Killing of UN observers

The height of Israeli precision bombing was evidenced when it bombed the building that housed the UN observers killing four of them. It was a deliberate attack, and the death of the four observers, that resulted from the bombings that was continued for many hours, even though numerous communications were made with the Israelis from the ground indicating the identity of the building, was nothing but deliberate murder.

The Israeli action has indeed crossed all limits. It is simply reflective of an attitude that is not only arrogant but also of a mindset that is swayed by its military might having least regard for human lives. What is of concern and worry for all sane people around the world is that the world's most powerful nation has directly contributed to the build up of this grotesque mentality through providing moral, diplomatic, and material support. There is no respite for the Lebanese, because, failure of the hastily arranged 15-nation talks in Rome has put paid to the hope of a ceasefire in the near future.

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The Israeli incursion, which we apprehend might soon turn into a full-fledged invasion of Lebanon, and its military adventures in the occupied territories are sending the wrong signals to nations around the world that might is right. The universally accepted norms of civil and human rights are slowly turning out to be mere hollow slogans. At the same time the only world body, the UN, the lone association entrusted with the duty of ensuring peace through mediating between nations, now stands ineffective and helpless in the face of such brutality and arrogance.