Neighbors Smell Blood in Israeli Cease-Fire Acceptance

Arutzsheva News ^ | 8/13/06 | Ezra HaLevi

[silentknight]

Neighbors Smell Blood in Israeli Cease-Fire Acceptance 16:53 Aug 13, '06 / 19 Av 5766 by Ezra HaLevi

Arabs and Muslims from Iran, Hizbullah and the PA are celebrating Israel’s acceptance of the UN ceasefire, dubbing it a "surrender" and calling on Arab states to attack the new "weak" Israel.

[RightWhale]

Any signs of being reasonable and kindness is interpreted as weakness to these war mongers

That much is clear. They start their mouths running even before the ceasefire begins. But, the final battle is not yet. It would be wise leadership to wait so the call to war is given once and with full support of 80% rather than going often at each minor aggravation and vexation with tepid support of 20%.

[johniegrad]

17:44 Beirut official: Cabinet meeting on deploying Lebanese troops indefinitely postponed (AP)

That should have its own thread in breaking news!!

[AIC]

Their propaganda of winning is the only winning they did. Hezbollah accepted the U.N. resolution as well. The fighting hasn't stop. If Lebanon and the U.N. forces don't disarm Hezbollah, I really don't see where there will be a win at all because Israel will not move back until that happens.

[silentknight]

Yeppers

[montag813]

I really hope we don't find out later, as some DC friends have suggested to me, that Israel was put under major pressure from Rice and the White House to accept the cease fire, given that anti-Hizbollah forces had "lost the P.R. battle". Not that this excuses Olmert for betraying his nation, but we should really know better. Qana was a fraud. The "UN post" Israel bombed was a Hizbollah base. Hizbollah is not a state but a terrorist organization, yet were addressed as a sovereign entity in the resolution. SO many horrible precedents were permitted by the U.S. and Israel in this conflict, that will surely come back to haunt us all in the very near future.

[sirchtruth]

I really don't see where there will be a win at all because Israel will not move back until that happens.

That's news to me, is that in the CF agreement? Do the troops get to stay in Lebanon?

[GeorgiaDawg32]

agreed, but Israel will face the additional battle of going THROUGH the Lebanese army and other "peacekeepers" to GET to hizzzzzbullah..

[veronica]

Israel has always found a great leader in times of strife. A lion. A Sharon, Dayan, or Meir. At this point I can only pray that God sends another. And soon. Of course the Arabs are famous for throwing down a load of "we won" PR BS, as they are ultimate bargain basement hagglers.

[sirchtruth]

17:44 Beirut official: Cabinet meeting on deploying Lebanese troops indefinitely postponed (AP)

So, what does this mean?

[Daveinyork]

Churchill famously said of the 1938 Munich accord that forced Czechoslovakia to cede Sudetenland to Germany something like: "We had to chose between peace and honor. We chose dishonor, we shall have war."

[SkyPilot]

I am sure that once Hezbullah gets the Sudetenland, they will have no more territorial ambitions.

[DejaJude]

Do Muslims watch Star Trek?

[EmilTheTerrible]

Exactly right.. Money is the potential difference between any two entities. Follow the money.

[NELSON111]

Yes here we go again. Any signs of being reasonable and kindness is interpreted as weakness to these war mongers.The cease fire will last until the terrorist rearm.As a fill in for Limbaugh said (I think it was Roger Hedgecock) Muslim for cease fire is reload.

Yep...they view these matters like the truce of Hudaybiyya. We just don't get it. Our leaders don't get it...our diplomats don't get it...

BUT...the Hezbollahs don't want to lay down their arms and have cancelled the meeting for the Lebanese Cabinet meeting. Maybe Iran has given them assurances that now is the time to take them on. Hmmmmm.

[sully777]

As posted elsewhere Terms such as ceasefire and Lebanon are semantic word games with the muslim extremists.

[Uncle Hal]

I agree, it looks like an Israeli surrender. In the past wars, the Jewish state has not stopped until they got the job done. Olmert appears to be a weak appeaser. How this plays out over the next few weeks is going to be very crucial for Israel. Right now things do not look good. I have not heard much from Bibi. I would guess he is not for this cease fire. I expect we will be vocal on this matter.

[expatpat]

Olmert is in the Center party, with Labour to the left and Likud to the right. H'aaretz is for Labour.

[mvpel]

Recently-released photograph of Hizbullah central council member Ahmed Barakat:

[Sam Cree]

I finally figured that out. Thank you.

[BigFinn]

Hizbullah central council member Ahmed Barakat told Qatari newspaper al-Watan Sunday, "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…

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