The Indiscriminate Killing of Civilians in Israel

The world has been quick to condemn Israel for the killing of civilians in Lebanon, and yet has been strangely silent on the indiscriminate killing of Israeli civilians who have been victims of rockets fired blindly south from Lebanon. Ynet has an account of some of the Israeli victims:

Hardest day yet: The Zarivi family, from Akko, spent the past week staying in Hadera. A day after returning home, the father – Shimon, 44 – and daughter – Mazal (Mazi), 15, were killed. They went outside following the first barrage of rockets and were killed by the second barrage. West of Akko, three residents of Ma'alot Tarshiha - Muhammad Faour, 17, Sinati Sinati, 21, and Amir Naeem, 18 – tried to flee from a barrage of rockets, and failed.

Shimon and his daughter stood just outside their home when a rocket landed meters from them, causing fatal injuries. Shimon's son, Raz, ran to help the two and sustained light injuries himself. Shimon's brother, Mordechai, told of how he had fought in the Lebanon war and had escaped death several times, including once when his jeep flipped over. "In the end, he was killed by a rocket, a meter from home." In the past few days, several rockets had fallen around the family's house, causing vast damages.

Read the whole piece and remember these stories every time you see the Hezbo media rep leading CNN around by the nose and condemning Israel for killing "civilians".

Hezbo is also losing friends in the Arab world. This report from Saudi Arabia indicates a deep split among Muslims over the fighting in Lebanon:

A top Saudi Sunni cleric, whose ideas inspired Osama bin Laden, issued a religious edict Saturday disavowing the Shi'ite guerrilla group Hizbullah, evidence that a rift remained among Muslims over the fighting in Lebanon.

Hizbullah, which translates as "the party of God," is actually "the party of the devil," said Sheik Safar al-Hawali, whose radical views made the al-Qaida leader one of his followers in the past.

"Don't pray for Hizbullah," he said in the fatwa posted on his Web site.

Have the Saudis offered to help stop the fighting? If so, I don't remember that report.