"Israel": "Victory" of "Moderate Camp" in Lebanon Positive Sign!

Source: almanar.com.lb, 9-6-2009
For the second consecutive day, the Zionist entity was "celebrating" what it called the "victory" of the March 14 bloc, or the "moderate camp" in Lebanon...

"Israel", that seemed to be "satisfied" with the results of the Lebanese parliamentary elections that came following a period of "announced worries" in "Israel" over a potential opposition win, continued to declare its "happiness" for the results and "calls" for the next government to follow "good-will" policies with Lebanon's enemy.

Yet, "Israeli" officials perceived that the election results won't change anything, especially regarding Hizbullah strength. In this context, "Israeli" President Shimon Peres said that the results of the Lebanese elections would have no influence on the Resistance party's strengths and powers. "The results do not change the fact that Hizbullah remains a state within a state, an army within an army, and prevents Lebanon's economic recovery," the "Israeli" President claimed, in his words.

Yet, "Israeli" War Minister Ehud Barak couldn't hide his "happiness" for the election's outcome. "There was an election in Lebanon and the moderate camp won," Barak said, hailing such outcome as "a positive sign." But, according to Barak, "the real test for the government will be in its ability to enforce order and prevent Hizbullah from continuing military actions in southern Lebanon and throughout Lebanon." Meanwhile, Barak assured everybody that the Zionist entity will continue to follow the developments there, "and will determine its relations with the new Lebanese government based on these results."

Meanwhile, Labor Member of Knesset Amir Peretz, who was defense minister during the 2006 war against Lebanon, told "Israeli" daily Ynet that the election results mark the culmination of a process that matured with the breakout of the war. "It's obvious that the way in which "Israel" responded three years ago made it clear to the people of Lebanon that Hizbullah was leading them to ruin and to a strategic defeat in front of the whole world," he claimed. "However, we must look at the results with the necessary humility. This is a radical change, because the voices that have triumphed in the elections are the ones that openly support ending the conflict and UN Resolution 1701," he added.

Commenting on the possibility that the election outcome might bring about a change in Lebanon's attitude towards "Israel", Peretz said he believed this was still far from happening.

In the meantime, "Israeli" daily Ynet said that celebrations for the outcome of the Lebanese elections were not limited to Lebanon. "It appears that across the Middle East, an all-clear siren was sounded this morning - from Beirut to Tel Aviv, and from Riyadh to Cairo," it claimed. "So, four days after US President Barack Obama invited residents of the region to walk with him on a new path of moderation, reconciliation, peace, and mostly friendship with America - Lebanese voters complied with him and granted a victory, even if by points, to the pro-Western camp," Ynet said, linking between the elections and the speech made by US President.

Yet, the "Israeli" daily admitted that, despite the results, Lebanon remains a divided country, torn between two camps that are almost equal in size. "For "Israel", the election results make no difference," Ynet asserted.

"The election results in Lebanon are good news for our region," the "Israeli" daily concluded.