Thoughts and opinions from the Rocky Mountains
Anti-terror officials on Sunday warned of a potentially severe threat that Hizbullah will attempt to kidnap Israeli tourists during next month’s holiday period. Israelis were advised to be on highest alert while holidaying abroad and not to take unnecessary risks.
Full Article (Jerusalem Post)
My $.02 – The two soldiers held by Hizb’Allah are dead, and they need more captives to maintain any leverage
The above is a link to a 63 page pdf file. I haven’t read it yet, but I trust the blog where I found it enough to post a link anyway, and hope to have time to read it later this week.
The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on Hezbollah to immediately and unconditionally release abducted Israel Defense Forces soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser.
In a Presidential Statement, the Security Council expressed concern over the fact that the soldiers are still being held by Hezbollah, and that the organization has yet to provide any sign of life from the two.
Full Article (Haaretz)
Remember The Brady Bunch Movie? Well, there’s a scene where Marcia’s original date to a dance (Doug) calls her a less-than-polite name, and the nerdy guy who’s got a crush on her (Charlie) decides to defend her honor:
Charlie: Hey, I heard what you said, Doug, and I’m not gonna let you talk to Marcia like that.
Doug: Yeah?
Charlie: Yeah.
Doug (grabbing Charlie up by his shirt, causing it to pull across his throat): Well, what are you gonna do about it, geek?
Charlie: I’m gonna… lose… consciousness…
While this move by the UN is a step in the right direction, I cannot help thinking they’ll be playing the role of Charlie…
Lebanon’s Hizballah terrorist militia has rejected an Israeli proposal to exchange two Israeli soldiers being held by the group for hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinian terrorists jailed in the Jewish state.
United Nations Middle East envoy Michael Williams said this week that the Israeli offer he conveyed to Hizballah would require the terrorists to provide a sign of life from abducted Israeli reservists Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser in exchange for a limited release of Arab security prisoners. If it can be confirmed that Regev and Goldwasser are still alive, then Israeli will free hundreds more prisoners in return for their release.
Full Article (Israel Today)
I cannot help but thinks this confirms last week’s report that one of these soldiers is dead. I also wonder if the world will bother to notice that an alleged human rights violator is willing to release hundreds of prisoners terrorists for nothing more than the safe return of two soldiers.
“The cease-fire acted as a life jacket for the organization [at the end of the Second Lebanon War],” a Hizbullah officer said in an interview aired by Channel 10 on Tuesday.
In the interview, the unnamed officer said Hizbullah gunmen would have surrendered if the fighting last summer had continued for another 10 days.
Full Article (Jerusalem Post)
I’m not quite sure what to make of this. I fully believe that Israel has the best military in the world, but at the same time I don’t think they’re above propaganda to build the people’s hopes going into this next war (all governments do it). What do you all think?
TEL AVIV – One year after the Lebanese Hezbollah militia fired more than 3,000 rockets into northern Israeli population centers, the Jewish state’s home front – especially Jerusalem and Tel Aviv – are largely unprepared for the event of war, say officials.
The concern comes amid threats from Hezbollah it has replenished its rocket arsenal and statements from officials in Syria the country has thousands of rockets and missiles capable of hitting the entire Jewish state.
Full Article (WND)
If this is true, then I’m just speechless. If there’s one country in the world that should be prepared for all-out war at any given time, it’s Israel.
One of two Israel Defense Forces kidnapped by Hezbollah last summer is no longer alive, a Lebanese newspaper reported Saturday.
Full Article (Haaretz)
Sad, but not surprising.
