完稿於星期三中午﹝七月二十六日﹞,刊登無期,轉戰網上。
執筆之時,黎巴嫩已經被以色列防衛軍炸成一個「死國」。至少三百七十七名平民死亡、六十六名士兵死亡、超過一千五百人受傷。﹝以色列方面有十八名平民和二十四名士兵死亡﹞。全國超過五分一人﹝八十萬﹞逃亡,有錢的逃到外國去、沒錢的由南部逃到首都貝魯特去、最窮的人﹝絕大部分是支持真主黨的什葉派﹞只能徒步逃到附近的醫院和學校,過着缺水缺電缺食物的非人生活。
這兩星期的荒誕事情實在數之不盡。譬如以軍一方面命令在邊境數以萬計黎巴嫩平民撤走,一方面卻沿途轟炸逃亡的汽車。兩架黎巴嫩紅十字會的救護車在救人期間被炸。到星期二,連聯合國在南黎巴嫩的觀察站亦被炸,四名維和人員死亡。現在聯合國要反過來懇求以色列容許他們將物資運送到難民手上。
更大的荒誕還在後頭。
﹝一﹞在聯合國緊急呼籲捐助黎巴嫩難民的同時,美國政府隆而重之地附和,對對對,總統布殊已經下令派出直升機和船隻到黎巴嫩協助救災。白宮發言人說:「人道救援物資將會在明天﹝七月二十五日﹞開始到達黎巴嫩。我們正和以色列和黎巴嫩合作,開通人道救援通道。」最後不忘說這是「美國很重大的承擔」﹝a significant US commitment﹞。以色列總理奧爾默特則表示:「我們注意到真主黨的殘酷在黎巴嫩人中間造成的人道問題。」﹝We are aware of the state of humanitarian affairs of the population of Lebanon as a result of the brutality of Hizbullah.﹞
如果我們身處在《一九八四》的國度,聽到上述的話,我們會以為黎巴嫩發生了大地震,而美國為救援作了「重大的承擔」;又或者以為,向黎巴嫩人發動猛烈攻擊的是真主黨。但我們不是。我們知道誰在濫殺平民、誰在助紂為虐﹝當然不等於忘記了真主黨對以色列平民的攻擊﹞,於是也知道原來真有人會無恥到這種地步。
﹝二﹞儘管黎巴嫩硝煙不絕,這兩天國際傳媒卻忽然吹起一片和平之風,急不及待預告和平即將重臨。事關大家千盼萬盼的「和平天使」賴斯終於願意「降臨」中東,並在星期三到意大利羅馬出席由美國和英國領頭的和平會談。預料會談會通過派駐國際部隊到黎巴嫩南部,阻止真主黨繼續向以色列發動襲擊。
但大家請留意,賴斯期盼的「急切和持久的和平」,並不等於馬上停火;相反美國希望以色列繼續炸下去,因為必須鏟除真主黨這個威脅的源頭、以及收拾伊朗和敘利亞兩個在背後撐腰的國家。唯有這樣,賴斯口中的「新中東」才會出現。自從布殊上任總統以後,美國政府就一直以為,中東民主是炸出來的,他們還以為,愈是用武力折磨及威脅中東人﹝不論是親自出馬還是透過以色列﹞,中東人就會愈親美,就會願意和以色列和解。
回到眼下的重點。就讓我們假設,羅馬會談成功達成派遣國際部隊的協議,交換戰俘、然後雙方終於實現停火。那又怎麼樣?難道公義就因此得到伸張?同樣是中東國家之間強弱懸殊的攻擊和濫殺,伊拉克在一九九一年入侵科威特後,被國際社會孤立、被聯合國制裁、薩達姆等執政復興黨領袖被定罪。聯合國並成立特別委員會處理索償個案,伊拉克政府要以石油收益賠償在科威特造成的破壞。現在呢?三百多條黎巴嫩平民性命、幾十萬失去家園的人,至少要幾十億美元才能完全恢復的基礎設施,這筆帳跟誰去算?
