Do you believe Israel is targeting Hezbollah civilians?

Jeremiah, You are absolutely correct; Israel is reacting like a brute rather than trying to minimize the killing of innocent people. That's not to say Israel doesn't have the right to protect itself, but what they are doing is overkill.

Add to that the simple fact that Israel is an aparthied state that provides no rights to Palestinians, and the US supports with money and weapons to add to the carnage against innocent Lebanese. It's a crime against humanity.

BTW, WELCOME to A2K.

They've deliberately attacked the Lebanese army too. But what's most amazing about this atrocity is the fear of criticism Israel generates. Kinda like OJ Simpson calling those who think he did it racists. Israel plays the anti-semite card to the hilt. So much so that seemingly intelligent people are scared to call a crime against humanity a crime against humanity.

Frm the BBC:

Israel 'would accept' peace force
Israel has said it is prepared to accept a European peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon providing it is robust and has a strong mandate.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the announcement after his government met envoys from Germany, France and the UK.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives on Monday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

A senior United Nations envoy, Jan Egeland, has strongly condemned Israel's bombing of Beirut.

Israeli air strikes killed at least eight people in Lebanon on Sunday while rocket attacks on Israel by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah killed two people.

An Italian UN military observer was wounded during fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah inside Lebanon.

At least 362 Lebanese, many of them civilians, and 37 Israelis - about half of them civilians - have been killed since the violence erupted 13 days ago.

The crisis was triggered by the capture of two Israeli soldiers on 12 July by Hezbollah which is demanding a prisoner exchange with Israel. The Israelis withdrew from south Lebanon in 2000.

Israel has since vowed to destroy the group's ability to launch rockets at its territory.

'Combat experience'

Mr Olmert has been making his position clear ahead of Ms Rice's visit, the BBC's Crispin Thorold reports from Jerusalem.


His requirements include the enforcement of UN resolution 1559, which calls for the disarming of militias in Lebanon.

But Jerusalem now says that it also wants robust peacekeepers to take the place of Unifil, the largely toothless UN force in southern Lebanon, our correspondent says.

Mr Olmert said he was prepared to accept the deployment of European soldiers in southern Lebanon instead.

This could be a Nato force or a European Union one but the Israeli premier insists that any troops deployed must have combat experience.

They would have, he added, to control border crossings between Syria and Lebanon as well as supporting Lebanon's own army.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier held talks with Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz on Sunday.

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy visited Haifa, where he called for a ceasefire "which answers Israel's legitimate aspiration to live in security and a ceasefire which preserves the state of Lebanon".

British foreign office minister Kim Howells also visited the city.

The Israelis are hinting at a more realistic assessment of what they can achieve through the application of brute force alone, BBC diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reports from Jerusalem.

Senior political sources have told the BBC the government does not think its military operation will complete the task of disarming Hezbollah, and it believes it needs another week or 10 days in which to operate.

Saudi Arabia has urged Washington to press for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

'Disproportionate'

After visiting bomb-blasted suburbs of Beirut, Jan Egeland said the "disproportionate response" by Israel to Hezbollah's actions was a "violation of international humanitarian law".