The Editor
Financial Times
London
Your article Lesson for Israel
published yesterday calls for an explanation. Lebanon should be
responsible to curb the Hezbollah. Alas, Lebanon being a “subsidiary” of
Syria allows it a free hand. Your article speculates that Israel’s
activities will compromise the peace talks. Syria, the most important
negotiator with Israel is actively supporting the Hezbollah. To talk
peace on the one hand, and to terrorize the north of Israel on the
other, is simply unacceptable. If Lebanon cannot curb the terrorists and
Syria does not want to, Israel is left with no alternative to “do the
job” itself.
Comparing the situation in Bosnia is an
unjust statement. Muslims in Bosnia had no choice but to flee, just
because they were Muslim [and yes, they fled, inter alia to
Israel and not the United Kingdom]. The Lebanese have a choice. The
Hezbollah, like any other entity cannot survive with hostile population.
Terrorism against Israel flourishes because it is supported by the Shia
inhabitants of South Lebanon. Let the government of Lebanon clean its
back yard. Let the inhabitants of South Lebanon express their hostility
to the terrorist group. Israel will welcome these inhabitants back.
No
Israeli is pleased with these mass evacuations. It is unfortunately the
lesser of two evils, which alternative can be solved by Syria and
Lebanon.
Zalli Jaffe,
Jerusalem
28th July 1993
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