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Guns fall silent as Lebanon ceasefire takes hold
Guns fall silent as Lebanon ceasefire takes hold
14/08/2006 10h13
BEIRUT (AFP) - The guns have fallen silent in Lebanon as a UN-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to take hold after some of the most intense fighting of the devastating month-old conflict.
Israel had launched a wave of air strikes in the final hours before the deadline for a cessation of hostilities in a war that has killed about 1,300 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and laid waste to swathes of Lebanon.
But after the ceasefire took effect at 8 am (0500 GMT), Israel began withdrawing troops from Lebanon although it said it would maintain its air and sea blockade that has all but cut the country off from the outside world.
"There is a cessation of hostilities, but Israeli aircraft are still overflying some regions," a Lebanese security source said.
In Lebanon, exhausted refugees streamed from their shelters to stock up on provisions and inspect ruined homes while towns in northern Israel that have borne the brunt of rocket attacks remained deserted.
Israeli forces had pursued their battle to wipe out Hezbollah until the last minute, shelling areas around Tyre and Khiam in the war-battered south and unleashing air strikes on the ancient eastern city of Baalbek, killing five members of the Lebanese army and security forces and two civilians.
Warplanes also dropped leaflets over Beirut blaming Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian "masters" for the devastation and warning it would respond to any future attack.
"Hezbollah has brought you many achievements: destruction, displacement and death," said one leaflet.
"Can you pay this price a second time? Know that the Israeli Defence Forces will return and work with the required force against any terrorist act that will be launched from Lebanon to harm the state of Israel."
Hezbollah activists handed out their own posters in the militia's southern Beirut stronghold claiming "divine victory."
At least 38 Lebanese civilians and four soldiers had been killed Sunday as fighter jets pounded Beirut and other targets across the country after some of the most intense fighting of the 34-day conflict.
Seven Israeli soldiers were also killed in action Sunday, and an Israeli civilian was killed as the Shiite militia fired a record 250 rockets at the Jewish state.
The timing for the ceasefire was unveiled by UN chief Kofi Annan on Saturday following the adoption of a Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities and deployment of an international force in south Lebanon.
Both the Israeli and Lebanese cabinets endorsed the resolution, while Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his fighters would abide by any ceasefire -- but would also fight on until the last Israeli soldier left Lebanon.
In a sign of potential problems ahead, a Lebanese cabinet meeting to discuss the thorny issue of Hezbollah's disarmament was postponed because the Shiite movement was standing by a refusal to give up its weapons.
"This is the moment of truth and they do not want to give up their arms," a cabinet minister told AFP.
Israel has urged the world to apply UN resolution 1701 firmly, warning that Hezbollah must be dismantled and the Lebanese army quickly deployed in the the militia's stronghold in the south.
The United States, Israel's major ally, said it viewed the truce as a "positive step" but that it would take some time for the UN resolution to be carried out fully.
The agreement to halt fighting raised hopes of an end to the deadliest cross-border conflict in a quarter century which has claimed the lives of about 1,150 people in Lebanon, most of them civilians, and 156 Israelis.
But with Hezbollah vowing to fight until the last Israeli soldier leaves Lebanon and Israel stressing that it will respond to any attack on its troops or rocket fire, it was unclear whether the cessation of hostilities would hold.
In one of the deadliest raids Sunday, at least 15 people were killed, including three children, in Israeli air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. Another eight people were killed near Baalbek.
In what the media called the largest ground operation since the 1973 Middle East war, Israeli forces on Sunday had swept through south Lebanon where Hezbollah is rooted, with some troops reaching the Litani River which runs as far as 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border.
A total of 24 soldiers had been killed in combat Saturday -- the highest single-day toll since the war began on July 12 after Hezbollah captured two Israeli servicemen.
The Litani has served as a tactical boundary for Israel's operations in Lebanon since it first invaded its northern neighbour in 1978, leading to a long and bloody occupation that ended only six years ago.
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres sought to put a positive spin on the war's outcome despite the failure to stem Hezbollah rocket fire.
"I think that we have finished more or less the victors both militarily and politically," he said, predicting that Hezbollah would end with "its tail between its legs."
As displaced Lebanese began heading home, a UN aid convoy was heading to the southern port city of Tyre, the first such delivery of aid for several days.
"It does not matter whether our homes are still standing or not. We have to go back and defend our land," said Leila Haidar, who had fled the south with her family.
More than 900,000 people have been displaced by the Israeli bombardments that have also destroyed thousands of homes, dozens of bridges and hundreds of kilometres (miles) of roads.
The UN resolution, unanimously adopted Friday after weeks of diplomatic wrangling, aslo calls for a withdrawal of Israeli forces as the international force is deployed and the release of the two captive Israeli soldiers.
Morocco, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey, Spain and Malaysia have already agreed to send troops to bolster the UN force, Lebanon said.
While approving the resolution, the Lebanese cabinet expressed reservations that it did not go far enough in condemning the large-scale Israeli destruction and that it failed to address the issue of the Israeli-occupied Shebaa farms.
"Lebanon will be I think the last state to sign a peace treaty with Israel," declared its UN ambassador Nouhad Mahmoud.
14/08/2006 10h13
BEIRUT (AFP) - The guns have fallen silent in Lebanon as a UN-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to take hold after some of the most intense fighting of the devastating month-old conflict.Israel had launched a wave of air strikes in the final hours before the deadline for a cessation of hostilities in a war that has killed about 1,300 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and laid waste to swathes of Lebanon.
But after the ceasefire took effect at 8 am (0500 GMT), Israel began withdrawing troops from Lebanon although it said it would maintain its air and sea blockade that has all but cut the country off from the outside world.
"There is a cessation of hostilities, but Israeli aircraft are still overflying some regions," a Lebanese security source said.
In Lebanon, exhausted refugees streamed from their shelters to stock up on provisions and inspect ruined homes while towns in northern Israel that have borne the brunt of rocket attacks remained deserted.
Israeli forces had pursued their battle to wipe out Hezbollah until the last minute, shelling areas around Tyre and Khiam in the war-battered south and unleashing air strikes on the ancient eastern city of Baalbek, killing five members of the Lebanese army and security forces and two civilians.
Warplanes also dropped leaflets over Beirut blaming Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian "masters" for the devastation and warning it would respond to any future attack.
"Hezbollah has brought you many achievements: destruction, displacement and death," said one leaflet.
"Can you pay this price a second time? Know that the Israeli Defence Forces will return and work with the required force against any terrorist act that will be launched from Lebanon to harm the state of Israel."
Hezbollah activists handed out their own posters in the militia's southern Beirut stronghold claiming "divine victory."
At least 38 Lebanese civilians and four soldiers had been killed Sunday as fighter jets pounded Beirut and other targets across the country after some of the most intense fighting of the 34-day conflict.
Seven Israeli soldiers were also killed in action Sunday, and an Israeli civilian was killed as the Shiite militia fired a record 250 rockets at the Jewish state.
The timing for the ceasefire was unveiled by UN chief Kofi Annan on Saturday following the adoption of a Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities and deployment of an international force in south Lebanon.
Both the Israeli and Lebanese cabinets endorsed the resolution, while Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his fighters would abide by any ceasefire -- but would also fight on until the last Israeli soldier left Lebanon.
In a sign of potential problems ahead, a Lebanese cabinet meeting to discuss the thorny issue of Hezbollah's disarmament was postponed because the Shiite movement was standing by a refusal to give up its weapons.
"This is the moment of truth and they do not want to give up their arms," a cabinet minister told AFP.
Israel has urged the world to apply UN resolution 1701 firmly, warning that Hezbollah must be dismantled and the Lebanese army quickly deployed in the the militia's stronghold in the south.
The United States, Israel's major ally, said it viewed the truce as a "positive step" but that it would take some time for the UN resolution to be carried out fully.
The agreement to halt fighting raised hopes of an end to the deadliest cross-border conflict in a quarter century which has claimed the lives of about 1,150 people in Lebanon, most of them civilians, and 156 Israelis.
But with Hezbollah vowing to fight until the last Israeli soldier leaves Lebanon and Israel stressing that it will respond to any attack on its troops or rocket fire, it was unclear whether the cessation of hostilities would hold.
In one of the deadliest raids Sunday, at least 15 people were killed, including three children, in Israeli air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. Another eight people were killed near Baalbek.
In what the media called the largest ground operation since the 1973 Middle East war, Israeli forces on Sunday had swept through south Lebanon where Hezbollah is rooted, with some troops reaching the Litani River which runs as far as 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border.
A total of 24 soldiers had been killed in combat Saturday -- the highest single-day toll since the war began on July 12 after Hezbollah captured two Israeli servicemen.
The Litani has served as a tactical boundary for Israel's operations in Lebanon since it first invaded its northern neighbour in 1978, leading to a long and bloody occupation that ended only six years ago.
