31.7.06

Terrorists List

Annahar Caricature

posted by Sassine And Marwa El Nabbout @ 9:48 AM

2 Comments:

At Monday, July 31, 2006 12:22:00 PM, Blogger linalone said...

Thank You Sassine, I was about to post it here, very concise and expressive in deed.

 
At Monday, July 31, 2006 4:18:00 PM, Blogger jimmy said...

tal,

your comment is typical for someone who is new to the lebanese blogosphere. i would like to point out the following:-

- the voices in lebanon calling for peace are numerous.

- the voices in the lebanese blogoshpere calling for peace are more than numerous. i won't list links, i'll just ask you to look at the list of the contributors or commentators and read some of their websites.

- the israeli assault on lebanon, the cruelty, the thirst for blood, death, destruction, massacres and the heartless unhumane behavior of the attacks is obviously contributing to push peace lovers to change their minds.

- i was looking for the sense behind your question regarding the fact that no one in lebanon tries to condemn the killing of israeli children and i found your question irrelevant for two reasons:-

1- why on earth would you think that no one in lebanon condemns the death of children and civilians on both sides of the borders and why would you assume that the lebanese (or other arabs) are ignorant enough not to suffer for the death of civilians. again, i invite you to read lebanese blogs. you'll be more than surprized.

2- despite the information in paragraph 1 above, you should not be surpised to find out that civil casualties in israel are not mentioned on a daily basis in arab media, that's due to two main reasons:

a- whenever an israeli civilian is killed, the entire planet is outraged and all the western mainstream media covers it fully. i think they give the subject its share of attention and coverage. (i am not giving excuses. i'm really stating a sad fact)

b- the arab media sources would probably be interested in covering the killing of the israeli civilians (by the way Al Jazeera does it all the time) but how would they do that? take the last 20 days for example: more than 600 civilians killed in lebanon vs some 30 killed in israel (of which, most are armymen). If you were an honest journalist, what would YOU report?

- Finally, allow me to clarify one more thing: israel's behavior has discaouraged and infuriated the people who were calling for peace in lebanon and around the world. I do personally think that the moderate israeli people (like yourself) have a lot to do to raise awareness in israel about the prospects of peace. peace starts with RESPECTING your oponent and looking for what's common between you and him. peace cannot be achieved by force. force only leads to death.

 

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