Something... and Half of Something

The soldiers' vehicles was shot at as well as bombed and evidence from the scene showed that some and perhaps all of the soldiers were wounded. They were held incommunicado by the Hizbullah in an unknown location, in gross violation of international law. Hizbullah denied the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other parties permission to visit them and to learn at first hand about their state of health and the conditions they were held in.

Still ringing in my ears is the voice of Walid Jumblatt, chairman of the (Druze) Socialist Progressive Party and member of the Lebanese parliament who issued the following statement in praise of the homicide bomber:

"It is an act of belief and it is the correct path, because the fall of one Jew, whether soldier or civilian, is a great accomplishment in times of decline, subservience, and submissiveness, as a way to undermine the plan to 'Jewify' all of Palestine."

Jumblatt's made this statement in January of 2004, only days before the bodies of three IDF soldiers were returned to Israel.
Since the IDF Withdrawal in May of 2000, terrorists from Southern Lebanon have been responsible for:

- 105 anti-aircraft attacks
- 42 anti-tank missile attacks
- 5 Katyusha rocket attacks
- 7 shooting attacks
- 10 explosive device attacks
- 14 infiltration attempts
- 4 kidnappings
- 8 Soldiers killed
- 46 Soldiers wounded
- 4 severely wounded
- 7 moderately wounded
- 7 lightly to moderately wounded
- 25 lightly wounded
- 6 very lightly wounded
- 6 Civilians killed
- 14 Civilians wounded

Still ringing in my ears is the voice of Sheik Muhammad Al-Zein, a Friday preacher at Al-'Omari Mosque in Sidon, Lebanon who, on July 22, 2004 called on arabs to kill more Israelis:

"I call to our brothers, the Intifada youths, whether from Hamas, [Islamic] Jihad, or Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades to rise above internal conflict and raise the banner of Jihad and martyrdom for the sake of Allah in order to contend with the Israeli enemy… "We cannot confront this entity in familiar ways of politics and negotiation, calling for peace and other conventional ways. The struggle should be … through resistance and martyrdom, by which we can achieve balance with the Zionist entity…"

Still ringing in my ears is the voice of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi who, on August 19, 2004 justified the murder of Israelis in the following statement:

I was very clear: Anyone defending his right, his land, his money, and his religion and gets killed is a martyr. Anyone who blows himself up amongst the enemy that wants to kill him and he can find no means of defending himself except blowing himself up amongst these soldiers who are occupying his land and destroying his home, and so he blows himself up amongst these aggressive soldiers, is a Shahid, Shahid, Shahid."

Of course, in the event that Israel does defend itself, The United Nations can be counted on to condemn Israel for doing so:

9 September 2004 – The top United Nations envoy for the Middle East today condemned the killing of Palestinian civilians and the wounding of many more in Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip over the last two days and called on the Government of Israel to avoid using disproportionate force in crowded areas.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Terje Roed-Larsen, said he was particularly disturbed to hear that two children were among those killed.

Sending his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, the envoy called on Israel "to abide by its obligation under international humanitarian law to avoid the use of disproportionate force in densely populated areas and to protect the civilian population."

Sincere condolences? Yeah. Right.

It appears that one of primary goals of The United Nations is to be sure that Israel does not defend itself against any attacks by any arab nation. And so, along with uniforms and vehicles, the UN continues to provide protection to Hizbullah terrorists who operate in South Lebanon, and continues to assist them in their goal to kill Jews and destroy Israel.

Cross-posted at IsraPundit