What exactly is Israel trying to achieve?

Question

Wantoon destruction of property, killing innocent people and all is just not the right way I think?

"Bombs are exploding, innocent people are being killed, infrastructures are being destroyed ... The powerful continue to crush the weak, but unfortunately those who hold the power in the world are keeping mum" ...Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister

Israel declared Tuesday it was ready to fight Hezbollah guerrillas for several more weeks, raising doubts about international efforts to broker an immediate cease-fire. The fighting has killed nearly 300 people and displaced 500,000.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says Israel is "opening the gates of hell and madness" on his country.

Answer 1

I'm not a Republican, but Newt Gingrich asked a question in the 7/19 USA Today: What if Cuba were firing missiles into Miami repeatedly, and the rest of the world asked us to use restraint? Would we do so? Of course not. Yet we're asking Israel to do the same, after they had soldiers kidnapped. Something to think about.

Answer 2

Look at it from the position of the Israelis. They have only been a country since 1949, and even now several of the Arab countries around Israel refuse to recognize their sovereignty. Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt -- all of these countries has been at war with Israel at some time or another over the past 60 years, and some of them are still technically at war with Israel. Then you have the Palestinians, who claim the West Bank is their land and have been fighting with the Israelis for decades -- are you beginning to see a pattern here? Virtually the entire time Israel has existed as a nation they have been at war with some group or country who would love nothing more than to exterminate every last one of them. Imagine living in a country and wondering if you were going to live to see the next day because you were virtually surrounded by people who wanted to kill you for no other reason than the fact that you are a Jew living in Israel. That's why the Israelis deal with other countries in the Middle East so harshly -- as far as they're concerned, they're fighting for the very basic right to live. Do you think we would be having ANY problems with Al-Qaeda or Hamas or any of the other Muslim extremist factions if we dealt with them the same way the Israelis deal with their enemies?

Answer 3

Israel is defending itself and definately showing their might against the terrorists. Problem is they are punishing the Lebanese people and government at the same time. The Lebanese government should have stood up and taken control of the terrorists (Hezzbulah) and maybe Israel would have backed off, but it appears they wont do that and so Israel looks at it like the Lebanese government backs Hezzbulah and the killing of 8 Israeli soldiers and kidnapping 2 of them was ok.

Answer 4

Israel wants to rid the world of Hezbollah. While "Syria, Iran determined to protect Hezbollah." Not Lebanon, which, of course, has become an expendable pawn of its own making in this conflict, due to its government's refusal to confront Hezbollah and its foreign backers, even amid the anti-Syrian fervor that followed the Hariri assassination.
The Qatar-based newspaper Al-Watan reported Wednesday that Syria and Iran will cooperate with each other in order to prevent the dissolution of Hezbollah and to preserve its struggle with Israel.
According to credible Syrian sources, the newspaper reported, there is an agreement between Damascus and Tehran stating the prevention of either military or political defeat of Hezbollah as paramount, creating a joint Syrian-Iranian stance based on the clear vision that any defeat of Hezbollah is a red line for the both countries.
Both Syria and Iran thoroughly understand that the measure of Hezbollah’s strength against Israel gives precedent to strategic changes in the whole region. The influence of the military confrontation being conducted now, claim the same Syrian sources, extend beyond all geographic borders and have implications for the entire Middle East, from Gaza to Iraq. As such, protecting the "resistance" in Lebanon and the territories is at the center of Damascus’ and Tehran’s strategic decisions.
Damascus and Tehran are closely following the developments in Lebanon and are prepared to get involved, if needed, to protect Hezbollah or to prevent the imposition of "suspicious" political agreements or conditions on them.
The sources added that there are regional attempts, international and even Lebanese, to accept Israel’s conditions and to implement Security Council Resolution 1559, which entails disarmament of Hezbollah and extricating the organization from the conflict. The sources emphasized that this will never happen especially because, from their perspective, any agreement or deal needs to protect Hezbollah and to preserve its legitimate right to resist Israel, be it in Lebanon or in the territories.
It should be noted that today’s reports are in accordance with a report published yesterday in London-based al-Shark AL-Awsat. They also reinforce estimations in Israel that Iran is willing to do anything to keep Hezbollah on its feet after the current confrontation, just as Iran has done in past years, with the goal of rehabilitating the organization of the "Judgment Day" against Israel. Know your enemies.

Answer 5

Freedom for its people.
Security of their country.
The right to exist.

The muslims need to start being held responsible for their extremists.
I never hear them coming out and clearing saying that the extremists are nuts.
They always say the same things as the extremists.
Israel is an occupying force who has been crushing Palastinians forever. So what the extremists are doing is right?

I dare one single Muslim to openly criticize the extremists actions.

Either take a stand or you are going to continue to have the extremists speak for you.

Wake up before its too late!!!!!!!

Answer 6

Israel is trying to achive peace....

Maybe if the religion of Islam didn't revolve around the murder of Jews and Westerners. . Israel wouldn't be bombing them....

If there was no terrorism in the world, there would be no wars right now..

So lets put the blame where it belongs.. with the Terrorists not with Israel...

Answer 7

Hezbollah isn't full of innocent people. They are terrorists. What Isreal is trying to do by combating Hezbollah is protect its country. Isreal is at war with Lebanon because they started launching misslies at Isreal and its Holy Cities. Lebanon is totally wrong it its so-called "Crusades" against Isreal. In my own humble opinion, I would totally back Isreal. I totally agree with sarge927 and DwightDJ.

Answer 8

They're trying to destroy Hezbollah once and for all. Or at least crush them to the point that all terrorist organizations that are enemies of Israel get the message to not mess with them. They don't particularly care that they're damaging civilian infrastructure as long as it serves their goal.

Answer 9

They are trying to wipe-out terrorists. The USA is doing the same, it's just not next door to us like it is Israel.
In war, innocent people get killed unfortunately.

Answer 10

Israel isn't development settlements interior the "Palestinian Territories." it is the crux of the concern. below worldwide regulation and as restated in UN SC Res 242, the West financial employer and Gaza are actually not component to Israel NOR are they component to everyone else's state. they are in criminal limbo and could be administered with the aid of Israel till and till all suitable events peacefully negotiate very final status borders. Arabs whinge because of the fact they ethnically cleansed the Jews from the West financial employer and Gaza and Jerusalem in 1948 and anticipate them to stay Jew-unfastened. yet, Jews who're development residences on land legally owed with the aid of Jews interior the West financial employer are actually not doing something incorrect. If it facilitates, in the commencing up the government.of Israel tried to end any settlements from being geared up. yet, it is complicated. They gained the land from Jordan after Jordan attacked Israel. Israel presented to commerce it involved by peace and Jordan refused. The land in question replace into private sources with Jewish proprietors who have been kicked out and had the valuables seized. And their heirs and different Jews have been complaining: The land legally belongs to us as private sources Our government gained administration of it after Jordan attacked. they decline to barter peace whilst we furnish it back to them for peace. How long and why could desire to we save the land Jew-unfastened only because of the fact Arabs ethnically cleansed the Jews in 1948? And what message does that deliver approximately peace? It indicators which you would be able to ethnically cleanse and attack us and the two you win and you win or you lose and we are going to save your previous victories in tact and you'd be able to easily re-arm and circulate back to the sq. you have been on before you attacked us and attempt back. it is a dropping game. Many argue that it is between the few pressures for peace on the Arabs. people who gain this, argue that without a ticking clock, the Arab component has 0 incentive to seek for peace. Others component out that settlements could be moved. Heck, Israel moved many settler and dismantled their settlements a pair of decade in the past whilst Israel started Oslo (which the PA then violated and refused to proceed).