demonstrating is unforgivable and disgraceful for the humanity.
if not stopped. this might hurricane can spread throug europe, u.k and americas
after spending the whole day( for the first time) trying to get information on the internet about the atrocities of the war, and trying to sign into many petitions against it, I realized that there is no freedom of speech, none of the links or at least 80% do not work why?…connection errors? yes…surely try and get to one of the sites supporting the other side….and you know who i mean…
The assault that Israel is doing to Lebanon, and their neverending oppresion over the Palestinians might lead to the end of the world. Zionists are the Number 1 curse upon the Jewish people of this world. And yet, the media is almost a monopoly to the most psychotic zionists ever. You almost never see even a glimpse in our western media about the protests that occur everywhere in this world against what the Israeli and American militaries are doing, and these include arabs, jews, and people from everywhere. Zionist leaders of Israel are not the only ones who are starting wars. It’s the ZIONIST CHRISTIANS (hypocrites from HELL) who are also promoting the arrival of Armageddon. These “born-again” sick freaks are just waiting to swooped up into the clouds by God, Jesus, whoever….
The ZIONIST dominated mass media made a big deal about a STUPID statement by Mel Gibson that blames jews for wars. But then they use their ‘over-used’ “we are the eternal victims” strategy and say that every word uttered that even vaguely criticizes what is done by people who are called JEWS, is ANTI-SEMITIC! That is OVERKILL! Most jews, just like most islamic followers and christians, and so on, are good people. The ZIONIST EXTREMISTS and the CHRISTIAN ZIONIST EXTREMISTS are the most anti-semitic people on this planet. Palestinians are Semites, as are all arabs, hebrews, and people from north Africa. All are supposedly decendants of Shem. If you believe in the Bible, the Old Testement, Torah, Koran, etc., then we are all Jewish!!! We all are supposed to come from Noah, Abraham, Adam? Or, were the old writings not quite accurate in saying that the ‘FLOOD’ killed everybody on the planet who wasn’t on the ark??? Obviously, I question the taking of ancient writings as being the word of God, Allah, etc. I can’t see God as being such a woman hater and a complete a**hole. Religion’s probably been a power game since day one.
And by the way, Ashkenazi Jews were not the original jews. Some of the eastern European tribes of caucasians decided to take Judaism as their ‘official’ faith in the DARK AGES, when almost all tribes in Europe and the Middle East were becoming Christian or Islamic. Judaism was an easier faith to grab on to, since they didn’t have to pay money (or resourses) to Rome, or other religious leaders.
White Supremacy is apparently not limited to the W.A.S.P.s. Israel looks to be run by these white supremacists also; ever seen an Ethiopian Jew Prime Minister of Israel?
Wake up people!!! We’re all in this existence together, and none of us will get out of it alive!
Haitham, your blog is awesome. God bless you.
To the lebaneese people, today being 21st day of terrorist strikes against lebaneese people. You are entitled to seek international help officially. You can formally invite all the arab states for military support in order to confront the invading israel, and western powers. The stage is well set, with Prime Minister Faoud Sinoura’s telivised address screaming to the international community and to the fellow brothers. A formal invitation from the Governing body for help against israel, u.s would be legitimate invitation.
Aiyn,
Please don’t blame all of us.
We are living in a society of “so-called democratically free” that is controlled by big corporations.
Our voice has been reduced to a squeak because of our governments and their lobbyists.
Some of us support the Palestinians and Lebanon but our governments won’t listen.
A quote I heard in the sixties rings true here.
“This is a free country. You are free to do as you are told!”
The word is “negotiations and creating conditions”. Our lives are always on bargain by western powers. The negotiate or take our leaders across the table to dismantle our security our futures so that they can carry out massacre like serbia, rwanda genocide, qana massacre. There shall be more to come. If we do not take to the streets protesting against any volunteer agreement by our governments with out a referendum across the middle eastern nations.
Any disarmament of Hezbollah should be carried out by the disarmament of the ISRAEL,US AND U,K and other allies. Let me remind your own words Mr.Bush and Blair. Every nation has the right to defend itself. Our homes and our lives are destroyed for your economical growth. Why should our homes be destroyed. Just because we are muslims and follow islam. “Sometimes chance for peace is readiness for war”. Yes we are bring the war to your home lands. All the iraqi, palestinians, lebaneese and the allies of middle east have the right to strike and defend any nation or ally that has send troops to destroy our nations. It is better to fight the war in your lands than here as you said Mr. Blair.
Just because you hold Nuclear bomb you are immune and you have the right to do any thing. The people of iraq, lebanon and palestine have the legitimate right to strike to defend their nations.
I do not subscribe to any particular religion, Therefore I am not on any side, Muslim/Jew/Christian/budhist. What I do know is that Religious Zealouts will ultimately bring on Armagedon and the total anahilation of the Human Race. People please realize that we are all not here for long, we’re not even a blip on the radar or a fraction of second in the universal timeclock . So why do we fight each other when ultimately we’ll all end up is the mass grave that is called Earth. Live and let live, don’t fight over scraps “land” becuase in the end it’s just somewhere you were born or somewhere you died.Love one another because life is too short to waste your time on hating eachother.