By Vivienne Porzsolt New Matilda 22 November 2006
First of all, I need to say that violence hasn’t worked.
Israel, with its 1982 invasion of Lebanon, created the very Hezbollah it now seeks to destroy. The recent war against Lebanon has spectacularly failed in its stated aim to destroy or even ‘degrade’ Hezbollah. On the contrary, Hezbollah has gained massive support in Lebanon and throughout the Arab and Muslim world.
