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2007年VOA标准英语-Israel Marks 1st Anniversary of Lebanon War

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By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
12 July 2007

Israel is marking the anniversary of last year's Lebanon war. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel is still casting a wary1 eye over its northern border.

Israeli gunners cover their ears as an <a href=artillery2 piece fires into southern Lebanon from a position on the border near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel , Saturday, July 15, 2006" hspace="2" src="http://www.tingroom.com/upimg/allimg/070714/1027140.jpg" width="210" vspace="2" border="0" />
Israeli gunners cover their ears as an artillery piece fires into southern Lebanon from a position on the border near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel , Saturday, July 15, 2006
Israel went to war in Lebanon after Hezbollah guerrillas killed three Israeli soldiers and kidnapped two others in a cross-border raid. That sparked a 34-day Israeli assault with the stated aim of crushing Hezbollah and winning the release of the captive soldiers. Neither goal has been accomplished3.  

"There were many difficulties and many failures during the war; the war itself was a failure," said Former Defense4 Minister Moshe Arens.

Arens says the failure has harmed Israeli deterrence5.

Israeli troops near Lebanese border
Israeli troops near Lebanese border
"We lost, and we lost against a group of some 4,000 Hezbollah fighters," he added.  "The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] which is a mighty6 and very efficient and very good army, we lost. And that is going to give people on the other side of the fence, people in the enemy camp, some ideas."

An official inquiry7 also declared the war a failure, saying Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rushed into the conflict without a battle plan. It accused him of a serious failure in judgment8, caution and responsibility. As a result, Mr. Olmert's approval rating plunged9 to single digits10.

Ehud Olmert makes his opening remarks to the weekly cabinet meeting, 24 Jun 2007
Ehud Olmert, 24 Jun 2007
But during a tour Thursday of northern Israel, which was hit by more than 4,000 Hezbollah rockets, Mr. Olmert defended the war.

He says the northern border is quiet today, and residents are much more secure than they were a year ago.

But the question is: How long will it last? Both Israel and the United Nations say Hezbollah is re-arming despite the deployment11 of 13,000 U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

Lebanese woman reacts after looking at <a href=rubble12 of one of three destroyed houses hit by two Israeli air strikes Sunday in the village of Brital, Monday, August 14, 2006" hspace="2" src="http://www.tingroom.com/upimg/allimg/070714/1027143.jpg" width="210" vspace="2" border="0" />
Lebanese woman reacts after looking at rubble of one of three destroyed houses hit by two Israeli air strikes Sunday in the village of Brital, Monday, August 14, 2006
"The arms smuggling13 unfortunately still goes on. Illicit14 arms transfers from Syria to Lebanon to Hezbollah," said Israeli spokesman Mark Regev.

Therefore, the assessment15 in the Israeli army is that another conflict with Hezbollah is inevitable16.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International accused both Israel and Hezbollah of failing to investigate alleged17 war crimes during the conflict. Amnesty criticized Hezbollah for firing rockets at Israeli cities and towns, and Israel for bombing civilian18 areas and using cluster bombs.


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