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres sought to put a positive spin on the war's outcome despite the failure to stem Hezbollah rocket fire.
"I think that we have finished more or less the victors both militarily and politically," he said, predicting that Hezbollah would end with "its tail between its legs."
As displaced Lebanese began heading home, a UN aid convoy was heading to the southern port city of Tyre, the first such delivery of aid for several days.
"It does not matter whether our homes are still standing or not. We have to go back and defend our land," said Leila Haidar, who had fled the south with her family.
More than 900,000 people have been displaced by the Israeli bombardments that have also destroyed thousands of homes, dozens of bridges and hundreds of kilometres (miles) of roads.
The UN resolution, unanimously adopted Friday after weeks of diplomatic wrangling, aslo calls for a withdrawal of Israeli forces as the international force is deployed and the release of the two captive Israeli soldiers.
Morocco, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey, Spain and Malaysia have already agreed to send troops to bolster the UN force, Lebanon said.
While approving the resolution, the Lebanese cabinet expressed reservations that it did not go far enough in condemning the large-scale Israeli destruction and that it failed to address the issue of the Israeli-occupied Shebaa farms.
"Lebanon will be I think the last state to sign a peace treaty with Israel," declared its UN ambassador Nouhad Mahmoud.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
أنقذوا أطفال لبنان
أنقذوا أطفال لبنان
نايلة تويني
9/8/2006
لم ينج طفل لبناني واحد من الهجوم الاسرائيلي البربري. لقد اصاب العدوان اطفال لبنان جميعاً ومن دون استثناء. بات لكل واحد منهم قصته الخاصة مع الحياة والموت. من لم يستشهد أو لم يصب بجرح جسدي مباشر، اصيب بجرح من نوع آخر، جرح نفسي يتطلب وقتاً طويلاً جداً لمداواته، هذا اذا أمكن ذلك
من سيمحو أثر الصدمة التي اصابت طفلاً قضت عائلته بأكملها، تحت ركام منزلها في قانا وبقي وحيداً على قيد الحياة، لا بل ظنه عمال الانقاذ ميتاً حين انتشلوه من تحت الأنقاض، ليستفيق بعدها في المشرحة؟! من سيعالج الآثار النفسية للقصف والغارات وعملية النزوح التي يعانيها مئات آلاف الاطفال اللبنانيين؟
عندما قالت اسرائيل انها تريد تدمير البنية التحتية للبنان لم تقصد فقط استهداف جسوره ومصانعه ومحطات توليد الطاقة فيه، بل كانت تعني بالتحديد ممارسة هوايتها المفضلة: قتل أطفاله وهدم مستقبلهم. لقد بات هذا الأمر واضحاً بما لا يقبل الشك
يمكن بناء الجسور من جديد، كما يمكن تعميرالقرى والمدن وردم الحفر وازالة الركام، لكن أحداً لا يمكنه احياء طفل قتلته اسرائيل. ولذلك فإن اطفال لبنان هم الخسارة التي لا تعوض، الألم الأقسى والتضحية الأكبر
ان كل الارقام التي اعلنتها منظمة "اليونيسيف" والهيئات الاهلية والرسمية اللبنانية، تشير الى أن نسبة الاطفال بين القتلى والجرحى اللبنانيين تجاوزت الـ40 في المئة، وكذلك هي نسبتهم بين النازحين
من يعيد الى طفل عيناً أو يداً أو قدماً أو أماً أو أباً أو عائلة بأكملها؟
ان كل من يساهم اليوم في رسم ابتسامة على وجه طفل لبناني، يقوم بعمل انساني كبير، لا بل بعمل مقاوم
نصف اطفالنا ينامون اليوم في الحدائق أو يفترشون الأرض نازحين في المدارس، ولم يعد لهم منازل يعودون اليها. فلنحاول جميعاً أن نعيد إليهم على الأقل بعضاً من أحلامهم الجميلة
، يا أطفال لبنان
سينهض هذا الوطن من أجلكم، سنبنيه من جديد لتراه عيونكم جميلاً، وسنحميه لأنكم مستقبله. عذراً من كل لحظة بؤس تقضونها بعيداً عن بيوتكم، عذراً من كل جرح أصابكم، وعذراً من كل ألم لحق بكم. لكم علينا ألّا نيأس، ولكم علينا أن نبذل كل التضحيات لكي تفخروا بوطنكم، كي تبقى رايته نجمة سمائه، وكي تتناقلوا أمثولته جيلاً بعد جيل، ليعلم العالم أجمع أن حريتكم وفرحكم هما أغلى ما نملك.
إننا نطلب من كل العالم أن يقف وقفة تضامن مع أطفال لبنان
نايلة تويني
9/8/2006
لم ينج طفل لبناني واحد من الهجوم الاسرائيلي البربري. لقد اصاب العدوان اطفال لبنان جميعاً ومن دون استثناء. بات لكل واحد منهم قصته الخاصة مع الحياة والموت. من لم يستشهد أو لم يصب بجرح جسدي مباشر، اصيب بجرح من نوع آخر، جرح نفسي يتطلب وقتاً طويلاً جداً لمداواته، هذا اذا أمكن ذلك
من سيمحو أثر الصدمة التي اصابت طفلاً قضت عائلته بأكملها، تحت ركام منزلها في قانا وبقي وحيداً على قيد الحياة، لا بل ظنه عمال الانقاذ ميتاً حين انتشلوه من تحت الأنقاض، ليستفيق بعدها في المشرحة؟! من سيعالج الآثار النفسية للقصف والغارات وعملية النزوح التي يعانيها مئات آلاف الاطفال اللبنانيين؟
عندما قالت اسرائيل انها تريد تدمير البنية التحتية للبنان لم تقصد فقط استهداف جسوره ومصانعه ومحطات توليد الطاقة فيه، بل كانت تعني بالتحديد ممارسة هوايتها المفضلة: قتل أطفاله وهدم مستقبلهم. لقد بات هذا الأمر واضحاً بما لا يقبل الشك
يمكن بناء الجسور من جديد، كما يمكن تعميرالقرى والمدن وردم الحفر وازالة الركام، لكن أحداً لا يمكنه احياء طفل قتلته اسرائيل. ولذلك فإن اطفال لبنان هم الخسارة التي لا تعوض، الألم الأقسى والتضحية الأكبر
ان كل الارقام التي اعلنتها منظمة "اليونيسيف" والهيئات الاهلية والرسمية اللبنانية، تشير الى أن نسبة الاطفال بين القتلى والجرحى اللبنانيين تجاوزت الـ40 في المئة، وكذلك هي نسبتهم بين النازحين
من يعيد الى طفل عيناً أو يداً أو قدماً أو أماً أو أباً أو عائلة بأكملها؟
ان كل من يساهم اليوم في رسم ابتسامة على وجه طفل لبناني، يقوم بعمل انساني كبير، لا بل بعمل مقاوم
نصف اطفالنا ينامون اليوم في الحدائق أو يفترشون الأرض نازحين في المدارس، ولم يعد لهم منازل يعودون اليها. فلنحاول جميعاً أن نعيد إليهم على الأقل بعضاً من أحلامهم الجميلة
، يا أطفال لبنان
سينهض هذا الوطن من أجلكم، سنبنيه من جديد لتراه عيونكم جميلاً، وسنحميه لأنكم مستقبله. عذراً من كل لحظة بؤس تقضونها بعيداً عن بيوتكم، عذراً من كل جرح أصابكم، وعذراً من كل ألم لحق بكم. لكم علينا ألّا نيأس، ولكم علينا أن نبذل كل التضحيات لكي تفخروا بوطنكم، كي تبقى رايته نجمة سمائه، وكي تتناقلوا أمثولته جيلاً بعد جيل، ليعلم العالم أجمع أن حريتكم وفرحكم هما أغلى ما نملك.
إننا نطلب من كل العالم أن يقف وقفة تضامن مع أطفال لبنان
Monday, August 07, 2006
George Galloway On Sky News TV
Galloway: 'The Violence Will Go On'
George Galloway has spoken out in support of Lebanon, saying he believes Hizbollah is justified in attacking Israel. The Respect MP also lambasted media coverage of the war and said the UN resolution means nothing.
George Galloway has spoken out in support of Lebanon, saying he believes Hizbollah is justified in attacking Israel. The Respect MP also lambasted media coverage of the war and said the UN resolution means nothing.
