The Israel PR machine has always pumped out the line that Hezbollah started the Lebanon war last year. The Western media has mainly just accepted that as the fact.
Now, evidence is emerging that, in fact, it was the Israeli who started the War. Only last weekend Haaretz editorialised to that effect.
As Jonathan Cook writes on Anti War.com:
"It has been left to the Israeli media to begin rewriting the history of last summer. Last weekend, an editorial in the liberal Haaretz newspaper went so far as to admit that this was "a war initiated by Israel against a relatively small guerrilla group." Israel's supporters, including high-profile defenders like Alan Dershowitz in the US who claimed that Israel had no choice but to bomb Lebanon, must have been squirming in their seats.
There are several reasons why Haaretz may have reached this new assessment.
Recent reports have revealed that one of the main justifications for Hezbollah's continuing resistance – that Israel failed to withdraw fully from Lebanese territory in 2000 – is now supported by the UN. Last month its cartographers quietly admitted that Lebanon is right in claiming sovereignty over a small fertile area known as the Shebaa Farms, still occupied by Israel. Israel argues that the territory is Syrian and will be returned in future peace talks with Damascus, even though Syria backs Lebanon's position. The UN's admission has been mostly ignored by the international media."
Read this insight to the real background to the dispute and the egregious actions of the Israelis in destroying the homes of innocent Lebanese, indiscriminate bombing and the use of cluster bombs.
Now, evidence is emerging that, in fact, it was the Israeli who started the War. Only last weekend Haaretz editorialised to that effect.
As Jonathan Cook writes on Anti War.com:
"It has been left to the Israeli media to begin rewriting the history of last summer. Last weekend, an editorial in the liberal Haaretz newspaper went so far as to admit that this was "a war initiated by Israel against a relatively small guerrilla group." Israel's supporters, including high-profile defenders like Alan Dershowitz in the US who claimed that Israel had no choice but to bomb Lebanon, must have been squirming in their seats.
There are several reasons why Haaretz may have reached this new assessment.
Recent reports have revealed that one of the main justifications for Hezbollah's continuing resistance – that Israel failed to withdraw fully from Lebanese territory in 2000 – is now supported by the UN. Last month its cartographers quietly admitted that Lebanon is right in claiming sovereignty over a small fertile area known as the Shebaa Farms, still occupied by Israel. Israel argues that the territory is Syrian and will be returned in future peace talks with Damascus, even though Syria backs Lebanon's position. The UN's admission has been mostly ignored by the international media."
Read this insight to the real background to the dispute and the egregious actions of the Israelis in destroying the homes of innocent Lebanese, indiscriminate bombing and the use of cluster bombs.
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