August 19, 2006 at 14:48:00

The 155th Victim

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The politicians and generals will try to restrict the inquiry to the technical aspects of the conduct of the war:

- Why was the army not prepared for a war against guerillas?

- Why were the land forces not sent into the field in the two first weeks?

- Did the military command believe that the war could be won by the Air Force alone?

- What was the quality of the intelligence?

- Why was nothing done to protect the rear, when the rocket threat was known?

- Why were the poor in the North left to their fate, after the well-to-do had left the area?

- Why were the reserve units not ready for the war?

- Why were the emergency arsenals empty?

- Why did the supply system not function?

- Why did the Chief-of-Staff practically depose the Chief of the Northern Command in the middle of the war?

- Why was it decided at the last moment to start a campaign that cost the lives of 33 Israeli soldiers?

The government will probably attempt to widen the investigation and to put part of the blame on its predecessors:

- Why did the Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon governments just look on when Hizbullah was growing?

- Why was nothing done as Hizbullah built up its huge stockpile of rockets?

All these are serious questions, and it is certainly necessary to clear them up. But it is more important to investigate the roots of the war:

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Uri Avnery is a longtime Israeli peace activist. Since 1948 has advocated the setting up of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. In 1974, Uri Avnery was the first Israeli to establish contact with PLO leadership. In 1982 he was the first Israeli (more...)

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