Lebanese civilians talk about life in southern Lebanon during and after the war
There are points in this where I feel sympathy, and there are points that are utterly ridiculous. You really can see the power that Hezbollah has over the people of Lebanon.
For example:
Q: Is there widespread bitterness towards Hezbollah for using civilians as human shields resulting in many needless deaths?
Lina: Hezbollah never, never used civilians as human shields. It was a matter of pride for us; they were fighting for us. Everything they did was for us, so we could live in dignity and freedom.
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It is Hezbollah who stopped Israel invading our country any more than a few hundred metres. And it liberated the south from Israel in 2000.
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Fairuz: The reason we are happy about our martyrs is because we know there is a price for everything and we are willing to pay that price. If you want water you have to pay the price for it. Our blood is the only thing we have to pay with for what we want.
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Q: Could Rim and Fairuz explain why they are reluctant to show their faces in the photographs?
Rim: At the slightest occasion Israel will be ready to display our photos and call us terrorists. They would probably put us on a list of terrorists, because Israel lacks democracy and freedom, unlike us.
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Mind you, the problem figures across the entire Arab expanse. Just yesterday I was wading through the talkbacks to an article reporting about the conversion to Judaism of a former Hizbullah operative.
What's needed is a sort of educational Marshall Plan to root out this poison from Arab minds. It ought to focus first and foreost on the youngest.
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Mind you, the problem figures across the entire Arab expanse. Just yesterday I was wading through the talkbacks to an article reporting about the conversion to Judaism of a former Hizbullah operative.
What's needed is a sort of educational Marshall Plan to root out this poison from Arab minds. It ought to focus first and foreost on the youngest.
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