[NuovoLab] LEBANON: THE AFTERMATH OF WAR. A SYNTHESIS

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>  LEBANON: THE AFTERMATH OF WAR. A SYNTHESIS

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>       Israel destroyed or damaged in south Lebanon 1489 buildings, 21 of
>29 bridges over the Litani river, 535 sections of road and 545 cultivated
>fields during its 34-day military offensive.
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>       In Beirut, 326 residential buildings have either been damaged or
>destroyed in the southern suburbs, of which 269 are located in the Haret
>Horaik area.
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>       All runways of Beirut airport and six strategic highway sections
>have been severely damaged.

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>       Total direct aid to Israel, 1948-2003
>       $89.9 billion (uncorrected for inflation)
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>       Since 1976 Israel has been the largest annual recipient of US aid.
>It is the largest cumulative recipient since World War II.
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>       Direct U.S. aid for each Israeli citizen in 2001 (per capita annual
>income of Israel = $16,710) -- over $500     *
>       Direct U.S. Aid for each Ethiopian citizen in 2001 (per capita
>annual income of Ethiopia = $100) -- about $0.45
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>       REGULAR US  GRANT AID in FY 2003
>       $2.76 billion military aid grant
>       $2.1 billion economic support funds
>       $600 million refugee resettlement grant
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>       COMMERCIAL LOAN GUARANTEES IN FY 2003
>       $2 billion
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>       BUSH ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR FY 2003
>       Military aid grant $1 billion
>       Commercial loan guarantees $9 billion
>       Arrow missile development $60 million
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>       TOTAL AID FOR FY 2003 $14.82 billion
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>       Percentage of U.S. foreign aid that goes to Israel -- 30%
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>       Israel's  population as a percentage of world population -- .01%
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>       Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) states, "No
>assistance may be provided under this part to the government of any
>country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of
>internationally recognized human rights." 22 U.S.C. 2304(a)
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>       Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act prohibits selling military
>equipment to countries that use them for non-self-defense purposes.
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>       The U.S. State Department determined in February 2001 that Israel
>has committed each of the acts that the law defines as "gross violations
>of internationally recognized human rights, including torture or cruel,
>inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without
>charges and trial, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction
>and clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denials of
>the right to life, liberty, or the security of person." It described
>Israeli army use of live ammunition against Palestinians when soldiers
>were not in impending danger as "excessive use of force."

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>       "Israel: Background and Relations with the United States,"
>       updated August 31, 2006 (SM: Some chapter headings and subheadings
>are incorrect; no mention is made of US arms sales to Israel which were
>used in bombing of Lebanon. Nor is there a discussion of flights with US
>weapons through UK airports.
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>       "Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy,"
>       updated September 1, 2006.

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>       Diversionary Strike On a Rights Group
>       30.08.06. K. Peratis, Washington Post. "You're biased" is not a
>rebuttal.
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>       Criticize Israel? You're an Anti-Semite!
>       01.09.06.R. Brooks, LA Times / ICH.
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>       Blanket Immunity from War Crimes: When criticisms of Cluster Bombs
>is Anti-Semitic.
>       2/3.09.06. S. Heller, Counterpunch.
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>        Kill Arabs, Cry Anti-Semitism.
>       12.09.06. N. Finkelstein, ICH. ' central thesis of my book Beyond
>Chutzpah is that whenever Israel faces a public relations debacle its
>apologists sound the alarm that a "new anti-Semitism" is upon us. So,
>predictably, just after Israel faced another image problem due to its
>murderous destruction of Lebanon, a British all-party parliamentary group
>led by notorious Israel-firster Denis MacShane MP (Labor) released yet
>another report alleging a resurgence of anti-Semitism (Report of the
>All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry Into Anti-semitism, September 2006).