لبنانيون يصمدون أمام العدوان الإسرائيلي بالنكتة السياسية والأسطورة
! إحداها تقول: لبنانيون عزفوا عن وضع جسور بأسنانهم خوفا من القصف
لبنانيون يصمدون أمام العدوان الإسرائيلي بالنكتة السياسية والأسطورة
دبي - العربية.نت
7/8/2006
أطلق لبنانيون عددا من النكات التي تسخر من الحرب الدموية الإسرائيلية على بلادهم والتي قتلت المئات على مدار أكثر من ثلاثة أسابيع. ومن أحدث هذه النكات التي تعكس الصمود اللبناني وحيوية الشارع، واحدة مفادها أن الجيش الإسرائيلي اتصل بالفنانة فيروز، سائلا إياها عن موقع "جسر اللوزية" الوارد في إحدى أغنياتها ليقصفه
وكان رئيس مجلس النواب اللبناني نبيه بري سرد لوزيرة الخارجية الأمريكية كوندوليزا رايس نكتة مشابهة عن أن اللبنانيين عزفوا عن وضع "جسور" لدعم أسنانهم، خوفا من القصف الإسرائيلي
بدوره، دخل لقب "أم كامل" الذي أطلقه الناس على طائرات الاستطلاع الإسرائيلية من دون طيار "M K" على خط مواجهة الخطر بالفكاهة. ففي إحدى قرى الجنوب الآمنة نسبيا تجمع الأهالي في الساحة. وفجأة بدأت طائرات الاستطلاع تحليقها، فصرخ أحدهم "أم كامل"، لتجيبه امرأة تتكنى باسم ابنها البكر كامل، من المنزل المجاور: "نعم ماذا تريد؟" فيضحك الجميع معلقين: "ننادي أم كامل في السماء فترد على الأرض". بحسب تقرير لصحيفة "الشرق الأوسط" اللندنية كتبته سناء الجاك الاثنين 7-8-2006
إرادة الحياة عند اللبنانيين تمزج الطرافة بمواجهة المستحيل للقدرة على الاستمرار في ظل الظروف المعيشية المتأزمة. فقد سأل رجل صديقه عن عنوان المسبح الآمن الذي يقصده رغم القصف، مستغربا اكتسابه لونا أسمر داكنا، فأجاب الصديق: "لم أذهب إلى أي مسبح ولكني أمضيت أربع ساعات تحت الشمس أنتظر دوري لأحصل على وقود لسيارتي"
ويطيب لأهالي بعلبك أن يسخروا من عملية الإنزال الإسرائيلية التي حصلت الأسبوع الماضي وأسفرت عن اختطاف خمسة من سكان المدينة، فيرددون بأنهم توجهوا إلى المروحيات ليستقلوها في نزهة جوية، واعترضوا على ضيق مقصوراتها التي لا تتسع لهم، معتبرين أن الخدمات السياحية للإسرائيليين سيئة
بجوار النكات، وجدت الأساطير طريقها إلى حكايات الشارع اللبناني، لا سيما في معرض الإشارة إلى بطولة مقاتلي المقاومة. فالبعض يردد أن أحد هؤلاء المقاتلين كان في حمأة المعركة يسدد رصاصه إلى الجنود الإسرائيليين عندما فرغت بندقيته من الذخيرة، ليفاجأ بها ملقمة بقدرة قادر. أو أن مقاتلا آخر وجد نفسه محاصرا تحت نيران العدو، لتنشله معجزة إلهية من موقعه وتضعه في مكان آمن
وكما تشير صحيفة "الشرق الأوسط"، فأصدق تعبير عن الأسطورة التي ترافق الحرب على لبنان، هو ما قاله لإحدى المحطات التلفزيونية الجندي الإسرائيلي الذي نقل إلى أحد مستشفيات لندن ليعالج من صدمة نفسية، سببتها له المواجهات العنيفة مع الحزب. فقد قال هذا الجندي إنه كان يشاهد مقاتلين من دون رؤوس يهجمون عليه، كما كان يطلق النار على مقاتلي الحزب، فيخترقهم الرصاص ولا يسقطون
لبنانيون يصمدون أمام العدوان الإسرائيلي بالنكتة السياسية والأسطورة
دبي - العربية.نت
7/8/2006
أطلق لبنانيون عددا من النكات التي تسخر من الحرب الدموية الإسرائيلية على بلادهم والتي قتلت المئات على مدار أكثر من ثلاثة أسابيع. ومن أحدث هذه النكات التي تعكس الصمود اللبناني وحيوية الشارع، واحدة مفادها أن الجيش الإسرائيلي اتصل بالفنانة فيروز، سائلا إياها عن موقع "جسر اللوزية" الوارد في إحدى أغنياتها ليقصفه
وكان رئيس مجلس النواب اللبناني نبيه بري سرد لوزيرة الخارجية الأمريكية كوندوليزا رايس نكتة مشابهة عن أن اللبنانيين عزفوا عن وضع "جسور" لدعم أسنانهم، خوفا من القصف الإسرائيلي
بدوره، دخل لقب "أم كامل" الذي أطلقه الناس على طائرات الاستطلاع الإسرائيلية من دون طيار "M K" على خط مواجهة الخطر بالفكاهة. ففي إحدى قرى الجنوب الآمنة نسبيا تجمع الأهالي في الساحة. وفجأة بدأت طائرات الاستطلاع تحليقها، فصرخ أحدهم "أم كامل"، لتجيبه امرأة تتكنى باسم ابنها البكر كامل، من المنزل المجاور: "نعم ماذا تريد؟" فيضحك الجميع معلقين: "ننادي أم كامل في السماء فترد على الأرض". بحسب تقرير لصحيفة "الشرق الأوسط" اللندنية كتبته سناء الجاك الاثنين 7-8-2006
إرادة الحياة عند اللبنانيين تمزج الطرافة بمواجهة المستحيل للقدرة على الاستمرار في ظل الظروف المعيشية المتأزمة. فقد سأل رجل صديقه عن عنوان المسبح الآمن الذي يقصده رغم القصف، مستغربا اكتسابه لونا أسمر داكنا، فأجاب الصديق: "لم أذهب إلى أي مسبح ولكني أمضيت أربع ساعات تحت الشمس أنتظر دوري لأحصل على وقود لسيارتي"
ويطيب لأهالي بعلبك أن يسخروا من عملية الإنزال الإسرائيلية التي حصلت الأسبوع الماضي وأسفرت عن اختطاف خمسة من سكان المدينة، فيرددون بأنهم توجهوا إلى المروحيات ليستقلوها في نزهة جوية، واعترضوا على ضيق مقصوراتها التي لا تتسع لهم، معتبرين أن الخدمات السياحية للإسرائيليين سيئة
بجوار النكات، وجدت الأساطير طريقها إلى حكايات الشارع اللبناني، لا سيما في معرض الإشارة إلى بطولة مقاتلي المقاومة. فالبعض يردد أن أحد هؤلاء المقاتلين كان في حمأة المعركة يسدد رصاصه إلى الجنود الإسرائيليين عندما فرغت بندقيته من الذخيرة، ليفاجأ بها ملقمة بقدرة قادر. أو أن مقاتلا آخر وجد نفسه محاصرا تحت نيران العدو، لتنشله معجزة إلهية من موقعه وتضعه في مكان آمن
وكما تشير صحيفة "الشرق الأوسط"، فأصدق تعبير عن الأسطورة التي ترافق الحرب على لبنان، هو ما قاله لإحدى المحطات التلفزيونية الجندي الإسرائيلي الذي نقل إلى أحد مستشفيات لندن ليعالج من صدمة نفسية، سببتها له المواجهات العنيفة مع الحزب. فقد قال هذا الجندي إنه كان يشاهد مقاتلين من دون رؤوس يهجمون عليه، كما كان يطلق النار على مقاتلي الحزب، فيخترقهم الرصاص ولا يسقطون
Sunday, August 06, 2006
France, US strike deal as Lebanon endures heaviest battering
France, US strike deal as Lebanon endures heaviest battering
PARIS (AFP) - France and the United States agreed on a draft UN Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel hammered the country with what police described as the heaviest bombardment of the 25-day-old conflict.
But Hezbollah warned that the Shiite movement's guerrillas would only stop fighting if Israel halted attacks and pulled out of south Lebanon.
Lebanese Energy Minister Mohammed Fneish, a Hezbollah member, said the movement was wary.
"We are in a defense situation. When the Israeli aggression ceases, very simply, we will stop (fighting) on condition that no Israeli soldier remains inside Lebanese land," he said.
For his part, Israeli Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog said the draft resolution was "very important" because it showed that the diplomatic process had kicked in.
However, he said Israel "needs to know all the details before responding, because the resolution can still be changed.
"Until the resolution enters into force, the army will continue to act," he added, saying time was running out and that Israel will need to complete its offensive in the coming days.
US President George W. Bush is "happy" with the draft but has "no delusions" about how hard it will be to end the fighting, his spokesman said.
The spokesman added that "there's going to be more than one resolution," but declined to detail what would be in that follow-up initiative.
He dismissed suggestions that Bush might telephone Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying "I don't know if he needs to" and adding "I haven't heard Olmert complaining."