如果這一切都是按計劃進行,那確實險惡得令人齒冷──以軍趁着真主黨一次針對邊境以軍的行動,乘勢將黎巴嫩翻轉,人殺夠了,新聞造大了,令國際社會不得不介入﹝傳媒這幾年已很少報道以黎邊境的衝突﹞,然後由國際維和部隊代替以軍進駐南黎巴嫩,代替以軍解決真主黨。在美國的包庇下,最後以色列一句「自衛」就能開脫所有戰爭和殺人責任,甚至不用賠償給黎巴嫩政府。聯合國安理會和國際刑事法庭都拿它沒辦法﹝以色列和美國都沒有參加國際刑事法庭﹞,各國還要懇求他們停火,聯合國還要懇求他們容許人道物資運給災民。
原來人真的可以惡到這種地步。
按:希望了解黎巴嫩和以色列人想法的讀者,可以到以下的博客匯集:
http://truthlaidbear.com/mideastcrisis.php
http://lebanesebloggers.blogspot.com/
星期日再來一次反戰示威,我們的聲音難道真的壯大不起來?
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昨日,以色列政府揚言「每一個在黎南的人都是恐怖份子,且與真主黨有關連」("Everyone in southern Lebanon is a terrorist and is connected to Hizbollah")。換言之,哪管你是救護員、是手抱嬰兒,抑或是老弱傷殘,只要留在黎南,你就是「恐怖份子」,以軍殺你就應該,唔殺你就悲哀。
這可能是以色列在黎南擴大無差別屠殺之規模的前奏。
人少唔緊要
所謂舉一反三...四兩撥千斤....反以示威(注意: 不是反戰....我個人聽到有幾多支火箭飛落海法和有幾多以軍被擊傷擊斃就會有一陣曖意湧上心頭....罪過....罪過....)唔需要人多....亦唔可能人多.....因為唔係反日示威.....(除非再有中國解放軍戰士被打死....大陸反美人士能夠把美以的關係串聯起來的話.....但香港華人對以色列一點惡感都冇....相反...對巴人不論是巴勒還是巴基斯坦和一般中東回教亞拉伯第三世界野冇七好感)....最緊要係有visibility....
在一個上班日....一條友企係天星碼頭舉示威牌都有好大力量.....如此我信....d人唔係盲的....條友既影像會係一些人潛意識中發酵發臭發熱......
希望多d菲傭外傭參加....我信亞非拉外援是香港反以力量的支柱.....
星期日睇完早場就來.....
以色列的計謀──摘自衛報評論
大家應該記得,八十年代初那些針對美國和法國「維和部隊」的襲擊,當時他們被視為親以色列,冇人信任他們真係中立。之後的聯合國部隊亦受敵視,經常被夾在兩班民兵中間受襲,死了很多人。
聯合國部隊UNIFIL的慘況,可參看:http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1825197,00.html
亦請看以下的評論摘錄:
While accepting Hizbullah's political weight, no Lebanese politician believes that its military wing can be disarmed against its will. Their view has to be the starting point for any discussion of an international force for southern Lebanon, whether it is a beefed-up version of the current UN force, Unifil, or some sort of "coalition of the willing".
In one sense Israel created Hizbullah. Its occupation of Lebanon after 1982 turned a group of suicide bombers into a resistance movement like Europe's second world war partisans. Expecting foreigners to remove Hizbullah's weapons is a non-starter. Israel is taking heavy casualties in attempting it. How would other foreign occupiers have more success?
Earlier this year Lebanese parties were holding a "national dialogue" to work out, among other issues, how to strengthen the Lebanese army and find a different role for Hizbullah's guerrilla forces. "One option would be to absorb the militia into the Lebanese army and another would be to turn it into a national guard under government control," Michel Faroun, an MP from the March 14 movement, said last week.
The dialogue on Lebanon's defence strategy was only exploratory, since the government agreed that no decisions could be taken until Israel withdrew from the land known as Shebaa farms, occupied since 1967. The latest two weeks of Israeli attacks have reinforced Hizbullah's argument that it cannot disarm until the Lebanese army is stronger.
It is not a question of redeploying the Lebanese army in Hizbullah's place. Only Hizbullah knows the terrain well enough, and has sufficient experience and motivation to defend Lebanon against any future Israeli invasion.
The Lebanese government's position on the idea of an international force is not yet clear. Hizbullah and Amal, the other Shia party, insist that the prime minister, Fouad Siniora, only had a mandate in Rome on Wednesday to call for a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange. Although Siniora expressed support for strengthening Unifil, analysts assume he thought this position was safe as long as the mandate and mission are still to be agreed. If the idea took off he would have time to argue that it can only come in with the consent of Hizbullah and Amal.
