Hezbollah's Genocidal Threat

The leader of Hezbollah Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has now called for revenge against Israelis and Jews around the world, for the assassination of Imad Moughniyah, which he claims was done by Israel. It does not matter, of course, who actually pulled off the assassination. Israel and the Jews would be blamed by Hezbollah even if Syria had been responsible. Blame Israel and the Jews for everything is what Hezbollah always does. In the past, Hezbollah has taken revenge against what it claimed to be Israeli actions by murdering Jewish schoolchildren in Argentina. Once again it is threatening to attack innocent Jews around the world.

Yet some in the media describe this as a cycle of violence, thus suggesting moral equivalence between the targeting of a terrorist combatant responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians, and the random murder of innocent men, women and children who had absolutely nothing to do with the targeted killing of Imad Moughniyah, but just happen to be Jewish.

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah's call for the killing of Jews around the world is nothing short of an incitement to genocide, or at least to mass murder. There is no moral equivalent between military action that targeted a terrorist combatant and the targeting of innocent civilians around the world, based on their religion. Until the media understands this crucial, moral and legal distinction, we will all be vulnerable to the genocidal revenge tactics of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations.

Comments

[research]

I've been to Israel and Jordan and Egypt. Back when Clinton was president, there was a rare moment of peace. There have been atrocities on all side, but I agree, the Israelis have shown mostly restraint. The Israeli's big sin, is the settlements.

I liked ALL the people I met. It is beyond sad, that these Semites, cannot get along. Israel is perfectly justified in responding to rocket attacks with their own attacks. I wish I had an answer. I suggest, non lethal weapons, but they aren't always appropriate. I wish Jordan and the other Arab state would help, but they are anti Palestinians. The Israelis are the ONLY Arab nation to welcome Palestinian workers.

Hezbollah : you are being played. Stop the attacks. Build your community.

Israel: stop the illegal settlements. If you really need to take land, Pay slightly more then fair market for it.

[Ben Dixon]

Maybe, just maybe, some day the world will wake up and realize that Islam is not a peaceful religon.

[Berettasskeeter]

Good post, Alan. And very true.
Complaints about innocents killed during the assassination, by whomever, never seem to come from the left when Israeli civilian areas are mortared, shelled, rocketed, or attacked by armed men.
To Howard, when the bad guys hide among innocents, should they be left alone to continue their evil?
Semper fi

[WorkingClass]

The bombing of Lebanon hurt you a lot with Americans Alan. It went on and on and it was on American teevee. By the time it was over everybody knew that Israel was willing to destroy a country and kill non-combatants in a show of force that accomplished nothing. Those paying attention also learned that the mighty Israeli army was ineffective against Hezbollah. Americans looked at each other and said, "why are we paying for this"? Americans want a divorse from Israel Alan. Its not because of her religion. She is just more damn trouble than she is worth.

[HowardRoarke]

Two questions:

How many innocents were killed in the course of this assassination?

Aren't you a bit over the top with the genocide thing? I mean, if you want to talk war crimes there is always collective punishment to start with...

The cycle of violence will end when the old guard dies off (to natural causes) and the next generation decides not to carry on this pointless cycle of "justified killings".

[BoSox85]

"How many innocents were killed in the course of this assassination?"

None. Only Moughniyah was killed.