Asked whether Bush believed that there was a long way yet to ending the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Snow replied: "I don't think he has any delusions about what lies ahead."
Washington's UN ambassador, John Bolton, said the United States was prepared to adopt a resolution on the conflict as swiftly as possible.
But he warned that settling differences between Washington and Paris was not the final step, because a formal resolution would depend on the reaction of the UN Security Council's 13 other members.
"We want to move as quickly as other members in the council want to move," Bolton told CNN television.
He refused to speculate when a resolution could be passed.
Earlier, French President Jacques Chirac's office said the two nations had agreed "on the draft resolution on the Middle East prepared by France to call for a complete cessation of hostilities and work towards permanent ceasefire and long-term solution."
The resolution was to be submitted by France to the Security Council later Saturday "in the interest of securing the widest agreement," it added, without disclosing details.
The draft resolution, of which AFP has obtained a copy, calls for a "full cessation of hostilities, based upon ... the immediate cessation by Hezbollah of all offensive military operations."
It calls for Israel and Lebanon to "support a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution."
That would be based on "strict respect by all parties for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Israel and Lebanon" and "delineation of the international borders of Lebanon, especially in those areas where the border is disputed or uncertain, including in the Shebaa Farms area."
The Security Council was scheduled to hold consultations at 1900 GMT.
The United States opposes what it terms a "fake peace" resolution that fails to tackle what it regards as the underlying problem of Hezbollah's presence on the border.
France, the former colonial power in Lebanon, commands the existing UN peacekeeping force deployed in the border area and is widely expected to lead a beefed up international force being advocated by Israel and its US ally.
But it has had qualms about the circumstances in which the force would be deployed and the terms of its mandate.
In the space of seven hours Saturday, Israel hit Lebanon with around 250 air raids and some 4,000 shells, killing two people and wounding at least 37, police said.
The single village of Aitaroun near the border endured a barrage of 2,000 rounds.
Israeli artillery was systematically levelling 15 villages within five kilometres (three miles) of the border after Israeli leaders vowed to create a security zone free of Hezbollah fighters in the area, the police added.
Israeli planes dropped pamphlets over parts of southern Lebanon warning that Hezbollah positions in the town of Sidon and elsewhere would be bombarded, the army said.
Lebanese Health Minister Mohammed Khalifeh expressed concern about the ongoing Israeli blockade of Lebanon, saying hospitals only had fuel for one more week because Israel continued to prevent shipments.
However, the Israeli military said it had given the green light to two fuel tankers to access Lebanon's shores, adding that the tankers had refused to approach for fear of being targeted by Hezbollah.
Hospitals have been working flat out to cope with an estimated 3,300 people wounded in the Israeli offensive, which has also killed almost 1,000 people, mostly civilians, according to Lebanese authorities.
Saturday's intensified air raids and shelling followed a night raid by Israeli commandos on the coastal city of Tyre that met fierce resistance from Hezbollah fighters. A Lebanese soldier was killed and eight Israelis soldiers wounded, two of them seriously.
One Israeli soldier was also killed and another wounded in fighting around the village of Taibeh close to the border.
An Israeli naval commander said four Hezbollah leaders were killed in the raid on Tyre. There was no immediate confirmation from the Shiite militant group.
The officer said the operation was in response to the firing of a missile on the Israeli town of Hadera 70 kilometers (45 miles) from the frontier on Friday evening -- the deepest strike into Israel of the present conflict.
Israeli planes also struck the southern suburbs of Beirut for a third night.
There was no immediate word on casualties in the Hezbollah stronghold, which has been repeatedly pounded since Israel launched its offensive after the group captured two soldiers in a deadly raid on July 12.
The renewed attacks failed to halt rocket fire on Israeli towns. A mother and her two adult daughters were killed and 10 people were lightly wounded when rockets hit northern Israel.
On Friday, three Israeli civilians were killed and eight wounded when Hezbollah fired 220 rockets at Israel.
Authorities in Tel Aviv began preparing bomb shelters on Friday after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened to hit the commercial capital of Tel Aviv for the first time if Israel struck central Beirut.
The head of Israel's north command, General Udi Adam, said his troops had eliminated more than half of Hezbollah's longer-range weapons and now controlled a border strip up to 10 kilometres (six miles) wide.
Lebanon estimates the strikes have damaged infrastructure to the tune of 2.5 billion dollars.
Israel has lost 45 soldiers and 33 civilians, Hezbollah says it has lost 48 of its fighters and an allied Shiite group -- Amal -- says it has lost another seven.
PARIS (AFP) - France and the United States agreed on a draft UN Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel hammered the country with what police described as the heaviest bombardment of the 25-day-old conflict.
But Hezbollah warned that the Shiite movement's guerrillas would only stop fighting if Israel halted attacks and pulled out of south Lebanon.
Lebanese Energy Minister Mohammed Fneish, a Hezbollah member, said the movement was wary.
"We are in a defense situation. When the Israeli aggression ceases, very simply, we will stop (fighting) on condition that no Israeli soldier remains inside Lebanese land," he said.
For his part, Israeli Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog said the draft resolution was "very important" because it showed that the diplomatic process had kicked in.
However, he said Israel "needs to know all the details before responding, because the resolution can still be changed.
"Until the resolution enters into force, the army will continue to act," he added, saying time was running out and that Israel will need to complete its offensive in the coming days.
US President George W. Bush is "happy" with the draft but has "no delusions" about how hard it will be to end the fighting, his spokesman said.
The spokesman added that "there's going to be more than one resolution," but declined to detail what would be in that follow-up initiative.
He dismissed suggestions that Bush might telephone Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying "I don't know if he needs to" and adding "I haven't heard Olmert complaining."
Asked whether Bush believed that there was a long way yet to ending the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Snow replied: "I don't think he has any delusions about what lies ahead."
Washington's UN ambassador, John Bolton, said the United States was prepared to adopt a resolution on the conflict as swiftly as possible.
But he warned that settling differences between Washington and Paris was not the final step, because a formal resolution would depend on the reaction of the UN Security Council's 13 other members.
"We want to move as quickly as other members in the council want to move," Bolton told CNN television.
He refused to speculate when a resolution could be passed.
Earlier, French President Jacques Chirac's office said the two nations had agreed "on the draft resolution on the Middle East prepared by France to call for a complete cessation of hostilities and work towards permanent ceasefire and long-term solution."
The resolution was to be submitted by France to the Security Council later Saturday "in the interest of securing the widest agreement," it added, without disclosing details.
The draft resolution, of which AFP has obtained a copy, calls for a "full cessation of hostilities, based upon ... the immediate cessation by Hezbollah of all offensive military operations."
It calls for Israel and Lebanon to "support a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution."
That would be based on "strict respect by all parties for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Israel and Lebanon" and "delineation of the international borders of Lebanon, especially in those areas where the border is disputed or uncertain, including in the Shebaa Farms area."
The Security Council was scheduled to hold consultations at 1900 GMT.
The United States opposes what it terms a "fake peace" resolution that fails to tackle what it regards as the underlying problem of Hezbollah's presence on the border.
France, the former colonial power in Lebanon, commands the existing UN peacekeeping force deployed in the border area and is widely expected to lead a beefed up international force being advocated by Israel and its US ally.
But it has had qualms about the circumstances in which the force would be deployed and the terms of its mandate.
In the space of seven hours Saturday, Israel hit Lebanon with around 250 air raids and some 4,000 shells, killing two people and wounding at least 37, police said.
The single village of Aitaroun near the border endured a barrage of 2,000 rounds.
Israeli artillery was systematically levelling 15 villages within five kilometres (three miles) of the border after Israeli leaders vowed to create a security zone free of Hezbollah fighters in the area, the police added.
Israeli planes dropped pamphlets over parts of southern Lebanon warning that Hezbollah positions in the town of Sidon and elsewhere would be bombarded, the army said.
Lebanese Health Minister Mohammed Khalifeh expressed concern about the ongoing Israeli blockade of Lebanon, saying hospitals only had fuel for one more week because Israel continued to prevent shipments.
However, the Israeli military said it had given the green light to two fuel tankers to access Lebanon's shores, adding that the tankers had refused to approach for fear of being targeted by Hezbollah.
Hospitals have been working flat out to cope with an estimated 3,300 people wounded in the Israeli offensive, which has also killed almost 1,000 people, mostly civilians, according to Lebanese authorities.
Saturday's intensified air raids and shelling followed a night raid by Israeli commandos on the coastal city of Tyre that met fierce resistance from Hezbollah fighters. A Lebanese soldier was killed and eight Israelis soldiers wounded, two of them seriously.
One Israeli soldier was also killed and another wounded in fighting around the village of Taibeh close to the border.
An Israeli naval commander said four Hezbollah leaders were killed in the raid on Tyre. There was no immediate confirmation from the Shiite militant group.
