Posted by David Bernstein: Israel-Lebanon Roundup: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2006_07_23-2006_07_29.shtml#1154093713
[1]Krauthammer is must-read. Richard Cohen's [2]blood is boiling. Efraim Inbar, on the more lucid Israeli scholars on strategic issues, [3]says Israel needs to be going after Syria. In a "flying pig" moment, a U.N. official [4]criticizes Hezbollah for hiding behind civilians. [5]Yalla Ya Nasrallah. An appropriately militant, and quite catchy, Hebrew YouTube music video. CNN reports that Haifa, targeted by Hezbollah missles, is a "ghost town." The media reports that Haifa is "Israel's third-largest city," but neglects the context that Israel only has five or six large cities (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Tiberias, Be'ersheva, Ashdod, and Haifa). To get perspective, imagine if CNN was reporting that California is a deserted ghost town. [6]Hezbollah dating service (humor). I can't vouch for its authenticity, but [7]this footage shows U.N. ambulances in Gaza giving a lift to Palestinian terrorists in the middle of a battle. But a U.N. force will keep the peace in Lebanon. Right. As [8]this article among others I've seen suggests, Israel has a substantial fifth column problem with a significant percentage of its Arab population. I don't think Israeli Jews are going to forget all the sympathy expressed for Nasrallah, and the impact on Jewish-Arab relations will be severe. Israeli Jews can forgive Israeli Arabs for sympathizing with their Palestinian relatives living under occupation, but not for sympathizing with Lebanese Shiites who attack Israel gratuitously. Look for more and more Israelis to insist that any future Palestinian state include Arab towns near the border. References 1. http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/krauthammer072806.php3 2. http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=865 3. http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=856 4. http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=860 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WxQcWNHmAo 6. http://www.jewlicious.com/?p=2475 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqGjz7iJTns&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efriendsofmicronesia%2Ecom%2Farchives%2F001394%2Ehtml 8. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/743227.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
