Why is Israel bombing Lebanon?

paddyann54

Someone needs to stop Netanyahu and his vileIDF NOW
There will be no peace in the Middle East with Zionists in charge in Israel
As for Trump he thinks he’s John Wayne in every old war film in the past …sadly he thinks because he’s American he can do as he pleases….seems he can..nobody has the guts to stand up against him

Going slightly off-piste: Trump and Wayne are surely America's most famous Draft Dodgers.

Ah, but there's Patriotism for you!

And as for Nettyahoo bombing the living daylights out of Lebanon.......he's 110% certain that he'll always have America's backing. But what if they elect a sane president next time?

The Lebanese is too weak to disarm Hezbollah and too many Lebanese support it. Hezbollah adopts the same method as Hamas as hiding in the general population thus there are civilian deaths when Israel attacks Hezbollah which restarted attacks on Israel as a proxy for the murderous Iranian theocracy.

AGAA4

That's why I mentioned Hansard. The government are discussing this issue Allira.

Yes, that's wat I meant, sorry, should have made that clear thst I saw you had posted that.

Of course, there are things which cannot be revealed in the interests of national security.

Excuse typos!

Cossy

Whatever your view, whatever the actual truth is, the only thing I see ahead of us now is more death, more destruction, more economic instability, more displaced people.

Frankly, at times, the human race disgusts me, it just doesn’t matter anymore who does what, who started what, what matters is who can finish it.

In the meantime, never mind about the mid-terms, the Epstein files, any poor Jewish hostages who might have somehow miraculously still be alive, Palestinians with nothing, being starved in their own country, Ukrainians still being bombed, not to mention people’s sons and daughters in all and any armed forces, whoever they are, whatever their nationality or colour, putting their lives on the line every day, for what? Liars and crooks and madmen who seemingly don’t give a fig about their own citizens let alone those in other countries.

I’ve seen and read utterly appalling acts and language from world leaders, whose greed and corruption is shocking beyond belief!

You are so right. It’s a mad, mad world we are living in.
Put we can’t just rub along!

Pity

I wasn’t watching it properly as I was packing but someone interviewed on tv this morning was constantly being accused of anti semitism when, as he pointed out, he was criticising Israel’s actions and that of it’s leader. I think it’s wrong that Israel can hide behind that whilst committing war crimes. Imo

I agree MayBee.

MayBee70

I wasn’t watching it properly as I was packing but someone interviewed on tv this morning was constantly being accused of anti semitism when, as he pointed out, he was criticising Israel’s actions and that of it’s leader. I think it’s wrong that Israel can hide behind that whilst committing war crimes. Imo

Yes, and I actually think that the world up until quite recently, was too reticent for fear of being accused of anti-semitism throughout the past 80 years when it should have brought notice to the continual illegal land grab and the treatment of the Palestinians whose care was under Israel’s jurisdiction.

I think it would have been to everyone’s benefit if criticism was made public especially Israel’s

Cossy

Whatever your view, whatever the actual truth is, the only thing I see ahead of us now is more death, more destruction, more economic instability, more displaced people.

Frankly, at times, the human race disgusts me, it just doesn’t matter anymore who does what, who started what, what matters is who can finish it.

In the meantime, never mind about the mid-terms, the Epstein files, any poor Jewish hostages who might have somehow miraculously still be alive, Palestinians with nothing, being starved in their own country, Ukrainians still being bombed, not to mention people’s sons and daughters in all and any armed forces, whoever they are, whatever their nationality or colour, putting their lives on the line every day, for what? Liars and crooks and madmen who seemingly don’t give a fig about their own citizens let alone those in other countries.

I’ve seen and read utterly appalling acts and language from world leaders, whose greed and corruption is shocking beyond belief!

Cossy, your words should be repeated everywhere. Madmen have hijacked our planet. It has got to stop.

It is almost as if human beings are taking an extreme turn so that there are two species instead of one. The species that murders families and and the species that loves families. What do you call a civil war that involves the whole earth void of any borders or nations? That is what I see occuring.

The majority of citizens of every nation are so fed up with media hype and senseless killings. It is insanity in charge. They call this civilized world but this is not civilized and this road leads to extinction, for sure. I say, regime change.....of the entire planet.

Grantanow

The Lebanese is too weak to disarm Hezbollah and too many Lebanese support it. Hezbollah adopts the same method as Hamas as hiding in the general population thus there are civilian deaths when Israel attacks Hezbollah which restarted attacks on Israel as a proxy for the murderous Iranian theocracy.

