Today in the Egyptian TV I saw some footage for the houses that they were hit by Hezbollah missiles in Israel in Haifa and so ,first I respect any human propriety and I respect the feeling of loss but I was amazed at first and I repeat at first I was amazed that the side of damage wasn't that much compared on the Lebanese side ,and this is a truth we can't neglect ,the announced number of victims whether from the killed or injured and by the way I am using the word "announced" because I know very well that the Israeli government is making censorship on the targeted places in Israel because of Security and Psychological reasons; I know very well and I respected , and as I was saying the numbers of the Israeli victims in the War till from killed and injured is far less than the numbers of the Lebanese victims whether from dead and injured , it is huge difference number
The official statistics from the Israeli side is 18 Israeli civilian and 40 Israeli solider
and from the Lebanese side is 841 Lebanese civilian among them 350 children and 93 solider from both Lebanese army "53" and Hezbollah "40" . this is the announced number which is expected to be even bigger than this
You see the difference it is huge , well it is expected simply because in this war , it is IDF against Hezbollah , an army against a militant group taking in consideration the weak Lebanese Defence Army too
But after quiet time suffering in the Israeli blogs and new sites ,reading the opinions , I found so much fear ,hate and anger . I will say the truth when I say that I was amazed , you see the IDF destroyed the complete infra structure of Lebanon , destroyed the southern suburb , destroyed completely the south of Lebanon , forced its people to move to North of Lebanon in the greatest evacuation process the World had n't seen like it since WWII , in other words they don't have to be that afraid , after all they are so lucky , their government cares for them so much , for two soldiers , only two soldiers a whole country was destroyed, for God sake 1000 Egyptian persons were drowned last winter and the government didn't give a damn not to mention the murder of the three soldiers on the Israeli borders
So why they are panic ? why many settlers asked to leave the country just like the Lebanese evacuees ?
Why the government made a censorship on war news and rockets targets in Israel ? The official justification was to limit from the live broadcast from the targets areas and thus to limit Hezbollah ability to identity targets in Israel , very naive justification Shekih Nasrallah himself laughed from it .
The Israeli government in fact doesn't want panic and fear spread between its citizens, it is something acceptable in the time of war after all the emergency laws in all nations are giving the right of censorship on media in time of war for the sake of nation's security and psychological status of the people in time of war is considered from the nation's security .
Last night I visited this Israeli blog and I found his owner "Israeli blogger" is speaking about the fear of Arabs from the Israelis side , they should n't be afraid with the existence of this fierce army , they should n't be afraid with the support of the United States , after all Israel is the only country in the world that didn't appeal to any of the Security council resolutions except the one in 1948 . They even got real shelters , the south of Lebanon got none except for the primitive Shaloub's Qana shelter !!
Israelis are afraid ,well after thoughtful moments and returning back to the history ,our mutual history in wars between the Arab nation and Israel ,and I knew suddenly Why they are afraid.
Through all the wars between the Arabs and Israel and by this I mean our wars since 1948 to 1956 "Suez War" to 1967 "Six days war " to 1973 " Yom El-kippor " to 1982 "Invasion of Beirut", through all these wars the inside towns and cities of Israel were never targeted , the wars were always on the Arab lands whether in Sinai or Golan heights or Beirut , even in the wars Israel lost in it like in 1973 "Israelis please don't think the Dafrasor gap was a victory for God sake"
Even our Air forces didn't target any Israeli town , we didn't go to the Israeli deep as they say in strategy ,all our wars were to return our lands and all wars were on our lands
The only time Israelis found rockets on their homes was in the Gulf war 1990 when Saddam completed his freak show
But now in 2006 it is different a small militant group "compared to the armies of Egypt and Syria, the main two armies who got a military history with Hebrew state" , this small militant group is raining rockets to Israel to Haifa and beyond Haifa , and these rockets hit ,killed and destroyed
The average Israeli now is in danger , really he was never before that in a real danger , now war is on his land and he can taste from the same poison .
In the late wars , this average Israeli was n't in a real danger , our Air forces and rockets were never used blindly against him , yes blindly , I don't think if Hezbollah has the enough intelligence information it would target like it is doing ,after Israelis from Arab roots were killed , I believe if they have enough intelligence information about places of bases and so like the Egyptian intelligence they would target more accurate ,not to mention that these Lebanese made rockets ,not even Iranis , are very primitive that the modern censoring anti rocket defences like Patriot can catch ,there is no complicated directing in it , so it doesn't differentiate between a tree or a tank , a building or a base , it hits blindly on the contrary of the IAF in Lebanon
In the late wars , The Israeli governments always used the fear factor against us , make the regular Israelis fear us but this time the Israelis must fear , they must fear when rockets reach their backyards
and they must fear more and more because their government is lying on them , this is danger when a government lies in time of war creating false victories and misleading the whole Israeli public .A simple proof is the changing Israeli agenda every day and the contradicting Official statements , at first Olmert wanted to Liberate the two soldiers then to destroy Hezbollah , then to disarm Hezbollah ,then to make Hezbollah go back beyond the Latani river , then have an international force ,then to realign the borders ,then return back the solider !! Not to mention the different Israeli ministers statements the contracting statements.Another disturbing proof is the censorship , I find censor hip is acceptable in victory not in defeat
The IDF for the second time is losing the war and the regular average Israeli Joe must fear for the first time
It is in his home not in his backyard this time
Zeinobia - you're missing an important point of mine.
ReplyDeleteWe Israelis HAVE ALMOST ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID of Arabs. Hizballa is not doing anything new.
I remember being afraid as a 4 year old child in the bomb-shelter during the 1973 war.
During the 1973 war, we Israelis were certain that our country is about to be destroyed.
The strong army you see today, is the result of the Israeli public's refusal to accept 1973 again. The IDF is pre-emptively striking Hizaballa targets to make sure 1973 never happens again.
I believe the Israeli government's tactics are wrong - but that's not the issue. I'm simply trying to explain to you how the Israeli government - AND MOST OF THE ISRAELI PUBLIC - think.
-I.B.
I.B , first of all I must admit I am surprised to hear about the Israeli fear in 1973 , because as far as my military infomration about this war , our Air Forces didn't go beyond Sinai
ReplyDeleteanyway forget the past
how come you were afraid from Arabs all this time , and Israel is one who always the starter of war, through all our wars except for 1973 , you are the one who started the wars ,how can you be afraid?
You got the most powerful army in the region , the latest technology , you got nuclear and biological weapons and more important you got supp
there is something wrong then ,when you fear with these powers