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"Arab Americans Say Israel Targeting Civilians, Urge Ceasefire"
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
July 20, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - Several members of Congress and the Arab American Institute Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire on the part of Israeli military forces in Lebanon. They accused Israel of targeting civilians and their civilized infrastructure, not Hizballah.

"The capture of Israeli soldiers by a Palestinian extremist group and [Hizballah] have served only to aggravate an already volatile situation, providing Israel with the pretext to justify its now three week old destructive campaign in Gaza and its massive devastation of Lebanon's infrastructure," James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, wrote in an op-ed in the Detroit Free Press Tuesday. "Self-defense is one thing, but collective punishment is quite another matter."

Zogby elaborated Wednesday in Washington, D.C., saying that Hizballah was created because Israel chose to use military force instead of diplomatic efforts in 1982.

"What we learned in '82, what we should have learned in '82 is that if we don't solve the political issues that are underlying this crisis then ultimately those political issues and the anger and the despair that they cause will morph into other forms and come back and haunt you in the long term," Zogby said.

"We believe diplomacy still has an important role to play," he added.

U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who is also Lebanese American, conceded that "Hizballah has been a cancer on Lebanon for a long time." But, he added: "We are not giving Israel a green light. All the parties are calling for a ceasefire, but we have to be realistic. You can't just have a ceasefire on one side."

"It is not in the world's interest for this conflict to continue, because if it continues it will only escalate," said U.S. Rep. James Moran (D-Va.). The Lebanese people are suffering and the majority of them have nothing to do with the conflict that is ensuing.""

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
"Hezbollah's Dangerous Ball Bearings"
By Michael Kraft

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In a rather unusual story, the Reuters new agency reported that the Human Rights Watch criticized Hezbollah’s practice of packing ball bearings into the rockets it fires at Israel as a violation of international humanitarian law and probable war crimes.

The Reuters report said that some of the Kutyusha rockets fired into Haifa Sunday and Monday contained hundreds of metal ball bearings that are of limited use against military targets but “cause great harm to civilians and civilian property. The ball bearings lodge in the body and cause serious harm.”

The Human Rights Watch, in a statement issued yesterday in New York, said “ attacking civilian areas indiscriminately is a serious violation of international law and can constitute a war crime….Hezbollah’s use of warheads that have limited military use and cause grievous suffering to victims only makes the crime worse.”

The story was unusual in that it was one of the few that have reported that the terrorist groups attacking Israelis are not using only explosives but also pieces of metal intended to deliberately cause pain and suffering to victims who are not killed outright. The Hamas makers of the suicide bomb belts routinely pack the bombs with nuts and bolts and nails. There also have been reports that the metal fragments are sometimes dipped into a pesticide, in order to maximize the damage to the victims and make it more difficult for doctors to effectively treat their patients. However there has been little public reporting in the western media of this tactic, which causes torture to the victims who survive the original blast and additional agony for their families and friends."

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http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/07/19/us-muslim-group-accuses-israel-of-state-terrorism/

"US Muslim Group Accuses Israel of State Terrorism"
July 19, 2006
Vox Populi, Jim Kouri
by Jim Kouri, CPP

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the international community to intervene after at least 12 Lebanese civilians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli attack on a convoy fleeing threats to destroy their village.

The fleeing civilians had reportedly sought protection from UN peacekeeping forces in the area, but had been turned away, according to American Muslims.

In a statement, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said:

“The international community must respond to this latest massacre of Lebanese men, women and children by taking concrete action to protect that nation’s civilian population and infrastructure from attack.

“Israel has stated clearly, and demonstrated through violent actions, that it is attacking civilian targets in Lebanon in order to achieve a political goal. This is the very definition of state terrorism.

“Our nation cannot maintain credibility in condemning acts of terror carried out by individuals and groups, while offering diplomatic cover and material support to a state that is engaged in a brutal campaign against an entire civilian population,” said CAIR’s Ibrahim Hooper.

Meanwhile, CAIR, considered the largest group in the US representing Muslims, has not issued a press release or made statements condemning Hezbollah or Hamas for their acts of terrorism that triggered Israel’s military response. They did, however, schedule press conferences in cities throughout the country in order to criticize President Bush for not pressuring Israel to cease fire."