Tensions along the Israeli-Lebanese border are on the rise once again today after troops exchanged fire across the contested Blue Line. No one was slain in the clash, the first since August 2010, but one Lebanese soldier was reported wounded.
The exact details of the clash were unclear, but Lebanese officials reported that the Israeli troops had crossed the border before the exchange, while Israeli military officials termed it a “misunderstanding.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t see any misunderstanding, however, insisting that the Israeli troops “behaved like they were supposed to” in the shooting, and said that the troops were “determined to defend themselves.”
Israeli sources noted that it is routine for Israeli troops to patrol on the Lebanese side of the border fence, and that this tends to spark tensions from the Lebanese when they are caught doing so. The bigger story will likely be the international reaction, as the United States used the 2010 incident, in which one Lebanese soldier was killed, as an excuse to condemn the pro-US Hariri government, revoking all military aid for months. Now that the Hariri government has fallen to a less pro-US Mikati faction, the reaction will likely be even more harsh.
If Israeli soldiers are patrolling the Lebanese side of the border, Lebanon has every right to detain them- or open fire if they resist in any way. We in the US (except our government, apparently) would react the same way if Mexico or Canada sent troops across our borders, so why should we not accord Lebanon the same respect when Israel crosses the line?
Or maybe Israel is trying to provoke Lebanon into another shooting war so they can claim they're busy and ask the US to carry out their September plans for a strike on Iran?
Be careful, Israel- your last extended visit to Lebanon wasn't the cakewalk you thought it was going to be, and for many of your soldiers and airmen the next may very well be their last.
The chosen must be running out of water quicker than expected. I guess they need an excuse to send the IDF to the Latani river in the middle of Lebanon. An added plus is occupation of Lebanon would be a plus on the claim that the Israel nation owns the seas all of them. Actually it is a joke the Israel went to the United Nations for approval to steal the gas fields which clearly are in Lebanon. When Israel take over all of Lebanon it will be interesting to see what the zionist christians have to say when they christians of Lebanon are treated as badly as the Palestinian were in Gaza.
You may be interested in reading this article:
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/feature-palest…
The MOs are monsters.
I was aware of the zionist using water as a weapon. The need for water will become more critical as the drought in the horn of africa continue to move east and north. The most amazing thing is no matter what the different parties do it most likely will not matter because it looks like a massive drought along with severe water lose is the fate of Israel. Nothing the chosen do will eliminate the fact that they will lose to the power of the desert. Only God the almighty can change what is headed that way and God has not been speaking to the chosen for the last 6000 years.
Funny that, eh? Gawd since to have gone AWAL since he gave Palestine to the Israelites. Who knows? Maybe they kidnapped him and have him in one of "Israel's" infamous gulags.
Are they fighting over a tree again or something more substantial like gas?
They are really fighting over water which is everything in a desert.
When it comes to the Chosen People, they literally fight for anything the Palestinians have or want and such is the nature of psychopaths. In addition to the fight for water, now, they're entangled with Lebanon over gas. They truly are their own worst enemy, greedy bastards that they are.