The officer said the operation was in response to the firing of a missile on the Israeli town of Hadera 70 kilometers (45 miles) from the frontier on Friday evening -- the deepest strike into Israel of the present conflict.
Israeli planes also struck the southern suburbs of Beirut for a third night.
There was no immediate word on casualties in the Hezbollah stronghold, which has been repeatedly pounded since Israel launched its offensive after the group captured two soldiers in a deadly raid on July 12.
The renewed attacks failed to halt rocket fire on Israeli towns. A mother and her two adult daughters were killed and 10 people were lightly wounded when rockets hit northern Israel.
On Friday, three Israeli civilians were killed and eight wounded when Hezbollah fired 220 rockets at Israel.
Authorities in Tel Aviv began preparing bomb shelters on Friday after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened to hit the commercial capital of Tel Aviv for the first time if Israel struck central Beirut.
The head of Israel's north command, General Udi Adam, said his troops had eliminated more than half of Hezbollah's longer-range weapons and now controlled a border strip up to 10 kilometres (six miles) wide.
Lebanon estimates the strikes have damaged infrastructure to the tune of 2.5 billion dollars.
Israel has lost 45 soldiers and 33 civilians, Hezbollah says it has lost 48 of its fighters and an allied Shiite group -- Amal -- says it has lost another seven.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Israeli raids kill 828 so far, 3200 wounded
Israeli raids kill 828 so far, 3200 wounded
(AFP) August 1, 2006
ISRAELI attacks on Lebanon have left 828 people killed and 3200 wounded over the last three weeks, the state High Relief Committee said.
"At the 21st day of the Israeli offensive on Lebanon, the health ministry has counted 828 dead, more than 3200 wounded," a HRC spokesman who did not wish to be identified said.
"These are identified bodies, and the toll does not count the people still believed to be under the rubble," he said.
(AFP) August 1, 2006
ISRAELI attacks on Lebanon have left 828 people killed and 3200 wounded over the last three weeks, the state High Relief Committee said.
"At the 21st day of the Israeli offensive on Lebanon, the health ministry has counted 828 dead, more than 3200 wounded," a HRC spokesman who did not wish to be identified said.
"These are identified bodies, and the toll does not count the people still believed to be under the rubble," he said.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
QANA "A New Massacre" - قانا مجزرة جديدة
UN stormed amid fury over Qana bombing
Sunday 30 July 2006, 10:35 GMT
Thousands of protesters have stormed the UN building in Beirut in fury after more than 50 civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike on Qana in southern Lebanon.
Hundreds of demonstrators ran through corridors in the building smashing offices as they vented their anger of the deaths.
Smoke was seen rising from parts of the building as UN security troops struggled to contain crowds.
The anger erupted after an Israeli bombing raid killed at least 54 people, 37 of them children, as they slept in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Lebanese media reported that dozens of people remained trapped inside the three-storey building. Some of them had fled the Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese coastal town of Tyre.
Yasir Abu Hilala, Aljazeera's correspondent in Qana, said aid workers had pulled out only three people alive.
Efforts to get the wounded to hospital have been hampered as all roads around Qana have been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, he said.
The Israeli army has rejected responsibility for the deaths, saying that Hezbollah bore the blame because it used the village as a site for launching rockets.
However Hasan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah MP, told Aljazeera that Israel had committed "a new massacre".
"This massacre will enhance the Lebanese people's determination to endure Israeli aggression and will increase the [Hezbollah] resistance's determination to confront this enemy," he said.
"Israel is mistaken and deceived if it believes it can break the will of the Lebanese people in this way."
New offensive
The attack came as Hezbollah fighters battled Israeli forces making a new thrust into southern Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said on Sunday.
Fighting erupted when Israeli forces crossed the border from the Israeli village of Metula towards the town of Khiam after aircraft and artillery strikes.
The Israeli army said a new wave of Hezbollah rockets hit the Israeli towns of Nahariya, Kiryat Shemona and an area close to Maalot, although no injuries were reported.
An Israeli missile strike hit the main Lebanese border crossing into Syria on Sunday, forcing it to close for the first time since the conflict began more than two weeks ago.
Israeli fighter jets fired three missiles at the Masnaa crossing, which is about 300m beyond a Lebanese customs post. No casualties were reported in the strike.
The passage has been an escape route for tens of thousands of Lebanese fleeing the fighting into Syria after Israel bombed Beirut airport.
Buried bodies
The bodies of eight civilians were found near Tyre after Israeli missile strikes on Saturday, Salam Daher, the Lebanese civil defence chief, said.
Rescue workers say dozens more civilians, including a large number of children, are still buried in the rubble of houses destroyed in attacks around the city.
The Lebanese health minister has said the recovery of bodies in the south could raise the toll from the fighting.
Up to 600 Lebanese people, mainly civilians, are thought to have died in the offensive. Fifty-one Israelis have also been killed since Israel launched its offensive in mid-July after the kidnapping of two of its soldiers and rocket attacks by Hezbollah fighters.
Aljazeera + Agencies
Sunday 30 July 2006, 10:35 GMT
Thousands of protesters have stormed the UN building in Beirut in fury after more than 50 civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike on Qana in southern Lebanon.
Hundreds of demonstrators ran through corridors in the building smashing offices as they vented their anger of the deaths.
Smoke was seen rising from parts of the building as UN security troops struggled to contain crowds.
The anger erupted after an Israeli bombing raid killed at least 54 people, 37 of them children, as they slept in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Lebanese media reported that dozens of people remained trapped inside the three-storey building. Some of them had fled the Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese coastal town of Tyre.
Yasir Abu Hilala, Aljazeera's correspondent in Qana, said aid workers had pulled out only three people alive.
Efforts to get the wounded to hospital have been hampered as all roads around Qana have been destroyed by Israeli air strikes, he said.
The Israeli army has rejected responsibility for the deaths, saying that Hezbollah bore the blame because it used the village as a site for launching rockets.
However Hasan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah MP, told Aljazeera that Israel had committed "a new massacre".
"This massacre will enhance the Lebanese people's determination to endure Israeli aggression and will increase the [Hezbollah] resistance's determination to confront this enemy," he said.
"Israel is mistaken and deceived if it believes it can break the will of the Lebanese people in this way."
New offensive
The attack came as Hezbollah fighters battled Israeli forces making a new thrust into southern Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said on Sunday.
Fighting erupted when Israeli forces crossed the border from the Israeli village of Metula towards the town of Khiam after aircraft and artillery strikes.
The Israeli army said a new wave of Hezbollah rockets hit the Israeli towns of Nahariya, Kiryat Shemona and an area close to Maalot, although no injuries were reported.
An Israeli missile strike hit the main Lebanese border crossing into Syria on Sunday, forcing it to close for the first time since the conflict began more than two weeks ago.
Israeli fighter jets fired three missiles at the Masnaa crossing, which is about 300m beyond a Lebanese customs post. No casualties were reported in the strike.
The passage has been an escape route for tens of thousands of Lebanese fleeing the fighting into Syria after Israel bombed Beirut airport.
Buried bodies
The bodies of eight civilians were found near Tyre after Israeli missile strikes on Saturday, Salam Daher, the Lebanese civil defence chief, said.
Rescue workers say dozens more civilians, including a large number of children, are still buried in the rubble of houses destroyed in attacks around the city.
The Lebanese health minister has said the recovery of bodies in the south could raise the toll from the fighting.
Up to 600 Lebanese people, mainly civilians, are thought to have died in the offensive. Fifty-one Israelis have also been killed since Israel launched its offensive in mid-July after the kidnapping of two of its soldiers and rocket attacks by Hezbollah fighters.
Aljazeera + Agencies
مذبحة إسرائيلية جديدة ضحاياها أطفال ونساء بقانا اللبنانية
ارتكب الجيش الإِسرائيلي اليوم مجزرة في قانا اللبنانية جنوب لبنان بعد عشرة أعوام من ارتكابه مجزرة مماثلة في ذات البلدة أوقعت 109 شهداء كلهم من المدنيين.
وأفاد مراسل الجزيرة بأن 55 قتيلا معظمهم من النساء والأطفال سقطوا جراء استهداف الطيران الإسرائيلي لمبنى سكني
وذكر ناجون من المجزرة للجزيرة أن صاروخا سقط في الواحدة بعد منتصف الليل على مبنى يختبئ داخله 58 شخصا بينهم 30 طفلا
وذكر مراسل الجزيرة أن 20 طفلا على الأقل كانوا بين قتلى المجزرة الجديدة
وقال مصدر أمني إن الطائرات استهدفت المبنى بقنابل فراغية مما أدى إلى تدميره بالكامل ومقتل الذين كانوا يختبئون فيه بينهم 20 طفلا على الأقل.