Attempts to impose a force would risk destroying the Lebanese government and revive the danger of a civil war. Perhaps this is Israel's intention. It has shown great skill in exacerbating splits between Fatah and Hamas in the Palestinian territories, and may think of doing the same in Lebanon.
European governments should resist the idea. Jacques Chirac has rightly said a Nato force is out of the question since the alliance is seen as "the armed wing of the west". Even without this association, any force would risk being seen as Israel's instrument. Israel's plan seems to be either to use foreigners to do its work or, if that fails, to turn south Lebanon into a giant Rafah - the city in Gaza where it demolished hundreds of homes and created a free-fire zone in which anything that moved was shot.
What Lebanon needs, as Siniora said in Rome, is an immediate ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal so that refugees can go home before any more destruction is wrought. The world should take its cue from that.
全文見http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1831962,00.html
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http://blog.yam.com/anarch/archives/1934077.html
International Civil Mission to Lebanon
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Immediate cease fire-Solidarity to the people of Lebanon and Palestine: A call for an international civil mission to Lebanon
The Israeli war machine continues to kill hundreds of Lebanese civilians and destroy Lebanon's infrastructure. The humanitarian crisis is getting worse as days go by. International community (United Nations and European Union included) is unable or unwilling to stop the massacre. Furthermore, the United States support Israeli aggression both politically ant practically. We believe that this is the time for the intervention of social movements. It is extremely important to find the way to make citizen's voice to be heard. It is critical to promote the demand for an immediate cease fire.
As we did during the siege of Arafat's compound, we propose to organize an international civil mission to Lebanon. Such a mission would express our solidarity to the people of Lebanon and Palestine and demand the immediate cease fire.
In Greece we have already started the preparation of a civil mission. Right now it seems highly possible that the first part of the mission will arrive at the area today (Saturday 29.07.2006).
We know that activists from all over Europe are interested in participating in the project. We are sure that altogether we can construct a unified international mission.
It is time to act!
For information and contact with the delegation from Greece, please contact companero Yannis Almpanis on yannisalmpanishotmail.com or by phone to companero Guido on the following number 0030 6934564917 (speaks English, Italian and French); also 0090 6944740587.
This petition is signed by the following members of the Greek Social Forum:
Tassos Koronakis, Loukia Kotronaki, Antonis Ntavanellos, Natassa Theodorakopoulou, Yannis Almpanis, Nikos Giannopoulos, Vaggelis Karageorgos, Elthina Aggelopoulou
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小弟不才,獻醜了。
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立即停火——與黎巴嫩和巴勒斯坦人民團結:
呼籲發起國際民間使節團前往黎巴嫩
以色列戰爭機器繼續在黎巴嫩殺害數以百計平民,摧毀民生基建,這場人道災難日趨惡化。國際社會(包括聯合國和歐盟)無力或無意阻止當前的屠殺,尤有甚者,美國同時在政治上與行動上支持以色列的侵略。我們相信現在已到了社會運動出手影響的時刻。尋找讓人民聲音受到注意的途徑極其重要,推廣立即停火的訴求乃關鍵所在。
正如過去阿拉法特被圍困時一樣,我們計劃組織國際民間使節團前往黎巴嫩。這個使節團將展現我們與黎巴嫩和巴勒斯坦人民的團結,要求立即停火。在希臘,我們已著手籌備民間使節團,使節團的先頭隊伍很可能在今日(2006年7月29日)抵達相關地區。
我們知道來自歐洲各地的社運分子都有興趣參與其中,我們相信團結起來就能建立一個齊心的國際行動。
是行動的時候了!
如欲查詢或與希臘代表團接洽,請聯絡Yannis Almpanis同志。
電郵:yannisalmpanis@hotmail.com
又或者打以下電話聯絡Guido同志,英語、意大利語和法語俱可溝通:
0030 6934564917
0090 6944740587
聯署此聲明者有以下希臘社會論壇成員:
Tassos Koronakis, Loukia Kotronaki, Antonis Ntavanellos, Natassa Theodorakopoulou, Yannis Almpanis, Nikos Giannopoulos, Vaggelis Karageorgos, Elthina Aggelopoulou
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