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30. Jul 2006

Libanesiske reaktioner på massakren i Qana

 
Rampurple har et roundup, hvorfra vi citerer et par stykker.
Fra Beirut Spring:

Whenever Israel loses militarily, it likes to take it on powerless babies. It couldn't defeat a bunch of guerrillas in a couple of small towns with its "mighty" army, so it decided to take the cowardly route.

They want to "teach us a lesson" by bombing a clear civilian target with women and handicapped babies in Qana. So far, 30 babies are dead in this all-too-familiar massacre, and some are stuck in the rubbles because Israelis refused to allow humanitarian assistance to reach Southern towns.
(...)
A word to Condoleezza Rice: I would rather die before I see the day we shake hands with those monsters.

Fra Beirut Note:

One more time, Israel turned life into death in the village of Qana where Christ supposedly attended a wedding and turned water into wine.
The Israelis massacred, butchered, tore the limbs of at least 51 people including 22 children.
The democratic state of Israel, the moral state of Israel is burning Lebanese children alive to the god of Zionism.

Ten years ago Israel massacred more than 100 refugees in a UN base in Qana. And Israel went unpunished.

Lebanese kids are inferior, aren’t they? They do not matter to Western societies. Israel can kill as it pleases and wishes, and it is always unintentional.

Fra Blogging the Middle East:

Unbelievable. I am speechless. I woke up and have been watching on TV body after body of children being pulled out from the rubble of a house in Qana where women and children had taken shelter. So far the toll stands at 53, most of them children.

I won’t say more. Footage of the massacre is worth a thousand words. If you have Al-Jazeera you might be able to see some of it. Some pics are also available here.

The Lebanese government has rejected to sit down for any NEGOTIATIONS until complete, unconditional ceasefire is in place, and has refused to welcome Condoleezza Rice.
(Som dette skrives, har angrebet foreløbig kostet 56 mennesker livet, heraf 34 børn.)

Hvad der er bemærkelsesværdigt her er, at folk som manden bag Beirut Spring hidtil har været meget moderate, anti-Hizbollah og fredeligt indstillede overfor Israel.

Hvad der også er bemærkelsesværdigt er, at selv så massiv en offensiv som den igangværende har været en eklatant militær fiasko for Israel: Libanons infrastruktur ligger i ruiner og hundreder af civile er døde, men Hizbollah er stærkere end nogensinde før - og skyder stadig raketter ind over Israel.

Hvad er løsningen nu - endnu hårdere offensiv?

Næppe. Den israelske regering udtrykker nu "deep regret" over angrebet på Qana, læser vi i Ha'aretz:
"Israel deeply regrets, is greatly saddened, by this attack on innocent civilians in Lebanon. Israel takes full responsibility and is going to start an open investigation to find out how this happened," government spokeswoman Miri Eisin said.
Der er selvfølgelig bare nogle ting, som det er lidt sent at fortryde, når først de er sket. I øjeblikket må den israelske se at håndtere den situation, den har bragt sig selv i: Militært nederlag og moralsk fallit. Måske et modicum af selverkendelse ville gøre en forskel?

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