Monday, March 24, 2008

Nasrallah: Israel "no longer an eternal entity" and "at least 68 percent of the [Lebanese] Jews" support war against Israel

Besides learning that Israel has lost its eternal mojo, we also learn that "Israel's 1967 war against Arab states was not a real war." I wonder what that means. Then, of course, there is the extremely rare actual mention of Lebanese Jewry in a current news story. From Iran's Press TV:
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has said Israel is no longer an eternal entity and it is on the verge of collapse.

The Hezbollah leader made the remarks at a rally held in Beirut on Monday to commemorate the 40th day after the assassination of the movement's commander Imad Mugniyah.

He said Israel's 1967 war against Arab states was not a real war and the regime's military might has been exaggerated by western media and certain Arab leaders since then.

The 33-day war against Lebanon proved that Israel is a paper tiger and it is incapable of fighting real resistance which is being awakened by Hezbollah, Nasrallah added.

He said decades ago people were asking whether anybody could fight the regime but today Hezbollah has shown the world that the regime could be destroyed.

"Brothers and sisters, even in a religiously divided country as ours, 90 percent of the Shia and Sunni Muslims, along with 77 percent of Christians and at least 68 percent of the Jews have said yes to the poll asking them if they will support an act to oust the Israeli regime," the Hezbollah leader said.
68 percent of the Jews? 17 people?
Nasrallah said Israel repeated the same old-mistake of assassinating one of resistance heroes, this time Imad Mugniyah, in order to discourage people.

"They should be aware of the fact that, Imam Khomeini's precious words guides us through our sacred resistance, who once said, kill us, to see us stronger than ever. I swear Mugniyah's blood will not go to waste," Nasrallah said.

He termed the recent threats made by the US and Israel against Iran and Syria as nothing but another psywar aimed at weakening resistance in the region.
According to the Jewish Virtual Library:
Nearly all of the remaining Jews are in Beirut, where there is a committee that represents the community. Because of the current political situation, Jews are unable to openly practice Judaism. In 2004, only 1 out of 5,000 Lebanese Jewish citizens registered to vote participated in the municipal elections. Virtually all of those registered have died or fled the country. The lone Jewish voter said that most of the community consists of old women.

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