Re: Muslim states come foward and pledge aid to Palestine government
BTW what Raza highlighted was true contradiction in your statements. In one statement you said Hezb was rendered useless in 18years while in other you said Hezb's continuous attacks for 18years made Israeli public opinion erode to occupy southern Lebanon.
Let me explain:
I was addressing two different questions with differnet viewpoints.
Now as to Hezbollah and Israel.
Hezbollah was created in 1982 by Iran when Israel invaded Lebanon.
Hezbollah fought an 18 year war with SLA and Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah didnt target Israeli civilians but confined the war to Israeli forces. This changed opinions in the Israeli public and in May 2000, there was strong support for withdrawl from Southern Lebanon and Israel pulled out.
Now for my other statement, Israel after invading Lebanon maintained a 20 km security zone. It was here that there were incessent fire fights and battles between Israeli forces and Hezbollah. When Israel pulled out of Southern Lebanon it wasn't just the public opinions which determined if Israel should pull out from Lebanon but it was a big boost, it was also the fact, that in the 18 year war, Hezbollah was no longer a threat to mainland Israel.
In statemetn 1 I was addressing how Hamas can change Israeli public viewpoint by not targetting civilians but confining attacks to soldiers which will erode public support for occupation. In the other, Israeli forces felt confident enough that if they withdraw from the security zone Hezbollah will not be a problem as it was in the mid-1980's.
Thats what I am saying. In order to end the occupation, 2 things have to happen
1 - Israeli public has to see that the occupation is a useless eneavour
2 - Israeli military personnel have to see that once they leave the occupied area, that certain group will no longer present a threat to Israel.
I hope this clarifes things