Israeli Attacks on Lebanon

The Israeli attacks on Lebanon have escalated. According to AP reports, "Two days of Israeli bombings, the heaviest air campaign against its neighbor in 24 years, had killed 47 Lebanese and wounded 103, Health Minister Mohammed Jawad Khalife said. Besides the Israeli civilian, eight Israeli soldiers had also been killed."

I am concerned that the attacks are not proportionate to the original act of kidnapping 2 Israeli soldiers.

Since the Israeli air campaign began, Hezbollah has launched missiles into Israel, with at least one death as a result.

The escalating cycle of violence will lead the Israeli government to feel justified now in doing whatever it wishes.

What if a more proportionate response had been taken? We'll never know.

How many times must the cannonballs fly

before they are forever banned?

Bob Dylan

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