Hundreds protest Lebanon offensive in Tel Aviv

[sabra]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292027146&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hundreds protest Lebanon offensive in Tel Aviv

Hundreds of people gathered in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on Saturday evening to protest Israel's offensive in Lebanon.

A large number of the protesters were affiliated with women's peace groups, Channel 2 reported.

[babylonsister]

1. Oops!

:blush: :hi:

[bemildred]

2. The OP agrees with what I see when I pull it up. nt

[babylonsister]

3. Yep! Mea culpa. nt

[bemildred]

4. Hey, you meant well.

:hug:

[Robbien]

5. Israel is like the US, the people of Israel run from far right to far left

and all shades inbetween.

Good to see those who support peace are out there marching.

[anotherdrew]

6. they'll just keep getting bigger too

http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en

BACK TO 1982

THEN: The war was prepared well in advance.
THIS TIME: The same.

THEN: We went to war only to protect "the Peace of Galilee".
THIS TIME: We go to war to protect Haifa and Afula, too.

THEN: We waited for a provocation (the attempt on the life of Ambassador Argov).
THIS TIME: We waited for a provocation (the capture of two soldiers).

THEN: "We shall advance only 40 KM in order to eliminate the Katyushas."
THIS TIME: "We shall advance only a few kilometers in order to eliminate the rockets."

THEN: Sharon acted behind the back of the cabinet.
THIS TIME: Olmert-Peretz-Halutz act behind the back of the ministers.

THEN: We destroyed Lebanon.
THIS TIME: We are destroying Lebanon.

THEN: Only the PLO profited from the war. A few years later they returned to Palestine.
THIS TIME: Only Hezbollah will profit from the war. Their prestige in the Arab world increases every day.

THEN: We were stuck in the quagmire for 18 years.

FOR HOW LONG SHALL WE BE STUCK THIS TIME?
Large ad published in Haaretz, 26.7.06

===
http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1154197701">In the Gunsight: Syria! or: A Nice Little War
by Uri Avnery
29-7-06

IT IS the old story about the losing gambler: he cannot stop. He continues to play, in order to win his losses back. He continues to lose and continues to gamble, until he has lost everything: his ranch, his wife, his shirt.

The same thing happens in the biggest gamble of all: war. The leaders that start a war and get stuck in the mud are compelled to fight their way ever deeper into the mud. That is a part of the very essence of war: it is impossible to stop after a failure. Public opinion demands the promised victory. Incompetent generals need to cover up their failure. Military commentators and other armchair strategists demand a massive offensive. Cynical politicians are riding the wave. The government is carried away by the flood that they themselves have let loose.

That is what happened this week, following the battle of Bint-Jbeil, which the Arabs have already started to call proudly Nasrallahgrad. All over Israel the cry goes up: Get into it! Quicker! Further! Deeper!

A day after the bloody battle, the cabinet decided on a massive mobilization of the reserves. What for? The ministers do not know. But it does not depend on them anymore, nor on the generals. The political and military leadership is tossed about on the waves of war like a boat without a rudder.

As has been said before: it is much easier to start a war than to finish one. The cabinet believes that it controls the war, but in reality it is the war that controls them. They have mounted a tiger, and can't be sure of getting off without being torn to pieces.

War has its own rules. Unexpected things happen and dictate the next moves. And the next moves tend to be in one direction: escalation.

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[scarletwoman]

8. Could you please fix your second link? It has an extra "http". Thanks (nt)

[Mojorabbit]

9. The link doesn't work for me either eom

[bemildred]

7. Protests in European capitals against Israeli assault in Lebanon

PARIS (AFP) - Thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin, Bern and Paris, brandishing placards and shouting anti-Israeli slogans in protest at its offensive in Lebanon.

About 3,500 people took part in a peaceful demonstration in central Berlin called by a pro-Palestinian group, waving Lebanese flags and showing pictures of children mutilated by Israeli bombs.

Berlin has a Lebanese community numbering several tens of thousands.

More than 2,000 people turned out in Paris, carrying placards calling for the "immediate end to bombardments with no conditions."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060729/lf_afp/mideastconflicteurope