In the summer of 2006, only a few days before the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah rocked the Lebanese capital and killed 6,000 people, Jared Cohen, a young American Jew, dined at a McDonald’s in Beirut. His companions that day were young members of Hezbollah, the anti-Israeli group that the U.S. State Department has labeled a terrorist organization. The young… return to article
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Reader Comments (6)Page 1 of 1 pagesI have long beleved that the root of Mideast trouble is in the miserable living conditions of the Paleatinians in the West Bamk, the Gaza Strip and the refugee camps.
People with such faint propspects of a better life must be prime resruits for terrorist leaders. Western leaders sem to have forgotten the 1967 U.N. Security Council Resolution which called for a secure israel within its pre-war borders. On several occasions Arab leaders have sid they were willing to recognize Israel and promise peace under the condit ions of the UN Resolutions.John Burtom
Posted by John Burton on Dec 5, 2007 at 7:55 PM UN Resolution 242 calls upon Israel to pull back to the “Green” line - the pre 1967 border.
Posted by frank67 on Dec 5, 2007 at 10:52 PM “Hezbollah, the anti-Israeli group that the U.S. State Department has labeled a terrorist organization”
Duh. Perhaps the continued violence by Hezbollah and Hamas is actually the current cause of much of the misery. If only they could wake up and embrace non-violence, the entire region - everyone - would benefit mightily. But i doubt the crazies running these terrorist organizations have any interest in peace, much less prosperity. Pity.
Posted by wolf on Dec 6, 2007 at 7:43 PM Hazballa and Hamas are labeled terrorist organizations at Israel’s behest. Hazballa has been fighting for decades to keep Lebanon free of Israeli occupation and manipulation - Hamas likewise is fighting to remove Israel from all of Occupied Palestine.
The continued violence is the ongoing, everyday violence of Israel. Since 2000, Israel has slain 4300 Palestinians - virtually all in Palestine (as against 1100 Israelli deaths) and maimed approximately 25,000 Palestinians. So who is doing the violence? Clearly Israel. Its goal? A bigger Israel.
For a quarter-century since the initial Israeli invasion in 1967, there was no organized Palestinian resistance to the occupation. The Israelis took that as a sign of weakness and settled a half million Jews on the WB. The proof is in the pudding. The Palestinians have no peace partner.
Posted by Palspal on Dec 18, 2007 at 10:24 PM Hazballa and Hamas are labeled terrorist organizations at Israel’s behest.”
Yeah and all the missiles they send in are just meant to be peace offerings.
Until the Palestinians realize that violence is not the answer, they will create their own little hell on earth, and share it as best they can with Israel.
Posted by wolf on Dec 20, 2007 at 8:57 PM The rockets are a desperate act by individuals or groups other than Hamas. They are virtually harmless next to the power and ferocity of Israel’s attacks on Palestine. The few rockets Israel receives is apparently the price they are willing to endure to wrest the West Bank from the Palestinians.
One should not put the cart before the horse. Israel invaded in 67, not because the Palestinians were carrying out attacks, but because Israel wanted to be bigger. It was after a quarter century of Israeli occupation that the Palestinians rose up in resistance.
The world has spoken - it universally condemns the occupation as illegal. Israel’s only duty is to withdraw entirely, as the world demands. The occupation of the remainder of Palestine is the last of its kind in the world - and the last remaining bastion of Apartheid rule.
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