Let me also add that its not just iranian funds that keep hezbollah going. Hezbollah is more of an arm of the Iranian military than it is an independent group. Many are trained in Iran and some of the rockets fired into israel are manufactured in iran. Israel has alleged that iran has sent over 100 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are in Lebanon acting as advisers to Hezbollah. So its more than just a few rich people that need to have their assets frozen.
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Originally Posted by aberkok
I'm curious to know what your military tactical credentials are in light of your evaluation of Israeli military strategy.
If Israel has any interest in peace, they need to acknowledge that both Hezbollah and Hamas...for better or worse, are now active in the elected governments of their respective peoples. Diplomacy and compromise are required now. Not killing.
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Israel only wants peace. It is hamas and hezbollah that don't. Israel has been playing the diplomacy/restraint game for years and it has got them nothing but more attacks. Israel has made concession after concession. Unilaterally pulling out of gaza and lebanon. when israel shows restraint and offers an olive branch the extremists view it as weakness and attack more. There is to be no peace with people who do not agree with your existence. You, aberkok, must understand that FIRST.
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Palestinian terrorism does not result from Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, but from Israel's existence. Palestinian terrorism long predates the 1967 occupation; the Palestine Liberation Organization was formed in 1964, three years earlier. But hasn't the more recent phenomenon of suicide bombing come about because of long-simmering Palestinian despair? Not really. Suicide bombings started only after the 1993 Oslo Accords, which provided Palestinians with their best opportunity for a state. They intensified massively after Israel withdrew from Lebanon and offered a series of generous territorial concessions.
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an excerpt from http://www.slate.com/?id=2065703
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