Breaking: Toll from Hezbollah Rockets Fired at Israeli Cities Now 2 Dead, 90 Injured. UN, EU Investigate Condemning Israel.
Just a few of the 12,000 Syrian and Iranian rockets that Hezbollah has set up in southern Lebanon (set up right in front of UN monitors and with full Lebanese support) are now finding their targets in Israel's population centers. The toll is rising quickly:
Katyusha rockets landed in the northern Israeli towns of Karmiel, Hatzor, and Majd el-Kurum, as well as several other communities, throughout the north on Thursday afternoon... At least 90 Israelis have been wounded since the onset of Operation Just Reward Wednesday afternoon. A 70-year-old Safed woman died of her wounds after arriving at the hospital, raising the civilian death toll to two. Hospitals throughout the North were ordered to raise their readiness level to Level Three, the second highest possible.
The Lebanese government committed to the full demilitarization and dismantling of Hezbollah after the United Nations certified that Israel had withdrawn all of Lebanon in 2000. Instead, Lebanon gave Hezbollah free reign to turn southern Lebanon into an arms depot, preparing for the day when they could fire indiscriminately at Israeli civilians.
Of course, when Lebanon promised to disarm a fanatical anti-Israel militia, nobody really believed them. In the same way, nobody had believed that Hezbollah would stop trying to murder Israelis once Israelis left Lebanon. But nonetheless, diplomats and spokespeople were willing to act and talk as if they believed that - and thus is international law conducted in the Middle East.
This would also be a good time to point out that there are considerable efforts being made in the EU and the UN today to find Israel in breach of international law. No word yet on whether or not Lebanon will be condemned for sanctioning and logistically supporting an act of war against Israel or for enabling the indiscriminate bombing of Israeli civilians. And by "no word yet" we mean "there is not a snowball's chance in hell".
Katyusha rockets landed in the northern Israeli towns of Karmiel, Hatzor, and Majd el-Kurum, as well as several other communities, throughout the north on Thursday afternoon... At least 90 Israelis have been wounded since the onset of Operation Just Reward Wednesday afternoon. A 70-year-old Safed woman died of her wounds after arriving at the hospital, raising the civilian death toll to two. Hospitals throughout the North were ordered to raise their readiness level to Level Three, the second highest possible.
The Lebanese government committed to the full demilitarization and dismantling of Hezbollah after the United Nations certified that Israel had withdrawn all of Lebanon in 2000. Instead, Lebanon gave Hezbollah free reign to turn southern Lebanon into an arms depot, preparing for the day when they could fire indiscriminately at Israeli civilians.
Of course, when Lebanon promised to disarm a fanatical anti-Israel militia, nobody really believed them. In the same way, nobody had believed that Hezbollah would stop trying to murder Israelis once Israelis left Lebanon. But nonetheless, diplomats and spokespeople were willing to act and talk as if they believed that - and thus is international law conducted in the Middle East.
This would also be a good time to point out that there are considerable efforts being made in the EU and the UN today to find Israel in breach of international law. No word yet on whether or not Lebanon will be condemned for sanctioning and logistically supporting an act of war against Israel or for enabling the indiscriminate bombing of Israeli civilians. And by "no word yet" we mean "there is not a snowball's chance in hell".
