http://www.alterpolitics.com/world/israels-dahiya-doctrine-undermines-its-collateral-damage-claims-in-gaza/ Progressive blog covering politics, world issues, arts & entertainment. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:23:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.alterpolitics.com/world/israels-dahiya-doctrine-undermines-its-collateral-damage-claims-in-gaza/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Dancing the Hasbara Tango « KADAITCHA Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:44:23 +0000 http://www.alterpolitics.com/?p=3395#comment-679 [...] Israel’s Deliberate Intent: “The Dahiya Doctrine” A key lesson taken away from Israel’s 2006 military escalation in Lebanon — where over 1,100 Lebanese civilians were killed, 915,762 displaced (25% of Lebanon’s entire population), and significant civil infrastructure was destroyed — became known to Israeli Officials as “The Dahiya Doctrine”. Israeli Defense Forces’ Northern Command chief, Maj.-Gen. Eisenkot, described the doctrine to the press while actively serving in a senior command position (also transcribed into the contents of the Goldstone Report): “What happened in the Dahiya quarter of Beirut in 2006 will happen in every village from which Israel is fired on,” said Gadi Eisenkot, head of the army’s northern division. Dahiya was a Hizbullah stronghold that Israel flattened in sustained air raids during a 34-day war with the Shiite group two years ago. [...] [...] Israel’s Deliberate Intent: “The Dahiya Doctrine” A key lesson taken away from Israel’s 2006 military escalation in Lebanon — where over 1,100 Lebanese civilians were killed, 915,762 displaced (25% of Lebanon’s entire population), and significant civil infrastructure was destroyed — became known to Israeli Officials as “The Dahiya Doctrine”. Israeli Defense Forces’ Northern Command chief, Maj.-Gen. Eisenkot, described the doctrine to the press while actively serving in a senior command position (also transcribed into the contents of the Goldstone Report): “What happened in the Dahiya quarter of Beirut in 2006 will happen in every village from which Israel is fired on,” said Gadi Eisenkot, head of the army’s northern division. Dahiya was a Hizbullah stronghold that Israel flattened in sustained air raids during a 34-day war with the Shiite group two years ago. [...]

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