《Calling Israel and America’s Bluff: Robert Fisk Critiques the ‘Peace Process’ by Robert Fisk (12 April 2000)》 - 免费有声读物

“Calling Israel and America’s Bluff: Robert Fisk Critiques the ‘Peace Process’.” Report from a Palestine Center briefing with Robert Fisk 19 April 2000—In a talk on 12 April 2000, journalist Robert Fisk explored the tragic position of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the likelihood of further bloodshed should Israel act on its promise to unilaterally withdraw from the ten percent of Lebanon it now occupies. He also critiqued the “peace process” and the role played by the Arab-American lobby. Warning that war is possible this summer in connection with an Israeli withdrawal, Fisk suggested that it will “take a battalion” to get Israel’s 2,000 troops out of southern Lebanon. If that withdrawal is unilateral, that is, not part of an agreement with Syria involving Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, Hizbollah may choose to attack the withdrawing Israeli troops. Israeli troops are also vulnerable to attacks coordinated with members of the South Lebanese Army (SLA), Israel’s mercenary army in Lebanon, working in secret coordination with Hizbollah. After all, Fisk pointed out, most of the strikes currently being carried out against Israeli troops originate within the zone occupied by the SLA and Israel. In the event of such attacks, Israel almost certainly will continue to target the Lebanese civilian infrastructure: roads, bridges, water facilities, and power stations. www.thejerusalemfund.org