Comments on: Hezbollah violates cease fire http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/ English, Rationalist and Liberal Conservative Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11287 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:59:30 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11287 Thanks John That last piece of news, along with something else I just watched has managed to flip me! Israel are now using "targetted strikes" implying that its previous tactic was indiscriminate bombing. Israel declares a period of cessation of bombing and then goes against that <strong>before</strong> Hezbollah fires a missile within that 48 hour period. It makes one ask the question, was Israel relishing an opportunity to claim "they started it"? This is no longer self-defence -- it is now cynical. Don't get me wrong, I don't want Hezbollah to win, but I do want Israel to stop and allow UN peace-makers to take over as soon as practicable. Thanks John

That last piece of news, along with something else I just watched has managed to flip me!

Israel are now using “targetted strikes” implying that its previous tactic was indiscriminate bombing. Israel declares a period of cessation of bombing and then goes against that before Hezbollah fires a missile within that 48 hour period.

It makes one ask the question, was Israel relishing an opportunity to claim “they started it”? This is no longer self-defence — it is now cynical. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want Hezbollah to win, but I do want Israel to stop and allow UN peace-makers to take over as soon as practicable.

]]> by: John King http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11280 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:37:21 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11280 "Shortly after Israel announced it was suspending air strikes, Israeli war planes struck at several targets, killing three Lebanese soldiers in a car near the southern city of Tyre." <a href="http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/go.php?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5230192.stm" target="_blank">BBC News</a> “Shortly after Israel announced it was suspending air strikes, Israeli war planes struck at several targets, killing three Lebanese soldiers in a car near the southern city of Tyre.”

BBC News

]]> by: John King http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11279 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:29:34 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11279 There should be an interesting unbiased program on Channel 4 tonight called Judah and Mohammad at 8pm. It's about two children from both sides of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. There should be an interesting unbiased program on Channel 4 tonight called Judah and Mohammad at 8pm. It’s about two children from both sides of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11276 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:42:15 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11276 That may be the first non-biased Independent article I've read on the crisis... That may be the first non-biased Independent article I’ve read on the crisis…

]]> by: Jock Coats http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11272 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:17:37 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11272 Looks like Hezbollah <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1206601.ece" rel="nofollow">aren't the only ones.</a> Looks like Hezbollah aren’t the only ones.

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11269 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:09:36 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11269 Ultimately it seems a very charitable move for Israel to stop at all given that Hezbollah started the attack by kidnapping their soldiers and given that those soldiers have still not been returned. Ultimately it seems a very charitable move for Israel to stop at all given that Hezbollah started the attack by kidnapping their soldiers and given that those soldiers have still not been returned.

]]> by: wonkotsane http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11268 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:17:50 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11268 Yeah but Israel haven't said "ok, we'll stop blowing up women and children if you stop firing rockets into Israel". They've just stopped for 48 hours, it's not even a long term solution. They probably need the 48 hours to move in undercover operatives or transport those spangly new American bombs they've just been given. Maybe if it was more of a permanent "ceasefire" Hezbollah would take part in it? Yeah but Israel haven’t said “ok, we’ll stop blowing up women and children if you stop firing rockets into Israel”. They’ve just stopped for 48 hours, it’s not even a long term solution. They probably need the 48 hours to move in undercover operatives or transport those spangly new American bombs they’ve just been given. Maybe if it was more of a permanent “ceasefire” Hezbollah would take part in it?

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11267 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:48:32 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11267 Israel were attacked to start with, regardless of whether they went over the top, we should welcome a pause in the fighting even if it is unilateral. If Hezbollah continue to fight then there will be no ceasefire... or it will be more delayed than is necessary. Simply, Hezbollah <em>want</em> this fight, and Israel tried the brute-force solution and have found it doesn't work. Israel were attacked to start with, regardless of whether they went over the top, we should welcome a pause in the fighting even if it is unilateral. If Hezbollah continue to fight then there will be no ceasefire… or it will be more delayed than is necessary.

Simply, Hezbollah want this fight, and Israel tried the brute-force solution and have found it doesn’t work.

]]> by: wonkotsane http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11266 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:43:43 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/07/31/hezbollah-violates-cease-fire/#comment-11266 It's not a ceasefire, Hezbollah aren't involved in discussions because Israel is only interested in blowing people up, not talking. Israel has decided to give it a rest for 48 hours after receiving almost universal condemnation for blowing up nearly 60 civillians in one go yesterday. Even Traitor Blair didn't try and spin it in Israel's favour. Hezbollah is wrong but this shouldn't be reported as a ceasefire when it isn't. It’s not a ceasefire, Hezbollah aren’t involved in discussions because Israel is only interested in blowing people up, not talking. Israel has decided to give it a rest for 48 hours after receiving almost universal condemnation for blowing up nearly 60 civillians in one go yesterday. Even Traitor Blair didn’t try and spin it in Israel’s favour. Hezbollah is wrong but this shouldn’t be reported as a ceasefire when it isn’t.

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