Bla, bla bla.

This is undeniable.

And while the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is tactical concerning land rights, and recognition of soveriegnty etc, both Israel and Hezbollah should be accountable to the same rules/obligations.

In particular, it is a clear tactic of Hezbollah to fire missiles etc, and engage the enemy from and in civilian areas. It is smart, but cowardly, and loses any moral rights they may have had.

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If an enemy were to fire rockets into Cottesloe oe Caulfield then such an attack could be considered as an attack on civilians.In Haifa where every able-bodied person is a member of the IDF or its reserves, then that city is a legitimate target just as Qana or Tyre was.

Oh well the war of words will last longer than that of weapons, even those provided by it is said the US or Iran. Even outlasting the US need to vilify Iran, a nuclear friend in the Shahs time.
Where does truth lie. Each side is at fault, tit for tat and tat for tit. For another picture see Middle East Report On Line July 312 Hizballah : A Primer.
The truth however is one of many players meddling for their own ends after the Colonial mind saw the demand of Zionism and the guilt of the Holocaust being assuaged by a homeland for the Israeli in an area inhabited by Arabs showing no desire to be rich and modern. Terra Nullis it was claimed by the Jews.
The homeland is narrow hard to defend and the occupation resented. Neither side was prepared to agree each citing the many UN resolutions useful to their case whilst ignoring others.
Israel has ended up as a rich nuclear country, commanding land and water, excluding Arabs in Bantu if not Nazi style. The big powers have seen advantage, geopolitical and in home politics and so the sorry saga of humanity goes on. Jurisdiction of International Law is spurned so one can kill, cheat, obstruct at will co operation just a mask for collecting benefit. But the Jews still trade on their past (and current in places) treatment. No such sympathy vote is accorded the Arabs, classed and thus dismissed as Terrorist, beyond thought or consideration or any attempt at understanding.
So too the Armenians and Kurds, foreign affairs are indeed without morals.

Colin Rubinstein will be a big loss to the Zionist lobby when he finally shuffles off this mortal coil. But what wearisome and tendentious propaganda this is ! First, if Hizbollah was regarded by Lebanese civilians as "cynically" using them as a shield, how does Rubinstein explain the growing popularity of the organisation, even among Lebanese Christians ? Second, Rubinstein should look at an excellent recent paper by Gideon Levy, who argues convincingly that if only Israel would give up on its territorial ambitions and be sensible enough to let go of land it is illegally occupying - West Bank, Golan Heights, Sheba Farms - then the rug would be pulled out from under Islamic extremism and the whole area could at last settle down to peaceful co-existence. Resistance will never stop while land is illegally occupied,and while invaders are killing and destroying, and every civilian death in Lebanon is ensuring a continuation of the cycle of hatred. No amount of ponderous propaganda will alter these simple facts.

kang: All well and good to consider giving up occupied land as a good thing. Under normal circumstances, it would be. However, any land Israel were to give up would not lead to peace. It would be perceived as a weakness on the part of Israel, and an opportunity to reach even more Israeli targets. Peace would only come if Hezbollah and its ilk managed to completely destroy Israel (and possibly all Jews). Would it stop there, or would the terrorists be emboldened enough to spread it further to other regions? To suggest that all Hezbollah wants really is peace is absurd.