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Middle East Crisis 2006
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the
Merciful. The Ahlul Bayt DILP team strongly condemns the on-going massacre of Lebanese civilians as well as the indiscriminate destruction of Lebanese infrastructure perpetrated by the Zionist forces. In this time of difficulty we pray to Allah for unity in the Muslim community, justice to be done, and patience to deal with this unfolding tragedy. We have compiled below a small collection of related links for those who wish to better understand the conflict and its historic context. In the interests of objectivity, a variety of views and sources are reflected. Death and Destruction: Dedicated to the children who have lost their lives because the US, UK and Israel have willingly stopped a ceasefire resulting in the deaths of many civilians in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. Current Political Analysis and
Commentary: "Hundreds of Palestinian 'suspects' have been kidnapped from their homes and will never stand trial." "Tell me about a war that was waged against a state because of two soldiers. This has never happened in history. Nor has Israel done it anytime before. However, what is happening today is not a reaction to the kidnapping of two soldiers." "Tanya Reinhart is a professor in Tel Aviv University." A clip from an address by the secretary general of Hizbullah (with English subtitles translated by Memritv.org) "The latest chapter of the conflict between Israel and Palestine began when Israeli forces abducted two civilians, a doctor and his brother, from Gaza. An incident scarcely reported anywhere, except in the Turkish press. The following day the Palestinians took an Israeli soldier prisoner - and proposed a negotiated exchange against prisoners taken by the Israelis - there are approximately 10,000 in Israeli jails." "Israel simultaneously began conducting covert incursions on to Lebanese territory, provoking Hizbollah's capture of two IDF soldiers. Credible sources confirm that the soldiers were not abducted on Israeli territory, but inside Lebanon." Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development, London, United Kingdom. Dr. James J. Zogby is President of Arab American Institute in Washington, DC. Uri Avnery is a journalist, peace activist, former member of the Knesset, and leader of Gush Shalom. Killing children is wrong. Period. A 'war on terror' cannot be won by a democratically elected government acting like a terrorist organization. War is too serious a business to be left to the generals." Avi Shlaim is a British Academy Research Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. George Galloway, in his inimitable style, speaks out in support of Lebanon, saying he believes Hizbollah is justified in defending Lebanon against Israeli attacks . The Respect MP also lambasted media coverage of the war and said the UN resolution means nothing. Hezbollah: Lara Deeb, a cultural anthropologist, is assistant professor of women's studies at the University of California-Irvine. Journalists tour devastated historic town during lull in Israeli attacks. "A Hizbullah stronghold," Baalbek is a mixture of Christians and Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims, thus reflecting the population of the Bekaa generally. Just as the world is watching Lebanon, trying to understand the conflict there, so are experts in modern warfare theory, who see in the battle between Israel and Hezbollah a living-and dying-test of their ideas. On a break from battle, some express frustration about the campaign in Lebanon and surprise over the effectiveness of the Hezbollah force. "Hizbullah is proving to be something altogether new, an Arab guerrilla army with sophisticated weaponry and remarkable discipline...'They didn't retreat,' says Danny Yatom, a former director of the Mossad. 'They continued to fight until the death.'" 'They hit and run,' Yahia said scathingly about the Israeli tactics. 'When they meet us they run like rabbits.' "A top Saudi Sunni cleric, whose ideas inspired Osama bin Laden, issued a religious edict Saturday disavowing the Shi'ite guerrilla group Hizbullah..." Zionists: This essay was written by King Hussein's grandfather King Abdullah and appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In the article, King Abdullah disputes the mistaken view that Arab opposition to Zionism (and later the state of Israel) is because of longstanding religious or ethnic hatred. He notes that Jews and Muslims enjoyed a long history of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East, and that Jews have historically suffered far more at the hands of Christian Europe... King Abdullah also asks how Jews can claim a historic right to Palestine, when Arabs have been the overwhelming majority there for nearly 1300 uninterrupted years? Israel says UN can't be part of probe of deadly attack on post... refusal to conduct a joint investigation will be a slap to UN officials, who have specifically sought to partner with Israel to investigate the bombing." Peter Bouckaert is the emergencies director at Human Rights Watch, and is co-author of the report "Fatal Strikes: Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon". Thousands march in Tel Aviv to protest Lebanon fighting, call on soldiers to refuse taking part in war. Clashes with passersby erupt during event, activists called 'traitors'. "This statement was drafted by U.S. Jews committed to stopping and holding accountable Israel for its destructive policies and practices-most immediately for a halt to the current attacks on Lebanon and Gaza. Our goal is to then publish this statement in the New York Times and other publications." There are in fact many Jewish movements, groups and organizations whose ideology regarding Zionism and the so-called "State of Israel" is that of the unadulterated Torah position that any form of Zionism is heresy and that the existence of the so-called "State of Israel" is illegitimate. News Coverage and Blogs: Updated archive of reports by Robert Fisk, The Independent's award-winning Middle East correspondent, writing from Beirut. The blog of As'ad Abu Khalil, professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at UC, Berkeley. He is originally from Tyre, Lebanon, and has served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Middle East Institute in Washington DC as well as a free-lance Middle East consultant for NBC News and ABC News. A Blog for analysis of Palestinian politics, as well as the posting of relevant articles. |
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