Israel Gears Up For Day After War
Ryan R. Jones - All Headline News Correspondent Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - With a UN-brokered ceasefire going into effect Monday morning, Israel began looking to the day after its war with Hezbollah and the inevitable inquiries into the government's handling of the conflict. Knesset Member Yossi Beilin, leader of the far-left Meretz Party, called for the establishment of an official investigative committee to examine the root causes of the war and Israel's inability to adequately care for its northern residents as they fell victim to more than 3,000 Hezbollah rockets. Beilin told Ynet, "It must be checked whether the events of July 12 could have been prevented, whether the Pandora's box of Lebanon didn't need to be opened sooner, whether it was possible to reach an agreement with Syria thus preventing the threat of Hizbullah..." Equally important, said Beilin, was looking into "how it came about that during the war the social gaps deepened, the weak populations were abandoned, and how it came about that no shelters were erected in Arab towns." Focusing on a different, but no less important aspect of the war was National Religious Party Chairman Zevulun Orlev, who promptly established a parliamentary lobby to press for the release of Israel's abducted soldiers. According to Ynet, Orlev invited members of all Knesset factions to discuss what urgent steps could be taken to secure the release of Eldad Regev and Ehud G |
