Hizbullah: Countdown has begun to end of Zionist entity
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YNETSenior Hizbullah official: If a mere organization succeeded in
defeating Israel, why would Arab nations not succeed in doing so?
Roee NahmiasPreliminary implications: As the war reaches an end, more and more
worrisome voices are heard from Arab nations, asking loudly and
boldly if the 'triumph' against Israel in Lebanon will advance 'the
day in which Israel will disappear'.Ahmed Barakat, a member of Hizbullah's central council, said in an
interview to Qatari newspaper al-Watan that "Today Arab and Muslim
society is reasonably certain that the defeat of Israel is possible
and that countdown to the disappearance of the Zionist entity in the
region has begun."According to Barakat, "This is the reason that Shimon Peres said it
was a life or death battle and this is why the triumph of the
resistance is the beginning of the death of the Israeli enemy. For,
if a mere organization succeeded in defeating Israel , why would Arab
nations not succeed in doing so if they allied? Many Arabs and
Muslims viewed Israel in a fictional way and the resistance has
succeeded in changing this."When asked how the resistance (aka Nasrallah) succeeded in achieving
this victory, he answered: "Our fighters emerged from the Islamic
traditions they read about. Moshe Dayan said 'I know that Arabs don't
read' but they read very well.""As Nasrallah likes to say: Regarding the Israeli issue, forgive me,
but I don't think anyone knows about it more than us...and therefore,
in terms of a deep understanding of Israeli culture, society,
economy, psychology, military and media, the resistance has vast
experience. This is in addition to the Islamic tradition that our
fighters rely on, and which they strive towards: a general ambition -
a triumph for the Ummah (Islamic nation), and a personal ambition -
to be shahids," he elaborated.Barakat further stated that none of the Hizbullah leadership was hurt
and that the organization retains plenty of rockets and other
'surprises' for use the day after victory. He declared that the
inventory would allow the organization to operate from afar and
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An unmitigated disaster
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Caroline Glick (JPost.com)There is a good reason that Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah has
accepted UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which sets the terms
for a cease-fire between his jihad army and the State of Israel.The resolution represents a near-total victory for Hizbullah and its
state sponsors Iran and Syria, and an unprecedented defeat for Israel
and its ally the United States. This fact is evident both in the text
of the resolution and in the very fact that the US decided to sponsor
a cease-fire resolution before Israel had dismantled or seriously
degraded Hizbullah's military capabilities.While the resolution was not passed under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter
and so does not have the authority of law, in practice it makes it
all but impossible for Israel to defend itself against Hizbullah
aggression without being exposed to international condemnation on an
unprecedented scale.This is the case first of all because the resolution places
responsibility for determining compliance in the hands of UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Annan has distinguished himself as a
man capable only of condemning Israel for its acts of self-defense
while ignoring the fact that in attacking Israel, its enemies are
guilty of war crimes. By empowering Annan to evaluate compliance, the
resolution all but ensures that Hizbullah will not be forced to
disarm and that Israel will be forced to give up the right to defend
itself.READ THIS FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2006/aug/g6.htm
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A spirit of absolute folly
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By Ari Shavit Haaretz
12 August 2006In the difficult summer of 2006, the State of Israel is declaring in
astonishment: They surprised us. They surprised us in a big way. They
surprised us with Katyushas and they surprised us with the Al-Fajr
rockets and they surprised us with the Zelzal missiles. They
surprised us with anti-tank missiles. And they surprised us with the
operational skill of the anti-tank squads. They surprised us with the
bunkers and the camouflage.They surprised us with the command and monitoring. They surprised us
with strategy, fighting ability and a fighting spirit. They surprised
us with the astonishing power that a small death-army with low
technology and high religious motivation can have.However, more than they surprised us in Summer 2006 with the strength
of Hezbollah, they surprised us this summer with our own weakness.
They surprised us with ourselves. They surprised us with the low
level of national leadership. They surprised us with scandalous
strategic bumbling.They surprised us with the lack of vision, lack of creativity and
lack of determination on the part of the senior military command.
They surprised us with faulty intelligence and a delusionary
logistical network and improper preparedness for war. They surprised
us with the fact that the Israeli war machine is not what it once
was. While we were celebrating it became rusty.Its slowness to react is dangerous. Its caution is a recipe for
disaster. Its attempt to prevent bloodshed is costing a great deal of
bloodshed. So that now of all times, just when the forces are moving
toward south Lebanon, there is no escaping the question of where we
went wrong. It is so that Israel will be able to achieve a
last-minute victory and so that the troops will be able to achieve
their goals and so the soldiers will be able to return home safely,
that we must ask already now: What happened to us?What the hell happened to us?
A simple thing happened: We were drugged by political correctness.
The political correctness that has come to dominate Israeli discourse
and Israeli awareness in the past generation was totally divorced
from the Israeli situation.</B> It did not have the tools to deal
with the reality of an existential conflict. It did not have the
tools to deal with a reality of an inter-religious and inter-cultural
conflict. That is why it focused entirely on the Palestinian issue.It made the baseless assumption that the occupation is the source of
evil. It assumed that it is the occupation that is preventing peace
and causing unrest and perpetuating the instability.READ THIS FULL ARTICLE: