This happens all the time. Whenever Israel runs a strictly military investigation into an operation that it carries out, it looks for any propaganda lie to shift blame to the opposing party for creating the mess. There are a lot of people out there, though, that can see through this web of lies and deception. First, consider that Israel's intelligence is, sadly, one of the best in the world, and there is no way that such faulty intel can be brought up every single time that Israel has been exposed at killing innocent civilians. Also consider that once a bomb is launched, or a missile is launched, there can be no such "accidental deaths" or "collateral damage" (a phrase that Robert Fisk completely rejects) that result from this. The missile or bomb is either fired or not, and the consequences must be accepted.
It is often argued that a justification for Israel's continued atrocities against the Palestinians and Lebanese, and other Arabs, is that the Arabs must be held accountable for what they do. What about Israel? For you know that Israel itself has brought up suicide bombings in the first place, even though they are all in all despicable. Then there's the question of accountability. When Israel will ever escape from accountability remains to be seen, because it has done more than its fair share of torture and bombast against the Palestinian people.
But what do I mean by Israel's not holding accountability? Consider a case in point: that of the second Qana massacre. While it is popularly held that Israel received intel that rockets were indeed fired from Qana, and that there were Hizbullah militants. However, Israel's own newspapers debunk the IAF's official report on the Qana investigation, which found that it was "Hizbullah's fault" that the civilians died, not Israel's. First, according to Ha'aretz, no rockets were fired from Qana:
But there's more to it than that. While Israel continues its rejectionist stance (i.e. denying any moral responsibility for any of its crimes, ever since its inception up to and including the present day), Israel still does its worst. Media agencies in Lebanon, according to Reporters Sans Frontieres, have been hit by Israeli air strikes in an indiscriminate fashion. Much of Lebanon and Palestine's civilian infrastructure was damaged. To make myself clear, I acknowledge the dead innocents in Israeli towns as a result of Hizbullah rocket fire, and I acknowledge that these acts, too, are despicable. I, however, strongly condemn Israel's wanton aggression as much as if not more than I condemn that of the militants on my "side".
According to Stephen Lendman, who has done some diligent research into providing this article that I have presented, the world has waited too long to finally call a spade a spade and put words into action by holding Israeli military and political officials accountable for Israel's actions against largely defenseless populations. But Lendman brings up exactly WHY Israel will never hold itself accountable. Zionists are of the belief that the Jews are "God's Chosen People", and that regardless of their actions, it is the Godly Jewish people who will be saved in the Last Days. This can only be attained by gathering all the Jews in "Zion" (Palestine and beyond, from Nile to Euphrates, but I'm sure you heard this "religious" nutcase talk before). Therefore, any land taken from the Arabs is not stealing, and any Arab life lost at the expense of taking more territory is not to be atoned for, and any resource taken from the Arabs is not going to harm anyone. It's just that Israel's leading figures have attained a prison-guard mentality, which was attained from the notion that the whole world is "out to get them (the Jews)".
Whatever it is, Israel must be held accountable, and there is no question in that. I will also see to it that those on "my" side are held accountable for what they have done to innocent Israelis as well. That way, justice will be served and peace will finally be restored. As for this Lebanon investigation, I'm holding my breath. If Peretz is as good as his word, I am sure it will draw up a rosy picture of Israel, defending itself from "Hizbullah terrorists". But if anything, while I could count Israel's report, I will view it with the same skepticism I would view any biased report absolving all blame from the said side that committed an alleged action. There is no doubt that the suicide bombers who blow themselves up and killing innocent Israelis in the process in Israeli towns and cities are Palestinian, but there is also no doubt that those who are killing Palestinian innocents day by day in West Bank towns and cities are Israeli. A spade is a spade. It's time for Israel to realize that.
Salaam, from
Saracen
It is often argued that a justification for Israel's continued atrocities against the Palestinians and Lebanese, and other Arabs, is that the Arabs must be held accountable for what they do. What about Israel? For you know that Israel itself has brought up suicide bombings in the first place, even though they are all in all despicable. Then there's the question of accountability. When Israel will ever escape from accountability remains to be seen, because it has done more than its fair share of torture and bombast against the Palestinian people.
But what do I mean by Israel's not holding accountability? Consider a case in point: that of the second Qana massacre. While it is popularly held that Israel received intel that rockets were indeed fired from Qana, and that there were Hizbullah militants. However, Israel's own newspapers debunk the IAF's official report on the Qana investigation, which found that it was "Hizbullah's fault" that the civilians died, not Israel's. First, according to Ha'aretz, no rockets were fired from Qana:
"It now appears that the military had no information on rockets launched from the site of the building, or the presence of Hezbollah men at the time. The Israel Defense Forces had said after the deadly air-strike that many rockets had been launched from Qana. However, it changed its version on Monday."Common Dreams reports that
"No weapons were found in the building that was hit."Also, according to Dahr Jamail, who was surprisingly covering the war on the spot at the time,
"Red Cross workers and residents of Qana, where Israeli bombing killed at least 60 civilians, have told IPS that no Hezbollah rockets were launched from the city before the Israeli air strike."Even though the IAF released a video which showed that rockets were fired from Qana, the video was most likely out of date, and was used as an excuse to bomb the city anyways.
But there's more to it than that. While Israel continues its rejectionist stance (i.e. denying any moral responsibility for any of its crimes, ever since its inception up to and including the present day), Israel still does its worst. Media agencies in Lebanon, according to Reporters Sans Frontieres, have been hit by Israeli air strikes in an indiscriminate fashion. Much of Lebanon and Palestine's civilian infrastructure was damaged. To make myself clear, I acknowledge the dead innocents in Israeli towns as a result of Hizbullah rocket fire, and I acknowledge that these acts, too, are despicable. I, however, strongly condemn Israel's wanton aggression as much as if not more than I condemn that of the militants on my "side".
According to Stephen Lendman, who has done some diligent research into providing this article that I have presented, the world has waited too long to finally call a spade a spade and put words into action by holding Israeli military and political officials accountable for Israel's actions against largely defenseless populations. But Lendman brings up exactly WHY Israel will never hold itself accountable. Zionists are of the belief that the Jews are "God's Chosen People", and that regardless of their actions, it is the Godly Jewish people who will be saved in the Last Days. This can only be attained by gathering all the Jews in "Zion" (Palestine and beyond, from Nile to Euphrates, but I'm sure you heard this "religious" nutcase talk before). Therefore, any land taken from the Arabs is not stealing, and any Arab life lost at the expense of taking more territory is not to be atoned for, and any resource taken from the Arabs is not going to harm anyone. It's just that Israel's leading figures have attained a prison-guard mentality, which was attained from the notion that the whole world is "out to get them (the Jews)".
Whatever it is, Israel must be held accountable, and there is no question in that. I will also see to it that those on "my" side are held accountable for what they have done to innocent Israelis as well. That way, justice will be served and peace will finally be restored. As for this Lebanon investigation, I'm holding my breath. If Peretz is as good as his word, I am sure it will draw up a rosy picture of Israel, defending itself from "Hizbullah terrorists". But if anything, while I could count Israel's report, I will view it with the same skepticism I would view any biased report absolving all blame from the said side that committed an alleged action. There is no doubt that the suicide bombers who blow themselves up and killing innocent Israelis in the process in Israeli towns and cities are Palestinian, but there is also no doubt that those who are killing Palestinian innocents day by day in West Bank towns and cities are Israeli. A spade is a spade. It's time for Israel to realize that.
Salaam, from
Saracen
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