وقال مراسل الجزيرة إن فرق الإنقاذ تعتقد وجود جرحى تحت أنقاض المنزل المكون من ثلاثة أدوار والواقع في حي الخربة
انتشال الجثث
وانتشلت فرق الإسعاف في ساعات الصباح 22 جثة ومسنين كانا على قيد الحياة فيما واصل المسعفون البحث بوسائل بدائية عن ناجين آخرين نظرا لتعذر الوصول بسهولة إلى المكان
ركام وسيارة دمرت على طريق معبر المصنع القريب من حدود سوريا (الفرنسية)
وقال مشارك في عمليات الإسعاف إن قصف البوارج الإسرائيلية على الطريق الموصل إلى البلدة القريبة من صور حال دون وصول المسعفين إلى مكان المجزرة بعد وقوعها
وانهارت عشرات المباني أو تصدعت في البلدة أو حدثت فيها فجوات جراء استهدافها بغارات جوية كثيفة طوال ليل السبت الأحد
وحمل متحدث عسكري إسرائيلي اليوم حزب الله مسؤولية سقوط ضحايا مدنيين في قانا متهما الحزب اللبناني باستخدام هذه البلدة قاعدة لإطلاق الصواريخ على إسرائيل
وكان 109 لبنانيين سقطوا في بلدة قانا أثناء عملية عسكرية إسرائيلية سميت "عناقيد الغضب" عام 1996 بعد أن التجؤوا إلى مقر تابع للأمم المتحدة قامت الطائرات الحربية الإسرائيلية بقصفه
ارتكب الجيش الإِسرائيلي اليوم مجزرة في قانا اللبنانية جنوب لبنان بعد عشرة أعوام من ارتكابه مجزرة مماثلة في ذات البلدة أوقعت 109 شهداء كلهم من المدنيين.
وأفاد مراسل الجزيرة بأن 55 قتيلا معظمهم من النساء والأطفال سقطوا جراء استهداف الطيران الإسرائيلي لمبنى سكني
وذكر ناجون من المجزرة للجزيرة أن صاروخا سقط في الواحدة بعد منتصف الليل على مبنى يختبئ داخله 58 شخصا بينهم 30 طفلا
وذكر مراسل الجزيرة أن 20 طفلا على الأقل كانوا بين قتلى المجزرة الجديدة
وقال مصدر أمني إن الطائرات استهدفت المبنى بقنابل فراغية مما أدى إلى تدميره بالكامل ومقتل الذين كانوا يختبئون فيه بينهم 20 طفلا على الأقل.
وقال مراسل الجزيرة إن فرق الإنقاذ تعتقد وجود جرحى تحت أنقاض المنزل المكون من ثلاثة أدوار والواقع في حي الخربة
انتشال الجثث
وانتشلت فرق الإسعاف في ساعات الصباح 22 جثة ومسنين كانا على قيد الحياة فيما واصل المسعفون البحث بوسائل بدائية عن ناجين آخرين نظرا لتعذر الوصول بسهولة إلى المكان
ركام وسيارة دمرت على طريق معبر المصنع القريب من حدود سوريا (الفرنسية)
وقال مشارك في عمليات الإسعاف إن قصف البوارج الإسرائيلية على الطريق الموصل إلى البلدة القريبة من صور حال دون وصول المسعفين إلى مكان المجزرة بعد وقوعها
وانهارت عشرات المباني أو تصدعت في البلدة أو حدثت فيها فجوات جراء استهدافها بغارات جوية كثيفة طوال ليل السبت الأحد
وحمل متحدث عسكري إسرائيلي اليوم حزب الله مسؤولية سقوط ضحايا مدنيين في قانا متهما الحزب اللبناني باستخدام هذه البلدة قاعدة لإطلاق الصواريخ على إسرائيل
وكان 109 لبنانيين سقطوا في بلدة قانا أثناء عملية عسكرية إسرائيلية سميت "عناقيد الغضب" عام 1996 بعد أن التجؤوا إلى مقر تابع للأمم المتحدة قامت الطائرات الحربية الإسرائيلية بقصفه
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أحمد العربي
ليدين من حجر و زعتر
هذا النشيد .. لأحمد المنسيّ بين فراشتين
مضت الغيوم و شرّدتني
و رمت معاطفها الجبال و خبّأتني
.. نازلا من نحلة الجرح القديم إلى تفاصيل
البلاد و كانت السنة انفصال البحر عن مدن
الرماد و كنت وحدي
... ثم وحدي
آه يا وحدي ؟ و أحمد
كان اغتراب البحر بين رصاصتين
مخيّما ينمو ، و ينجب زعنرا و مقاتلين
و ساعدا يشتدّ في النيسان
ذاكرة تجيء من القطارات التي تمضي
و أرصفة بلا مستقبلين و ياسمين
كان اكتشاف الذات في العربات
أو في المشهد البحري
في ليل الزنازين الشقيقة
قي العلاقات السريعة
و السؤال عن الحقيقة
في كل شيء كان أحمد يلتقي بنقيضه
عشرين عاما كان يسأل
عشرين عاما كان يرحل
عشرين عاما لم تلده أمّه إلّا دقائق في
إناء الموز
. و انسحبت
، يريد هويّة فيصاب بالبركان
سافرت الغيوم و شرّدتني
ورمت معاطفها الجبال و خبّأتني
أنا أحمد العربيّ - قال
أنا الرصاص البرتقال الذكريات
و جدت نفسي قرب نفسي
فابتعدت عن الندى و المشهد البحريّ
تل الزعتر الخيمة
و أنا البلاد و قد أتت
و تقمّصتني
و أنا الذهاب المستمرّ إلى البلاد
... و جدت نفسي ملء نفسي
راح أحمد يلتقي بضلوعه و يديه
كان الخطوة - النجمه
و من المحيط إلى الخليج ، من الخليج إلى المحيط
كانوا يعدّون الرماح
و أحمد العربيّ يصعد كي يرى حيفا
. و يقفز
أحمد الآن الرهينه
تركت شوارعها المدينة
و أتت إليه
لتقتله
و من الخليج إلى المحيط ، و من المحيط إلى الخليج
كانوا يعدّون الجنازة
وانتخاب المقصلة
أنا أحمد العربيّ - فليأت الحصار
جسدي هو الأسوار - فليأت الحصار
و أنا حدود النار - فليأت الحصار
و أنا أحاصركم
أحاصركم
و صدري باب كلّ الناس - فليأت الحصار
لم تأت أغنيتي لترسم أحمد الكحليّ في الخندق
الذكريات وراء ظهري ، و هو يوم الشمس و الزنبق
يا أيّها الولد الموزّع بين نافذتين
لا تتبادلان رسائلي
قاوم
إنّ التشابه للرمال ... و أنت للأزرق
و أعدّ أضلاعي فيهرب من يدي بردى
و تتركني ضفاف النيل مبتعدا
و أبحث عن حدود أصابعي
... فأرى العواصم كلها زبدا
و أحمد يفرك الساعات في الخندق
لم تأت أغنيتي لترسم أحمد المحروق بالأزرق
هو أحمد الكونيّ في هذا الصفيح الضيّق
المتمزّق الحالم
و هو الرصاص البرتقاليّ .. البنفسجه الرصاصيّة
و هو اندلاع ظهيرة حاسم
في يوم حريّه
يا أيّها الولد المكرّس للندى
َ! قاوم
يا أيّها البلد - المسدس في دمي
! قاوم
الآن أكمل فيك أغنيتي
و أذهب في حصارك
و الآن أكمل فيك أسئلتي
و أولد من غبارك
فاذهب إلى قلبي تجد شعبي
شعوبا في انفجارك
... سائرا بين التفاصيل اتكأت على مياه
فانكسرت
أكلّما نهدت سفرجله نسيت حدود قلبي
و التجأت إلى حصار كي أحدد قامتي
يا أحمد العربيّ ؟
لم يكذب عليّ الحب . لكن كلّما جاء المساء
امتصّني جرس بعيد
و التجأت إلى نزيفي كي أحدّد صورتي
. يا أحمد العربيّ
لم أغسل دمي من خبز أعدائي
و لكن كلّما مرّت خطاي على طريق
فرّت الطرق البعيدة و القريبة
كلّما آخيت عاصمة رمتني بالحقيبة
فالتجأت إلى رصيف الحلم و الأشعار
كم أمشي إلى حلمي فتسبقني الخناجر
! آه من حلمي و من روما
جميل أنت في المنفى
قتيل أنت في روما
و حيفا من هنا بدأت
و أحمد سلم الكرمل
و بسملة الندى و الزعتر البلدي و المنزل
لا تسرقوه من السنونو
لا تأخذوه من الندى
كتبت مراثيها العيون
و تركت قلبي للصدى
لا تسرقوه من الأبد
و تبعثروه على الصليب
فهو الخريطة و الجسد
و هو اشتعال العندليب
لا تأخذوه من الحمام
لا ترسلوه إلى الوظيفه
لا ترسموا دمه و سام
فهو البنفسج في قذيفه
صاعدا نحو التئام الحلم
تتّخذ التفاصيل الرديئة شكل كمّثرى
و تنفصل البلاد عن المكاتب
و الخيول عن الحقائب
للحصى عرق أقبّل صمت هذا الملح
أعطى خطبة الليمون لليمون
أوقد شمعتي من جرحي المفتوح للأزهار
و السمك المجفّف
للحصى عرق و مرآه
و للحطاب قلب يمامه
أنساك أحيانا لينساني رجال الأمن
يا امرأتي الجميلة تقطعين القلب و البصل
الطري و تذهبين إلى البنفسج
فاذكريني قبل أن أنسى يدي
... و صاعدا نحو التئام الحلم
... تنكمش المقاعد تحت أشجاري و ظلّك
يختفي المتسلّقون على جراحك كالذباب الموسميّ
و يختفي المتفرجون على جراحك
