By Yoav Stern and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service: Israel on alert as sectarian clashes rage across Lebanon for sixth day
Talkback
Title:Pretty Silly reasoning here
Name:Awake
City: State:
Although the argument makes plenty of sense and is very reasonable, Israel is made up of a minority within the Middle East. Period. No matter what you do, no matter how justified, you won`t have the backing of anyone in the Middle East, and only a portion of the rest of the world.

The lesson of the Summer War of 2006 was to NOT shoot yourself in the foot.