Archivo etiqueta «Líbano»
By Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state of EE.UU. (THE WASHINGTON POST, 16/08/06):
For the past month the United States has worked urgently to end the violence that Hezbollah and its sponsors have imposed on the people of Lebanon and Israel. At the same time, we have insisted that a truly effective cease-fire requires a decisive change from the status quo that produced this war. Last Friday we took an important step toward that goal with the unanimous passage of U.N. Resolution 1701. Now the difficult, critical task of implementation begins.
The agreement we reached has three essential components:
First, … Seguir leyendo
By David Ignatius (THE WASHINGTON POST, 16/08/06):
The Lebanon war was damaging for Israel, the United States and, most of all, Lebanon itself. But it may have taught everyone a lesson that will be immensely important to the future of the Middle East: The solutions to the big problems that afflict the region are not military but political.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is getting bashed at home for failing to deliver a quick victory over Hezbollah. But he deserves credit for recognizing the need for a political settlement that enhanced the authority of the Lebanese state. He wisely resisted … Seguir leyendo
By Suzy Wighton, a public-health coordinator in Aberdeen (THE GUARDIAN, 16/08/06):
I remember watching in horror the BBC reports of the massacres in Lebanon in the autumn of 1982. My family and I watched open-mouthed, transfixed by images of dead Palestinian families and the awful suffering on the streets of the Sabra refugee camp. Over the past five weeks I have again sat at home in Scotland, watching the TV rigid with shock at appalling crimes being committed in Lebanon and Gaza by the Israeli air, land and sea assault.
In 1985, after completing a tropical nursing course, and … Seguir leyendo
Por Gema Martín Muñoz, directora de Casa Árabe y del Instituto Internacional de Estudios Árabes y del Mundo Musulmán (EL PAÍS, 15/08/06):
Líbano ha sido siempre el laboratorio donde se reflejan las tensiones demográficas y confesionales de Oriente Próximo y el pequeño escenario en el que se ponen en juego todas las rivalidades locales e internacionales de la región. El trágico peaje de este ingrato destino lo ha pagado siempre -¡y de qué manera!- su población civil.
El análisis de la guerra actual desvela una profundidad estratégica y unos métodos para conseguir los fines que van más allá del … Seguir leyendo
By George Monbiot (THE GUARDIAN, 15/08/06):
Last week I argued that Israel’s attack on Lebanon was premeditated: Hizbullah’s capture of two soldiers gave Israel’s government the excuse to launch an assault it had been planning since 2004. Both Bush and Blair knew that it would happen and gave it their approval.I was, of course, denounced by supporters of Israel’s government as an anti-semite and an apologist for terror. But on Sunday this hypothesis was confirmed by an article Seymour Hersh published in the New Yorker. Israel, his sources told him, “had devised a plan for attacking Hizbullah – and shared … Seguir leyendo
Por Daoud Kuttab. Director del Instituto de Medios Modernos de la Universidad palestina Al-Quds de Jerusalén (ABC, 15/08/06):
LAS guerras no sólo se ganan en el campo de batalla, sino también en las mentes de la gente. Así, si bien Hizbolá no ha ganado decisivamente su actual guerra contra Israel, el hecho de que haya mantenido su capacidad de luchar cara a cara contra el poder del Ejército israelí ha cautivado la imaginación de los árabes y recuperado el orgullo perdido, del mismo modo que lo hizo el Ejército egipcio al cruzar el Canal de Suez en la guerra … Seguir leyendo
Por Pascal Boniface, director del Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales y Estratégicas de París. Traducción: Joan Parra (LA VANGUARDIA, 15/08/06):
George W. Bush y Ehud Olmert, cada uno por su lado, han presentado la actual guerra de Líbano como una parte de la guerra global contra el terrorismo. George W. Bush ha declarado que la crisis actual – no ha hablado de guerra- forma parte de un enfrentamiento más amplio entre las fuerzas de la libertad y las fuerzas del terror en Oriente Medio. Añadió que a medida que la democracia progrese en esa parte del mundo, las naciones de … Seguir leyendo
By Martin Jacques, a visiting research fellow at the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics (THE GUARDIAN, 14/08/06):
This has been a war that did not happen by accident. The kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah was merely the pretext, long since forgotten in the absurdly disproportionate response by the Israelis, and the death and destruction that their country has wrought on Lebanon. Israel has, throughout its short existence, lived by the sword, safe in the knowledge that its military power, as an honorary western nation, is far superior to that of its enemies. Israel has managed … Seguir leyendo
By Tim Hames (THE TIMES, 14/08/06):
IF ONLY Israel were as effective at public relations as at military operations, the results of the conflict on and around its border with Lebanon would be so much starker. As it is, however, the real meaning of the UN resolution that will start to come into force today is being widely misrepresented. Hezbollah is hailing a “victory” of sorts, albeit one of a presentational character. In a bizarre situation, Israeli politicians on both the hard Left and the hard Right appear to agree with the terrorists. All are profoundly mistaken.
