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While [G8 leaders] must urge Israel to show restraint in the face of terrorist provocations to draw it into war, it is imperative that they also flex their enormous economic and political muscle to persuade the Lebanese government to clamp down on radical militias, and the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority to renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist."
— The Toronto Star, 14/7/06
Now French President Jacques Chirac is using unusually strong language to suggest that Israel, not Hizbullah, was undermining the new government in Beirut. “One may well ask if there isn't today a kind of wish to destroy Lebanon—its infrastructure, its roads, its communications, its energy, its airport,” Chirac told French television. “I find honestly, as all Europeans do, that the current reactions are totally disproportionate.”
It’s not clear which Europeans Chirac means. After all, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters at a joint press conference with President Bush earlier this week that it was vital to remember what the root cause of the conflict was: Hizbullah. “It’s most important for the Israeli government to be strengthened,” she said, “but it’s also clearly shown that these incursions, such as the kidnapping of soldiers, is not acceptable.” While Merkel said everyone should use “proportionate means” in the conflict, she said the pressure should not be applied to Israel, but on “those who started these attacks in the first place.”
— Newsweek online, 14/7/06
People here know what it feels like to live in a besieged city that is being attacked where militia groups are in charge and there are gunmen on the streets. The Lebanese know that perhaps better than anyone else.
Those we’ve spoken to are divided about the crisis.
Although it might seem unusual, some of them support this Israeli offensive against Hezbollah because they have had enough of the Shiite militant group.
The opinions generally falls along sectarian lines. Many Christians in Beirut don’t support Hezbollah and are generally favorable of this operation. Others, mostly Shiites, oppose it.
— NBC News, 14/7/06
Iran is one of Hezbollah’s principal backers along with Syria, providing weapons, money and political support. Many believe Iran and Syria are fueling the battle to show their strength in the region.
— Associated Press, 16/7/06
— The Toronto Star, 14/7/06
Now French President Jacques Chirac is using unusually strong language to suggest that Israel, not Hizbullah, was undermining the new government in Beirut. “One may well ask if there isn't today a kind of wish to destroy Lebanon—its infrastructure, its roads, its communications, its energy, its airport,” Chirac told French television. “I find honestly, as all Europeans do, that the current reactions are totally disproportionate.”
It’s not clear which Europeans Chirac means. After all, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters at a joint press conference with President Bush earlier this week that it was vital to remember what the root cause of the conflict was: Hizbullah. “It’s most important for the Israeli government to be strengthened,” she said, “but it’s also clearly shown that these incursions, such as the kidnapping of soldiers, is not acceptable.” While Merkel said everyone should use “proportionate means” in the conflict, she said the pressure should not be applied to Israel, but on “those who started these attacks in the first place.”
— Newsweek online, 14/7/06
People here know what it feels like to live in a besieged city that is being attacked where militia groups are in charge and there are gunmen on the streets. The Lebanese know that perhaps better than anyone else.
Those we’ve spoken to are divided about the crisis.
Although it might seem unusual, some of them support this Israeli offensive against Hezbollah because they have had enough of the Shiite militant group.
The opinions generally falls along sectarian lines. Many Christians in Beirut don’t support Hezbollah and are generally favorable of this operation. Others, mostly Shiites, oppose it.
— NBC News, 14/7/06
Iran is one of Hezbollah’s principal backers along with Syria, providing weapons, money and political support. Many believe Iran and Syria are fueling the battle to show their strength in the region.
— Associated Press, 16/7/06
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