Therefore please do not draw parallels between the Arabs and Israelis when it comes to intransigence. The PLO officially recognized Israel as a state, in spite of the fact that even the pre-1967 Israel consists of areas that were designated as Arab by the 1948 Partition Plan (such as the Galilee, which was designated as part of an Arab homeland), and not a single Palestinian whose home was taken over by Zionists was ever compensated or allowed to return.

Israel officially annexed the Golan Heights in flagrant violation of international law, and by doing so, the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) came completely under Israeli control, and the annexation was in part because Israel wanted to be the sole country with access to freshwater from this important source. It is not enough that they have been taking water from this lake, and overtaken all the wells and water aquifers in the West Bank, they have their eyes on the Litani in southern Lebanon as a source of freshwater for the Galilee.

Hezbollah the David, taught Israel the Goliath a lesson they will never forget. As an Iranian I cannot tell you how proud I am that Iran was a part of that, even if indirectly. But the true credit goes to the Lebanese people themselves: they did the fighting and the resisting, never letting the powerful Israeli army break their spirit, or make their resilience wane. Israel tried, and lost.

I am not worried about Lebanon, since the Lebanese people have a tough skin: they have endured not only a long drawn out civil war that began in the ’70s, they endured Israel’s 1982 rape of their country and all the devastation it brought. Yet once again, the brave Lebanese people picked up the pieces and rose again. This time, Sunni, Shi’ite, Maronite, Melkite, Greek Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, Druze and other sects are uniting behind a common banner, always being Lebanese first, and standing by those who defend their country against foreign invaders like Israel.

On one hand Israel was dropping leaflets telling people to evacuate (just to score points in the international media), on the other it made every effort to make sure evacuation was impossible by destroying highways, roads, bridges, trucks carrying refugees (claiming they were carrying arms for Hezbollah, a ridiculous claim) knowing full well the impoverished citizens of S. Lebanon did not possess cars with which they could “get out of town” with (and even if they did, where would they go to when all roads and highways are either destroyed or surrounded by Israeli troops? Israel did not even stop short of a full naval blockade of Lebanon. Thousands of Lebanese civilians were trapped in their towns and villages (then later Israel dropped more leaflets, this time warning Lebanese civilians to stay home after 3 p.m.)…so I guess this meant if you’re not lucky enough to get out of town before 3p.m. you’re fair game…if you’re out on the street you’re a moving target, so the message is stay home and be a sitting duck for the next Israeli air-raid, and just hope and pray your house won’t crumble down on top of you when Israel drops those bombs on your town or village.

Why is Israel doing all this? For the same reason a dog licks its behind. Because it can. There is nobody to hold Israel accountable, nobody to stop its bloody rampages and savage incursions, no one to challenge its terror. Might makes right after all, and there is always that guaranteed U.S. veto in the Security Council to bail Israel out.

Then the stupid question, ” Why is Iran giving Hezbollah missiles?”
How about this question? Why is the USA giving ISRAEL missiles, and long-range ones that can reach Iran? Even with all the Iranian-supplied missiles, there is no parity in this war. Hezbollah has no air power, no Apache helicopters, no F-16 fighter jets, and certainly nothing comparable to Israel’s sophisticated and highly upgraded tanks. This is a small group of resistance fighters taking on a powerful army, fully equipped with American-supplied weapons. It is a lightweight boxing champion daring to take on an aggressive, bullyish heavyweight.
No matter what happens, Israel will walk away with a bloody nose and a black eye, compliments of a small group of brave men defending their country. As for Lebanon, aid is pouring in from all over the world, and other countries will come to her rescue in her hour of need, and help her rebuild. Iranians stand by their Lebanese brethren, as they always have.

Christianity and Islam are not at war with each other. There is nothing about them that makes them organically opposed to each other. In fact, they have more in common with each other than they do with any other of the world?s faiths. Besides Christianity, Islam is the only other religion that recognizes Jesus. It is the only other religion that gives honor to his mother Mary. Both Muslims and Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah that was promised to come, and both faiths believe that he will return towards the end of time for the purpose of defeating AntiChrist and of sitting in judgment of the living and the dead. And, more importantly, they both are, in their true forms, universal in their scope and do not adhere to any supremacist themes.
The present conflict between the two religions is an artificial conflict that has been deliberately constructed by a third party who stands to benefit from the two religions wiping each other out. This third party is the Zionist agenda that is using a ?divide and conquer? strategy and done with the interests of seeing that in the end the Jewish supremacist agenda reins over the world and its inhabitants. Zionism is an expansive, aggressive ideology steeped in racial supremacist themes. The ?chosen people? (as Jewish supremacists term themselves) believe that they have been blessed by God with the task of subduing the whole world to their agenda, and the current war in the Middle East is a major component in seeing this madman?s dream fulfilled.

I would highly recommend looking up this organization at
http://www.crescentandcross.com/index.php?page=about_us

Joanna, I AGREE WITH YOU!!! (And I like your “mouthy” sentiments too!)