What, after all, … Seguir leyendo
Por Walter Laqueur, director del Instituto de Estudios Estratégicos de Washington (LA VANGUARDIA, 13/08/06):
Las actuales operaciones militares en Líbano e Israel irán disminuyendo poco a poco, aunque no tan deprisa como deseamos la mayoría. Sin embargo, ésta es sólo una guerra simbólica, y el peligro de una guerra a gran escala no desaparecerá con ella. El jeque Nasrallah, jefe de Hezbollah, declaró que el momento y el lugar del ataque a Israel de hace unas semanas fueron decisión suya, y que Teherán y Damasco no fueron informados. Puede ser verdad, puesto que detalles operativos tan precisos suelen mantenerse … Seguir leyendo
By Brian E. Humphreys. He served in Iraq as a Marine infantry officer in 2004 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 12/08/06):
From my first day in Iraq as a young infantry officer, I was struck by the huge perceptual gulf that separated us from the Iraqis. My first mission was to escort a civil affairs team assigned to supervise the rebuilding of a local school. After tea, smiles and handshakes, we departed and were promptly struck by a roadside bomb. Our modest efforts to close the perceptual gulf, exemplified in our smile-and-wave tactics and civil affairs missions, seemed to my mind … Seguir leyendo
By Fouad Siniora, the prime minister of Lebanon (THE GUARDIAN, 12/08/06):
For a month now, as the international community has vacillated, Israel has besieged and ravaged Lebanon, creating a humanitarian and environmental disaster and shattering our infrastructure and economy. In the name of the Lebanese people, I again demand an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli troops. The international community has an obligation, under the UN charter, to defend Lebanon’s sovereignty and protect our people under humanitarian law. Given the historic ties with our region, Lebanese look to Europe and Britain to take a lead through the UN in … Seguir leyendo
Por André Glucksmann, filósofo francés. Traducción de Martí Sampons (EL PAÍS, 12/08/06):
Me indigna la indignación de tantos indignados. Para la opinión pública mundial algunos muertos musulmanes pesan menos que una pluma, otros toneladas. Dos pesos, dos medidas. El crimen terrorista de una cincuentena de civiles cada día en Bagdad es relegado a la sección de sucesos, mientras que el bombardeo que mata a 28 habitantes en Cana es elevado a la categoría de crimen contra la humanidad. Sólo contadas personas como B. H. Lévy y Magdi Allam se extrañan de ello. ¿Por qué los 200.000 muertos de Darfur … Seguir leyendo
Par Patrick Haenni, sociologue suisse et analyste à Beyrouth pour l’International Crisis Group, une ONG active dans la prévention et la résolution de conflits. Patrick Haenni a reçu le prix de la meilleure thèse de langue française sur le monde musulman pour «L’Ordre des caïds: conjurer la dissidence urbaine au Caire», paru en 2003 (LE TEMPS, 11/08/06):
La guerre entre le Hezbollah libanais et Israël est à facettes multiples. Dans une perspective large, et si l’issue de la confrontation armée est encore indécise, on peut cependant considérer que le Hezbollah a déjà marqué des points sur trois tableaux
Tout … Seguir leyendo
By Paul Moorcraft, former senior instructor at Sandhurst and the Joint Services Command and Staff College, is director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis (THE GUARDIAN, 11/08/06):
Washington has dumped Tony Blair and its disdain of the UN. America is now working with France, the old colonial power, to shape Lebanese events via the international organisation. Friction between Washington and Paris as well as strong objections from the Arab League are delaying a “first-stage” UN resolution on a ceasefire. Immediate Israeli withdrawal is not in the current text.The Lebanese government has offered 15,000 troops to replace the Israeli … Seguir leyendo