Not my kind of Politics.

On a day during which the UN continue to inspect the level of destruction in Lebanon, Israeli forces have killed a prominent Al-Aqsa figure.
It is said that although Israeli soldiers have attempted to kill him on a number of occasions, ironcally, his death did not come as part of a direct assassination attempt.

But wait a minute; forgive me if I'm wrong, but the conflict against Hezbollah was caused by the kidnap of two Israeli soldiers. The backlash of death and destruction that followed, led to the leader of Hezbollah, Nasrallah, saying that he regretted his provocative actions. Even though it seems he learnt his tactices from Israel.

And yet Israel continue to pound around the area, killing high-ranking Palestinians, and making late-night sorties into Lebanon. Although arguably losing the war against Hezbollah, Israel have learned nothing from it, except maybe to only pick fights against Palestine in future. Somebody needs to tell them that this behaviour is unacceptable. In my mind, it constitutes war-crimes and murder. Why not bring back Mossad?!

Here is one view on the conflict, it is part of a correspondance between a Lebanese and an Israeli man. This is the Israeli stance:

I agree with you, we did underestimate Hezbollah. But who thought that they would spend six years building up stocks of thousands of rockets, with warheads packed with metal ballbearings, to inflict more damage on civilian targets?

These are not weapons of self defence - their only aim is to inflict terror on civilian populations.

And yes, I agree that the devastation of Lebanon is appalling.

But if those Lebanese who opposed Syria's presence in Lebanon had crossed the border, murdered Syrian soldiers and kidnapped others; I doubt if you or anyone else would still be alive to debate Syria's response.

One tourist from Tel-Aviv, visiting the Lebanon-Israel border states, when asked if the war was right:
"For sure! It wasn't enough," he said, laughing, "but never mind - next time!"