The Unknown Candidate: When Will We All Learn?

Sunday, August 13, 2006

When Will We All Learn?

Of the current Israel/Hezbollah war, Uri Avnery writes:

"...THE MAIN lesson of the war, beyond all military analysis, lies in the five words we inscribed on our banner from the very first day: "There is no military solution!"

Even a strong army cannot defeat a guerilla organization, because the guerilla is a political phenomenon. Perhaps the opposite is true: the stronger the army, the better equipped with advanced technology, the smaller are its chances of winning such a confrontation. Our conflict - in the North, the Center and the South - is a political conflict, and can only be resolved by political means. The army is the instrument worst suited for that.

The war has proved that Hizbullah is a strong opponent, and any political solution in the North must include it. Since Syria is its strong ally, it must also be included. The settlement must be worthwhile for them too, otherwise it will not last.

The price is the return of the Golan Heights.

What is true in the North is also true in the South. The army will not defeat the Palestinians, because such a victory is altogether impossible. For the good of the army, it must be extricated from the quagmire.

If that now enters the consciousness of the Israeli public, something good may yet have come out of this war."

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Photo credit: (taken on 13 July 2006) by Gush Shalom

If you have been led to believe, as the mainstream press has reported, that Israeli's are 100% behind the Israeli/Hezbollah war, read on:

Israelis Protest: "We Will Not Die and Will Not Kill in the Service of the United States"
"200 people protested against the bombing of Lebanon in Tel Aviv just hours after it started on Wednesday, 13 July 2006. 600-800 people protested on Sunday, 17 July 2006, through the streets of Tel Aviv. The Tel Aviv demonstration against the war grew to 2,500 on Saturday, 22 July 2006, according to Haaretz...."