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Just a Few Things About Israel
You know how sports coaches tell you to play your hardest right up to the end of the game? Armies do the same thing. At least, the Israeli Armed Forces do. From the Financial Times:
"The United Nations described as 'shocking and immoral' the fact that Israel dropped well over 90 percent of its cluster munitions in Lebanon during the last three days of the conflict--when it was already clear there would be a cessation of hostilities.”
"Israel intensified its military offensive in southern Lebanon in the 72 hours between Security Resolution 1701 being signed in New York and the ceasefire on August 14.”
"Cluster weapons contain dozens of small explosives which spread over a wide area and are either air-dropped or ground launched. The U.N. said it had identified 359 cluster bomb-strike locations, and that 102,000 unexploded small bombs continued to maim and kill people every day.”
"'Civilians will die disproportionately again, after the war,' [Jan Egeland, U.N. humanitarian chief] said. 'This should not have happened. It’s an outrage.'”
No, I don’t think I’ll be planting any trees in Israel this holiday season. And considering what my brethren did in the war’s last days, I don’t think I have much to atone for later this month. I do think I’ll up my contribution to Doctors Without Borders, though--in the hopes that Jewish doctors will be treating Lebanese children. Now that’s heartwarming!
"The United Nations described as 'shocking and immoral' the fact that Israel dropped well over 90 percent of its cluster munitions in Lebanon during the last three days of the conflict--when it was already clear there would be a cessation of hostilities.”
"Israel intensified its military offensive in southern Lebanon in the 72 hours between Security Resolution 1701 being signed in New York and the ceasefire on August 14.”
"Cluster weapons contain dozens of small explosives which spread over a wide area and are either air-dropped or ground launched. The U.N. said it had identified 359 cluster bomb-strike locations, and that 102,000 unexploded small bombs continued to maim and kill people every day.”
"'Civilians will die disproportionately again, after the war,' [Jan Egeland, U.N. humanitarian chief] said. 'This should not have happened. It’s an outrage.'”
No, I don’t think I’ll be planting any trees in Israel this holiday season. And considering what my brethren did in the war’s last days, I don’t think I have much to atone for later this month. I do think I’ll up my contribution to Doctors Without Borders, though--in the hopes that Jewish doctors will be treating Lebanese children. Now that’s heartwarming!