! فاذكريني قبل أن أنسى يديّ
و للفراشات اجتهادي
و الصخور رسائلي في الأرض
لا طروادة بيتي
و لا مسّادة وقتي
و أصعد من جفاف الخبز و الماء المصادر
من حصان ضاع في درب المطار
و من هواء البحر أصعد
من شظايا أدمنت جسدي
و أصعد من عيون القادمين إلى غروب السهل
أصعد من صناديق الخضار
و قوّة الأشياء أصعد
أنتمي لسمائي الأولى و للفقراء في كل الأزقّة
: ينشدون
صامدون
و صامدون
و صامدون
كان المخيّم جسم أحمد
كانت دمشق جفون أحمد
كان الحجاز ظلال أحمد
صار الحصار مرور أحمد فوق أفئدة الملايين
الأسيرة
صار الحصار هجوم أحمد
! و البحر طلقته الأخيرة
يا خضر كل الريح
! يا أسبوع سكّر
يا اسم العيون و يا رخاميّ الصدى
يا أحمد المولود من حجر و زعتر
ستقول : لا
ستقول : لا
جلدي عباءة كلّ فلاح سيأتي من حقول التبغ
كي يلغي العواصم
و تقول : لا
جسدي بيان القادمين من الصناعات الخفيفة
و التردد .. و الملاحم
نحو اقتحام المرحلة
و تقول : لا
و يدي تحيات الزهوز و قنبلة
مرفوعة كالواجب اليومي ضدّ المرحلة
و تقول : لا
يا أيّها الجسد المضرّج بالسفوح
و بالشموس المقبلة
و تقول : لا
يا أيّها الجسد الذي يتزوّج الأمواج
فوق المقصلة
و تقول : لا
و تقول : لا
و تقول : لا
و تموت قرب دمي و تحيا في الطحين
ونزور صمتك حين تطلبنا يداك
و حين تشعلنا اليراعة
مشت الخيول على العصافير الصغيرة
فابتكرنا الياسمين
ليغيب وجه الموت عن كلماتنا
فاذهب بعيدا في الغمام و في الزراعة
... لا وقت للمنفى و أغنيتي
سيجرفنا زحام الموت فاذهب في الرخام
لنصاب بالوطن البسيط و باحتمال الياسمين
واذهب إلى دمك المهيّأ لانتشارك
و اذهب إلى دمي الموحّد في حصارك
... لا وقت للمنفى
و للصور الجميلة فوق جدران الشوارع و الجنائز
و التمني
كتبت مراثيها الطيور و شرّدتني
ورمت معاطفها الحقول و جمعتني
فاذهب بعيدا في دمي ! و اذهب بعيدا في الطحين
لنصاب بالوطن البسيط و باحتمال الياسمين
يا أحمد اليوميّ
يا اسم الباحثين عن الندى و بساطة الأسماء
يا اسم البرتقاله
! يا أحمد العاديّ
كيف محوت هذا الفارق اللفظيّ بين الصخر و التفاح
! بين البندقيّة و الغزاله
... لا وقت للمنفى و أغنيتي
سنذهب في الحصار
حتى نهايات العواصم
فاذهب عميقا في دمي
اذهب براعم
و اذهب عميقا في دمي
اذهب خواتم
و اذهب عميقا في دمي
اذهب سلالم
! يا أحمد العربيّ... قاوم
... لا وقت للمنفى و أغنيتي
سنذهب في الحصار
حتى رصيف الخبز و الأمواج
تلك مساحتي و مساحة الوطن - الملازم
موت أمام الحلم
أو حلم يموت على الشعار
فاذهب عميقا في دمي و اذهب عميقا في الطحين
لنصاب بالوطن البسيط و باحتمال الياسمين
... و له انحناءات الخريف
له وصايا البرتقال
له القصائد في النزيف
له تجاعيد الجبال
له الهتاف
له الزفاف
له المجلّات الملوّنه
المراثي المطمئنة
ملصقات الحائط
العلم
التقدّم
فرقة الإنشاد
مرسوم الحداد
و كل شيء كل شيء كل شيء
حين يعلن وجهه للذاهبين إلى ملامح مجهه
! يا أحمد المجهول
كيف سكنتنا عشرين عاما و اختفيت
و ظلّ وجهك غامضا مثل الظهيرة
يا أحمد السريّ مثل النار و الغابات
أشهر وجهك الشعبيّ فينا
واقرأ وصيّتك الأخيرة ؟
يا أيّها المتفرّجون ! تناثروا في الصمت
و ابتعدوا قليلا عنه كي تجدوه فيكم
حنطة ويدين عاريتين
وابتعدوا قليلا عنه كي يتلو وصيّته
على الموتى إذا ماتوا
و كي يرمي ملامحه
! على الأحياء ان عاشوا
! أخي أحمد
و أنت العبد و المعبود و المعبد
متى تشهد
متى تشهد
متى تشهد ؟
الشاعر محمود درويش
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Happy Birthday Ranooosh ( Rana )
Today is your Day to Celebrate
Ranooosh
My Dear Friend
Today is your day to celebrate
your day to be the star
so let the ones you love all cheer
and say how special you are
A year of fun and happiness
is my birthday wish for you
You are someone special
and your birthday should be too!
Make a wish on birthday
Make a wish and give it wings
Dreams of bright and beautiful things
Dance through all the fun filled hours
Don't forget to smell the flowers
Share some love and birthday cake
All life joys are yours to take
And when evening comes to view
Thanks your lucky stars you're you
Happy Birthday
Ranooosh
and many Happy Returns
Ranooosh
My Dear Friend
Today is your day to celebrate
your day to be the star
so let the ones you love all cheer
and say how special you are
A year of fun and happiness
is my birthday wish for you
You are someone special
and your birthday should be too!
Make a wish on birthday
Make a wish and give it wings
Dreams of bright and beautiful things
Dance through all the fun filled hours
Don't forget to smell the flowers
Share some love and birthday cake
All life joys are yours to take
And when evening comes to view
Thanks your lucky stars you're you
Happy Birthday
Ranooosh
and many Happy Returns
Monday, May 29, 2006
Adonis: The Arabs Are Extinct, Like the ...
Syrian Poet Adonis: The Arabs Are Extinct, Like the Sumerians, Greeks, and Pharoahs. If the Arabs Are So Inept They Cannot Be Democratic, External Intervention Will Not Make Them Democratic
Following are excerpts from an interview by Syrian poet Adonis [Ali Ahmad Said Asbar], aired on Dubai TV on March 11, 2006.
Adonis: Words are treated today as a crime. Throughout history, there has never been anything similar to what's happening today in our Arab society - when you say a word, it is like committing a crime.
Interviewer: True.
Adonis: Words and opinions are treated as a crime. This is inconceivable.
Interviewer: True. You can be arrested for writing an article.
Adonis: That's one example.
[...]
In the Koran itself, it says that Allah listened to his first enemy, Satan, and Satan refused to obey him. I believe that Allah was capable of wiping out Satan, yet He listened to Satan's refusal to obey Him.
At the very least, we demand that Muslims today listen to people with different opinions.
[...]
Interviewer: How do you view the plan for democracy, the "Greater Middle East" plan?
Adonis: First of all, I oppose any external intervention in Arab affairs. If the Arabs are so inept that they cannot be democratic by themselves, they can never be democratic through the intervention of others.
If we want to be democratic, we must be so by ourselves. But the preconditions for democracy do not exist in Arab society, and cannot exist unless religion is reexamined in a new and accurate way, and unless religion becomes a personal and spiritual experience, which must be respected.
On the other hand, all issues pertaining to civil and human affairs must be left up to the law and to the people themselves.
