Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Finally the Truth: From an UN Official!

The western press is slowly picking up the following statement made by the UN Humanitarian Chief Egeland, published after his visit to Beirut:

"Consistently, from the Hezbollah heartland, my message was that Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending ... among women and children," he said. "I heard they were proud because they lost very few fighters and that it was the civilians bearing the brunt of this. I don't think anyone should be proud of having many more children and women dead than armed men."

Apart from explaining to the world why there are so many civilians victims in Lebanon, the statement is also most noteworthy from an Israeli point-of-view, as it is the first time ever any UN official is (at least indirectly) blaming anything happening here on Israel's enemies, not on Israel. There is hope!

I am dying to know if there is even a single publication in the Arabic or Muslim world citing this statement. Just one, maybe????

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