Amnesty International's Report on Israeli War Crimes in Lebanon
Israel began with Cheney. It wanted to be sure that it had his support and the support of his office and the Middle East desk of the National Security Council. After that, persuading Bush was never a problem, and Condi Rice was on board.
American and Israeli officials met in the spring, discussing plans on how to tackle Hizbullah, according to a report published yesterday.
There are two sides to every conflict - unless you rely on the US media for information about the battle in Lebanon. Viewers have been fed a diet of partisan coverage which treats Israel as the good guys and their Hizbollah enemy as the incarnation of evi
"Western discourse seems unable to accommodate a serious, as opposed to cosmetic concern for Palestinians' rights and liberties: The Palestinians are the Indians who refuse to live on the reservation; the Negroes who refuse to sit in the back of the bus."
The targets (children from 3 to 14, an old man in a wheelchair, taxi passengers), the hours-long duration of killings, the number of Marines involved, the careful mop-up--all amount to willful, targeted brutality designed to send a message to Iraqis.
It will hurt innocent people and boost the fortunes of extremists and terrorist thugs throughout the region at a fateful moment when Western diplomats are scrambling to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
One major policy axiom rooted in US foreign policy in relation to Arab and Muslim nations has been the offer of political validation to those governments that choose to normalise with Israel, while displaying utter hostility toward those who opt not to.
Mr. Katz, an Israeli Jew, spoke of more war in Israels and Palestines future because of the ongoing conflict over the Holy Land.
Dina Powell is a UT Graduate Arab American
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