The Lebanese cant control Hezbollah because it is armed by Iran, Lebanon tries to have a moderate government but is constantly undermined by Iran.

Do you honestly think that what Israel is doing will make any difference?

twaddle

Do you honestly think that what Israel is doing will make any difference?

It will if Iran stops supplying Hezbollah, what's the point of having a Lebanese government if it can't control terrorism.

That's a big "if"! Why should Iran stop supplying Hezbollah? I doubt if the Iranian leadership is going to take much notice of bully-boy Trump or Netanyahu. Hezbollah is not going to be defeated by brute force.

Why should Iran stop supplying Hezbollah?

The other question is "Why does Iran support terrorism in the region? Is it perpetuating conflict?"
"Who is the controlling bully here?"

Iran supports Hezbollah because it hates Israel. It doesn't pretend otherwise. Yes, it perpetuates conflict and it's fairly obvious that'e why it supports Hezbollah.

Israel just has to accept it and defend itself as well as it can (with US aid). It has reasonable relationships with Jordan, Egypt and even Saudi. Warfare won't solve anything. Israel can't kill every Iranian, Hezbollah, Houthi and Hamas member. More importantly, it can't destroy the ideology, so its only solution is containment.

I worded my question badly. It should have been "What reason does Iran have to stop supplying Hezbollah?" As far as I can see, there is no reason. Iran hates Israel just as much as it ever has - probably more so now (with some reason).

Allira

^Why should Iran stop supplying Hezbollah?^

The other question is "Why does Iran support terrorism in the region? Is it perpetuating conflict?"
"Who is the controlling bully here?"

That is a really good question Allira.
Iran imho has a lot to worry about with regard to national security/defence, perhaps more than Israel as has been seen with the recent war, with Saudi and other ME nations hostile to Iran backing the war waged by Israel and the US. We could suppose that Iran in view of this tried to develop nuclear weapons in order to avoid such a war, and not - as many say - to use nukes against Israel.
So, are Hezbollah a proxy to fight Israel sporadically or are they just as much about defending Iran from Israel.
Historically Iran has never had much time for Arab nations, going to war with Iraq in the 1980s, so this partnership with Arab factions against Israel smacks of something other than just causing conflicts with Israel. And are Hezbollah reacting to attacks from Israel or responding to attacks on them??
My guess is it is 50/50.
Of course Iran has sponsored Hezbollah and Hamas and the regime is an abomination, but has Israel been an aggressor rather than the victim.
Agains I would guess is 50/50.

Sorry meant to say - are Hezbollah reacting to attacks from Israel or attacking first?

Israel has no quarrel with the Lebanese government, but don't have the strength to control Hezbollah, the Lebanese population suffer because Hezbollah attack Israel in support of Palestinian's.
In exactly the same way Palestinians in Gaza suffer because of Hamas. Iran arms both groups as proxies to attack Israel, now Iran is attacking Israel directly.
It's all based on Iran wanting to destroy Israel, so I ask " should Itan be allowed to destroy Israel"?

Iran

Do you really think that Iran would try to destroy Israel with a nuclear weapon? That would be the end of them as nukes would be coming at them from Israel and the US and possibly others.
I believe Iran want a nuclear weapon for defence. Would the US have attacked Iran if it had one?
They may not have done as they believe Iran capable of using it.

But Iran doesn't have a hope in hell of destroying Israel. Of course Iran is attacking Israel directly - Iran was attacked!

Whatever the madman Trump thinks, attacking Iran or Lebanon isn't going to make Israel safe because it won't destroy the ideology or the hatred which has developed over the years. Netanyahu isn't going to achieve the "total victory" he keeps promising Israelis.

twaddle

But Iran doesn't have a hope in hell of destroying Israel. Of course Iran is attacking Israel directly - Iran was attacked!

Whatever the madman Trump thinks, attacking Iran or Lebanon isn't going to make Israel safe because it won't destroy the ideology or the hatred which has developed over the years. Netanyahu isn't going to achieve the "total victory" he keeps promising Israelis.

Most of the hatred grew as Israel continued to land grab and treat Palestinians so badly.

Historically Iran has never had much time for Arab nations, going to war with Iraq in the 1980s, so this partnership with Arab factions against Israel smacks of something other than just causing conflicts with Israel. And are Hezbollah reacting to attacks from Israel or responding to attacks on them??

Two good points, Fallingstar