Interviewer: Mr. Adonis, how do you view the democracy in Palestine, which brought Hamas to power?
Adonis: I support it, but I oppose the establishment of any state on the basis of religion, even if it's done by Hamas.
Interviewer: Even if it liberates Palestine?
Adonis: Yes, because in such a case, it would be my duty to fight this religious state.
Interviewer: What are the reasons for growing glorification of dictatorships - sometimes in the name of pan-Arabism, and other times in the name of rejecting foreigners? The glorification comes even from the elites, as can be seen, for example, in the Saddam Hussein trial, and in all the people who support him.
Adonis: This phenomenon is very dangerous, and I believe it has to do with the concept of "oneness," which is reflected - in practical or political terms - in the concept of the hero, the savior, or the leader. This concept offers an inner sense of security to people who are afraid of freedom. Some human beings are afraid of freedom.
Interviewer: Because it is synonymous with anarchy?
Adonis: No, because being free is a great burden. It is by no means easy.
Interviewer: You've got to have a boss...
Adonis: When you are free, you have to face reality, the world in its entirety. You have to deal with the world's problems, with everything...
Interviewer: With all the issues...
Adonis: On the other hand, if we are slaves, we can be content and not have to deal with anything. Just as Allah solves all our problems, the dictator will solve all our problems.
[...]
I don't understand what is happening in Arab society today. I don't know how to interpret this situation, except by making the following hypothesis: When I look at the Arab world, with all its resources, the capacities of Arabs individuals, especially abroad - you will find among them great philosophers, scientists, engineers, and doctors. In other words, the Arab individual is no less smart, no less a genius, than anyone else in the world. He can excel - but only outside his society. I have nothing against the individuals - only against the institutions and the regimes.
If I look at the Arabs, with all their resources and great capacities, and I compare what they have achieved over the past century with what others have achieved in that period, I would have to say that we Arabs are in a phase of extinction, in the sense that we have no creative presence in the world.
Interviewer: Are we on the brink of extinction, or we are already extinct?
Adonis: We have become extinct. We have the quantity. We have the masses of people, but a people becomes extinct when it no longer has a creative capacity, and the capacity to change its world.
[...]
The great Sumerians became extinct, the great Greeks became extinct, and the Pharaohs became extinct. The clearest sign of this extinction is when we intellectuals continue to think in the context of this extinction.
Interviewer: That is very dangerous.
Adonis: That is our real intellectual crisis. We are facing a new world with ideas that no longer exist, and in a context that is obsolete. We must sever ourselves completely from that context, on all levels, and think of a new Arab identity, a new culture, and a new Arab society.
[...]
Imagine that Arab societies had no Western influence. What would be left? The Muslims must...
Interviewer: What would be left?
Adonis: Nothing. Nothing would be left except for the mosque, the church, and the commerce, of course.
[...]
The Muslims today - forgive me for saying this - with their accepted interpretation [of the religious text] are the first to destroy Islam, whereas those who criticize the Muslims - the non-believers, the infidels, as they call them - are the ones who perceive in Islam the vitality that could adapt it to life. These infidels serve Islam better than the believers.
here is the link for the video: in arabic and translated to english .
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Happy Birthday Tulip (Nana - Lady D)
Today is your day to celebrate My Dear Friend …
Tulip ( Nana )
Today is your day to celebrate
your day to be the star
so let the ones you love all cheer
and say how special you are
A year of fun and happiness
is my birthday wish for you
You are someone special
and your birthday should be too!
Make a wish on birthday
Make a wish and give it wings
Dreams of bright and beautiful things
Dance through all the fun filled hours
Don't forget to smell the flowers
Share some love and birthday cake
All life joys are yours to take
And when evening comes to view
Thanks your lucky stars you're you
Happy Birthday
Tulip
and many Happy Returns
Tulip ( Nana )
Today is your day to celebrate
your day to be the star
so let the ones you love all cheer
and say how special you are
A year of fun and happiness
is my birthday wish for you
You are someone special
and your birthday should be too!
Make a wish on birthday
Make a wish and give it wings
Dreams of bright and beautiful things
Dance through all the fun filled hours
Don't forget to smell the flowers
Share some love and birthday cake
All life joys are yours to take
And when evening comes to view
Thanks your lucky stars you're you
Happy Birthday
Tulip
and many Happy Returns
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Paradise Now - الجنة الآن
Paradise Now - الجنة الآن
From The Most Unexpected Place, Comes A Bold New Call For Peace
"الجنة الان" الذى تدور احداثه حول رجلين من الضفة الغربية المحتلة تم تجنيدهما لتفجير نفسيهما فى تل ابيب رشح للحصول على جائزة الاوسكار "احسن فيلم اجنبي".وشعر كثير من الاسرائيليين بالغضب عندما قالت الاكاديمية الامريكية لعلوم وفنون السينما فى نشرها للترشيح ان فيلم "الجنة الان" من فلسطين.
From The Most Unexpected Place, Comes A Bold New Call For Peace
"الجنة الان" الذى تدور احداثه حول رجلين من الضفة الغربية المحتلة تم تجنيدهما لتفجير نفسيهما فى تل ابيب رشح للحصول على جائزة الاوسكار "احسن فيلم اجنبي".وشعر كثير من الاسرائيليين بالغضب عندما قالت الاكاديمية الامريكية لعلوم وفنون السينما فى نشرها للترشيح ان فيلم "الجنة الان" من فلسطين.
Cast & Crew
Director : Hany Abu-Assad
Star : Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabel, Amer Hiehel
Producer : Hany Abu-Assad, Amir Harel, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
Screenwriter : Bero Beyer
Director of Photography : Antoine Heberle
Music : Jina Sumedi
Executive Producer : Hengameh Panahi
Synopsis
Shot on location in both Palestine and Israel, PARADISE NOW is an enthralling drama about the possible motivations and actions of two suicide bombers. Director Hany Abu-Assad meticulously researched the subject before co-authoring the script with colleague Bero Beyer, and fought off a few armed Palestinians in Nablus, which is where the bulk of the film's shooting took place. The story follows two young Palestinian men, Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), whose lives in the West Bank city have ground to a halt. But when a shadowy figure named Jamal (Amer Hlehel) offers them a shot at martyrdom by carrying out a suicide attack in Tel Aviv, the two men's lives are suddenly invigorated. The film follows their final days, as they grapple with their consciences, visit family and friends--and in Said's case, a young woman he has been flirting with--and prepare for the attack. But they find both practical and emotional issues stand in their way, leading to an anguished and entirely moving finale to Abu-Assad's film.
The difficult production of PARADISE NOW saw crew members abandoning the set amid fears for their lives, location manager Hassan Titi getting kidnapped, a land mine exploding 300 meters away from the set, and Prime Minister Yasser Arafat stepping in to aid the film. Although the subject matter is bleak, Abu-Assad pulls off a masterstroke by lacing the script with black humor, even having the two men nervously joke around as they film their farewell speeches to their families. But ultimately the movie offers a compelling portrait of two men driven to extremes by their beliefs, and examines all the anxieties inherent in such a decision as the one taken with alarming regularity by Palestinian men such as Said and Khaled.
Director : Hany Abu-Assad
Star : Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabel, Amer Hiehel
Producer : Hany Abu-Assad, Amir Harel, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
Screenwriter : Bero Beyer
Director of Photography : Antoine Heberle
Music : Jina Sumedi
Executive Producer : Hengameh Panahi
Synopsis
Shot on location in both Palestine and Israel, PARADISE NOW is an enthralling drama about the possible motivations and actions of two suicide bombers. Director Hany Abu-Assad meticulously researched the subject before co-authoring the script with colleague Bero Beyer, and fought off a few armed Palestinians in Nablus, which is where the bulk of the film's shooting took place. The story follows two young Palestinian men, Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), whose lives in the West Bank city have ground to a halt. But when a shadowy figure named Jamal (Amer Hlehel) offers them a shot at martyrdom by carrying out a suicide attack in Tel Aviv, the two men's lives are suddenly invigorated. The film follows their final days, as they grapple with their consciences, visit family and friends--and in Said's case, a young woman he has been flirting with--and prepare for the attack. But they find both practical and emotional issues stand in their way, leading to an anguished and entirely moving finale to Abu-Assad's film.
The difficult production of PARADISE NOW saw crew members abandoning the set amid fears for their lives, location manager Hassan Titi getting kidnapped, a land mine exploding 300 meters away from the set, and Prime Minister Yasser Arafat stepping in to aid the film. Although the subject matter is bleak, Abu-Assad pulls off a masterstroke by lacing the script with black humor, even having the two men nervously joke around as they film their farewell speeches to their families. But ultimately the movie offers a compelling portrait of two men driven to extremes by their beliefs, and examines all the anxieties inherent in such a decision as the one taken with alarming regularity by Palestinian men such as Said and Khaled.
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