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The misdirection of the Israeli strategy: Turkish lessons should have been taken
Tuesday, August 15, 2006



Opinion by Hannah BEGELMAN-SEVSAY


Hannah BEGELMAN-SEVSAY

ANKARA - TDN Guest Writer


The current Israeli operation in Lebanon seeks to eliminate the threat of Hezbollah missiles on Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been attacking targets used to launch missiles and Katyusha rockets at hospitals, old age homes and kindergartens in Israel. The operation is being legitimatized by claims that the Jewish state will no longer be trampled upon and that Hezbollah will no longer be allowed to exploit population centers to bomb Israeli citizens. In this regard the Israeli use of force has been justified and proportionate, considering the magnitude of the threat. However, considering the deaths of 150 Israelis, the 1,000 casualties, hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and scores of pounded villages in Lebanon and the fact that this war has not achieved its main goal, the only thing I can say is that for the first time in Israel's history the strategy, or perhaps the lack of a strategy, has brought nothing but suffering to both sides.

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Dieser Artikel wurde von einer israelischen Gastautorin der TDN verfasst die mit einem türkischen Mann verheiratet ist. In ihren Artikel kritisiert die Frau ebenfalls das "stümperhafte Vorgehen" der IDF im Libanon und das Luftschläge gegen eine Guerillia alleine wirkungslos sind. Vielmehr spricht sich die Autorin dafür aus das Hizbollah Problem an der "Wurzel zu packen", mehr oder weniger bedeuted das massiven militärischen Druck auf Syrien auzubauen. Syrien ist einer der wichtigsten Hauptunterstützer der Hizbollah und Transitland für iranische Waffen.

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