The two other main players, beside Israel and Lebanon, are Syria and Iran who strongly sponsor the Hizbella movement. They are not likely to change their agenda soon. Once Israel withdraws, if Hizbella continues to attack our civilians or our troops, we will face the same dilemma as last week, deciding either to attack the villages where Hizbella is hiding and risk injury to civilians who shelter them, or to destroy the infrastructure of Lebanon. Since we have been determined not to attack civilians, we are forced to undermine the Lebanese infrastructure in order to send a clear message to the Syrians, Iranians and the Lebanese. We hope that this message will convince them that war is not worth while and that only peace would bring prosperity and peaceful life on both sides of the border.
People continue to die and suffer on a regular basis in both Lebanon and Israel.
Therefore, it is high time to sit and talk and resolve this dispute for the sake of our future generations. The dialogue that was initiated by my friends from Lebanon and our response through the mail is not the right dialogue. Hostilities coming from both sides of the border will not lead to peace. We started admirably in our Middle East dialogue by the impressive country briefing that the Lebanese students presented two months ago, and we must ignore the extremists leading our conversation in the wrong direction. We in an academic environment can talk, and hopefully influence our country s decision-makers in the future.