Netanyahu Warns of 'Iron Fist' 10 Years after Lebanon War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel would respond with an "iron fist" if attacked, in a speech marking 10 years since a devastating conflict with Hizbullah in Lebanon.
Netanyahu described the war as "a clash between an extremist terror organization with an Islamist ideology and a free democratic Israel."
"We are in a global battle. We are aware of the nature of the threats we face, and are preparing for any scenario," he said at a ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery.
"If the quiet is kept, those facing us will enjoy quiet. But if the need arises, we will respond to aggression -- and the response will be powerful. Whoever thinks they will find 'spider webs' here will get... an iron fist."
The Israeli premier was alluding to a 2000 speech by Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in which he called Israel "feebler than a spider's web."
The 2006 conflict erupted when Israel retaliated for a cross-border raid in which Hizbullah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed three, and quickly spiraled into a fully fledged war.
Hizbullah fired thousands of rockets into northern Israel, which carried out devastating strikes across Lebanon.
Many people in Israel considered the massive ground and air war on Lebanon to be a failure because it did not halt Hizbullah rocket fire or recover the two captured soldiers.
It lasted 34 days and led to the deaths of 1,200 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
19 July 2016, 16:06
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"If the quiet is kept, those facing us will enjoy quiet."
What about you fighting terrorism? What about the resistance liberating Palestine and Shebaa Farms? It looks like you both have a good relationship.
19 July 2016, 19:37
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terrorist, can you explain why?
You seem to care about Syria and all the other places, but when it is regarding Israel and their killing of the Sunnah in Palestine, you bow down to the jews without a second thought.
We need an explanation for that.
19 July 2016, 20:46
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Mystic My Friend .... (MF)
Do you still tear up like I do when you remember Sayidnah Hussain?
19 July 2016, 16:49
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M. Netanyahu, in 2006 the iron fist was used against Lebanon, its people and its Government not against HA ...... under the table you have that secret pact that will allow HA to get stronger and Lebanon to get weaker.
19 July 2016, 16:56
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LOL good luck finding a sewer busting bomb Bibi, until them I'm damp but safe. Qatar, UAE and KSA will be compelled to rebuild everything you destroy while we make a show of distributing cash from Iranian briefcases to a selected few. The dude* with Bourj Hammoud RayBans will also be making the usual appearances, posing for the cameras holding that same dead child at every bombing site.
*If the dude was killed in Syrian, we will give the RayBans and the dead child to another dude to make the press junket.
19 July 2016, 18:32
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the apartheid terrorist state of Israel will never enjoy quiet, since the resistance will ensure that.. keep barking along with your agents.
19 July 2016, 19:47
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I find it ironic, as both Hezbollah and Israel are both illegally occupying land that's not there's and looking at the natives of the land as expendable for their greater agendas. Both groups are drama queens, underhanded liars and cheats, manipulative, and act like they're saints...Anyhow those dumb enough to affiliate are going to pay their own price, same goes for ISIS.
19 July 2016, 19:58
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Native Iranians, as you illegally occupy Lebanon as well as stealing Lebanese Christian family names. You're no better than Israel and equally as right-wing, so don't you dare talk of "Natives" as you're not of Lebanon to begin with bighassan.
