Peace activists set up 400 candle-lit mock tombstones in Beirut's central district August 8, 2006 to protest against the rising number of civilian victims in the ongoing conflict between Hizbollah and Israel. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON)Tomorrow night, in Asheville, we will also hold a candlelight vigil for the innocent victims of war. This will be at Pritchard Park at 8 PM.
At 5 PM, local college students will hold a protest against this war at Pack Square.
I read tonight someone's comments that "If Arabs laid down their weapons, then the violence would stop. If Jews laid down their weapons, they would cease to exist." I would bet everything I own that the Arabs, and in particular the Palestinians and Lebonese (including those who are not Arab) feel exactly the opposite.
They would all be wrong.
It is the continuation of the fighting and violence that will threaten all of their existance.
I am writing a blog on Middle East stories HERE.
It is the Israelis that are looking really bad in this conflict, and that is because they are the ones killing the highest numbers of innocents. If I could wave a magic wand and switch all the weapons from the Israeli forces to the Hezbollah forces, and vice-versa, then it would be the Hezbollah who were killing the most innocents.
Of course, if I had such a magic wand, I would take all the weapons away - along with the stupidity that makes people think all this violence is keeping them safe. When are they going to notice that it ISN'T WORKING?
I cry for the children.
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