Is Isrealis forces morally justified in attacking lebanon?

Answer 1

Remarks of Brigitte Gabriel, delivered at the Duke University

Counter Terrorism Speak-Out

I'm proud and honoured to stand here today, as a Lebanese
speaking for Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East . As
someone who was raised in an Arabic country, I want to give you a
glimpse into the heart of the Arabic world.

I was raised in Lebanon, where I was taught that the Jews were
evil, Israel was the devil, and the only time we will have peace in
the Middle East is when we kill all the Jews and drive them into
the sea.

When the Moslems and Palestinians declared Jihad on the
Christians in 1975, they started massacring the Christians, city
after city. I ended up living in a bomb shelter underground from
age 10 to 17, without electricity, eating grass to live, and
crawling under sniper bull et s to a spring to g et water.

It was Israel who came to help the Christians in Lebanon. My
mother was wounded by a Moslem's shell, and was taken into an
Israeli hospital for treatment. When we entered the emergency room, I was shocked at what I saw. There were hundreds of people wounded, Moslems, Palestinians, Christians, Lebanese,
and Israeli soldiers lying on the floor. The doctors treated everyone according to their injury. They treated my mother before they treated the Israeli soldier lying next to her. They didn't see religion, they didn't see political affiliation, they saw people in need and they helped.

For the first time in my life I experienced a human quality that I know my culture would not have shown to their enemy. I
experienced the values of the Israelis, who were able to love their
enemy in their most trying moments. I spent 22 days at that
hospital. Those days changed my life and the way I believe
information, the way I listen to the radio or to television. I
realized I was sold a fabricated lie by my government, about the
Jews and Israel, that was so far from reality. I knew for fact
that, if I was a Jew standing in an Arab hospital, I would be
lynched and thrown over to the grounds, as shouts of joy of Allah
Akbar, God is great, would echo through the hospital and the
surrounding stre et s.

I became friends with the families of the Israeli wounded
soldiers: one in particular Rina, her only child was wounded in his
eyes. One day I was visiting with her, and the Israeli army band came to play national songs to lift the spirits of the wounded soldiers. As they surrounded his bed playing a song about Jerusalem, Rina and I started crying. I felt out of place and started waking out of the room, and this mother holds my hand and pulls me back in without even looking at me. She holds me crying and says: "it is not your fault". We just stood there crying, holding each other's hands.

What a contrast between her, a mother looking at her deformed 19
year old only child, and still able to love me the enemy, and
between a Moslem mother who sends her son to blow himself up to
smithereens just to kill a few Jews or Christians.

The difference between the Arabic world and Israel is a difference in values and character. It's barbarism versus civilization. It's democracy versus dictatorship. It's goodness verses evil.

Once upon a time, there was a special place in the lowest depths
of hell for anyone who would intentionally murder a child. Now, the
intentional murder of Israeli children is legitimized as Palestinian "armed struggle".

However, once such behavior is legitimized against Israel, it is
legitimized every where in the world, constrained by nothing more
than the subjective belief of people who would wrap themselves in
dynamite and nails for the purpose of killing children in the name
of god.

Because the Palestinians have been encouraged to believe that
murdering innocent Israeli civilians is a legitimate tactic for
advancing their cause, the whole world now suffers from a plague of terrorism, from Nairobi to New York , from Moscow to Madrid , from Bali to Beslan.

They blame suicide bombing on "desperation of occupation". L et
me tell you the truth. The first major terror bombing committed by
Arabs against the Jewish state occurred ten weeks before Israel
even became independent.

On Sunday morning, February 22, 1948, in anticipation of Israel's independence, a triple truck bomb was detonated by Arab
terrorists on Ben Yehuda Street , in what was then the Jewish
section of Jerusalem . Fifty-four people were killed, and hundreds
were wounded. Thus, it is obvious that Arab terrorism is caused not
by the "desperation" of "occupation", but by the VERY THOUGHT of a Jewish state.

So many times in history in the last 100 years, citizens have
stood by and done nothing, allowing evil to prevail. As America
stood up against and defeated communism, now it is time to stand up against the terror of religious bigotry and intolerance. It's time
to all stand up, and support and defend the state of Israel, which
is the front line of the war against terrorism.

Answer 2

If somone entered your property and kidnapped people from your house, how would you respond?

I don't think Israel's response was correct, but it might be for the best. By attacking now, at least they've learned what was on the other side of the border. Lebanon was preparing to attack, it was just a matter of time before the missles would be used.

Answer 3

Historically from the time of its creation until the present...there is absolutely nothing moral about the state of Israel or its actions against it's neighbors. Israel isn't even a democracy. Most Americans don't know that in Israel you are treated differently based on what kind of jew you are (non jews and arab jews are simply treated like dogs) and where you are able to work and what community you live in is decided for you by the government based on race...go figure the American media calling it "the only democracy in the Middle East." As far as I know Israel is the only country in the Middle East that dictates to its populace what sort of jobs they can have, how much money they can make and in what communities they can live in according to race. Even Saudi Arabia one of the most concervative countries has tons of foreign immigrant workers from America as well as Europe and they might be told where to live for safety purposes but there is no cap on their salaries and no one would refuse them a job based on race.

Answer 4

Israel did not "attack" Lebanon. Israel attacked Hezbollah, a terrorist organization which was supposed to have left Lebanon six years ago. Israel destroyed some of the infrastructure Hezbollah used to funnel their arms from Iran and Syria.

Hezbollah was deliberately targeting Israeli civilians.

Israel was targeting Hezbollah. Hezbollah was using the civilian populace as human shields.

Answer 5

Learn how to spell ISRAEL.. They did not go into Lebanon for any other reason than to kick the butts of those chicken S%^& Hezbola who were fireing rockets onto Israel.. Do you think we (USA) would stand still if Mexico or Canada started fireing rockets here??

Answer 6

NO!

Izraaeel in my native language means angel of death. I think they are being just that! What a sore colony has west created in the middle east! will the world ever forgive them?

Answer 7

israelis just cant get along with anyone.
its so ghey how palestinians are forced into UN camps and israelis are sipping tea in their freaking promised land.
they just picked a bad place to settle.

Answer 8

Is they? Yes they is.

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

NO!