US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Israel today at the beginning of her tour to the Middle East to propagate her unfair conditions for a ceasefire in Lebanon which in fact agree with Israel's conditions. At a press conference held last Friday, Rice rudely announced that the Israeli aggression would continue till realizing Israel's condition there. She also said that Israel works for making a new Middle East. This simply means that Israel's barbarian aggression does not target Lebanon only, but all the Arab countries as well. Rice confirmed that a ceasefire cannot be agreed on in Lebanon without realizing Israel's goals including the full destruction of the country with US weaponry and funding as perceived by the whole world.

No doubt, Israel and the United States demand the extermination of any Arab resistance to the Israeli occupation and the legitimization of seizing the Arab territories. By doing so, both countries do not want to admit that the Israeli occupation to Palestine, Lebanon and Syria is the source of all troubles and that the end of this occupation is the only way towards realizing security and stability in the Middle East.

Galal Dweidar
Al Akhbar
July 24, 2006