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Israel Wants the Litani River Water and Farmlands
By Sam Hamod
Al-Jazeerah, August 13, 2006
The fact that Israel is trying to destroy all of Lebanon, not just Hizbullah, is clear by their bombing of Christian villages and other infrastructure that has nothing to do with Hizbullah.
What Israel really wants is control of Lebanon by a puppet government, but also covets the Litani River and the lands it irrigates--very good cropland that is the heart of the Bekka Valley, which is the heart of Lebanese agriculture. Israel also wants the electricity the dams and the Litani generate--so that they may use this for more of their "settlements" and, just like Hitler, they want this area but use different names for their taking of the land of others. In the original plans for "eretz Israel", the map showed Israel taking the Litani area over for its expansionist needs; this map was from the early 1900s. Thus, this desire to have a "security zone" that includes the Litani and its environs is no surprise to those of us who know the reality of Israeli intentions and what is behind this long planned attack.
Ironically, the Western media has given little attention to this matter, but those of us who know the Middle East well know that the Litani and the area of the south is an area that Israel has coveted for years. Israel also wants revenge on Hizbullah for the defeat Hizbullah visited on Israel by pushing the Israeli army out of Lebanon a few years back.
So, the next time you hear that Israel is "defending herself", remember the thousands of Lebanese from the South who have had to leave their homes (most of which have been destroyed by Israel by now), are homeless (with no future except as refugees), all the bridges of Lebanon which have been destroyed, the water and electric facilities and ever other meaningful sign of progress in Lebanon from the last 20 years--all of which Israel has destroyed, and continues to destroy.
It is time for this killing to stop and the sovereign nation of Lebanon once again to be rebuilt and to be able to live in peace--but not until Israel withdraws and has to pay damages to rebuild Lebanon (but this may never happen). This is a sad day for the Lebanese, and for the world; it is Palestine all over again, with Israel, like Hitler, wanting to expand its territory at the expense of others (the Poles, Hungarians and Russians and others remember this well from the 1930s when Hitler was allowed to attack freely--just as Israel is doing today, while the world stands by and sheds crocodile tears).
Professor Sam Hamod is an expert on the Middle East and a former advisor to the State Department.
By Sam Hamod
Al-Jazeerah, August 13, 2006
The fact that Israel is trying to destroy all of Lebanon, not just Hizbullah, is clear by their bombing of Christian villages and other infrastructure that has nothing to do with Hizbullah.
What Israel really wants is control of Lebanon by a puppet government, but also covets the Litani River and the lands it irrigates--very good cropland that is the heart of the Bekka Valley, which is the heart of Lebanese agriculture. Israel also wants the electricity the dams and the Litani generate--so that they may use this for more of their "settlements" and, just like Hitler, they want this area but use different names for their taking of the land of others. In the original plans for "eretz Israel", the map showed Israel taking the Litani area over for its expansionist needs; this map was from the early 1900s. Thus, this desire to have a "security zone" that includes the Litani and its environs is no surprise to those of us who know the reality of Israeli intentions and what is behind this long planned attack.
Ironically, the Western media has given little attention to this matter, but those of us who know the Middle East well know that the Litani and the area of the south is an area that Israel has coveted for years. Israel also wants revenge on Hizbullah for the defeat Hizbullah visited on Israel by pushing the Israeli army out of Lebanon a few years back.
So, the next time you hear that Israel is "defending herself", remember the thousands of Lebanese from the South who have had to leave their homes (most of which have been destroyed by Israel by now), are homeless (with no future except as refugees), all the bridges of Lebanon which have been destroyed, the water and electric facilities and ever other meaningful sign of progress in Lebanon from the last 20 years--all of which Israel has destroyed, and continues to destroy.
It is time for this killing to stop and the sovereign nation of Lebanon once again to be rebuilt and to be able to live in peace--but not until Israel withdraws and has to pay damages to rebuild Lebanon (but this may never happen). This is a sad day for the Lebanese, and for the world; it is Palestine all over again, with Israel, like Hitler, wanting to expand its territory at the expense of others (the Poles, Hungarians and Russians and others remember this well from the 1930s when Hitler was allowed to attack freely--just as Israel is doing today, while the world stands by and sheds crocodile tears).
Professor Sam Hamod is an expert on the Middle East and a former advisor to the State Department.