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Israel - Lebanon War and related problems faced by the American community

Introduction

At the time of cold war , democratic world was , virtually , confronted by only one threat , coming from communist regime of the Soviet Union . This foe , though being dangerous , was quite predictable and civilized to certain extent . After the cold war seized it seemed that world would finally find global peace and mutual consent . However , things turned different and such hopes vanished into a thin air . The world community faced new , formerly unwitnessed , threats related to religious , national and

ethnic intolerance . Commonly accepted , though ultimately mistaken is the belief that the fighting against these threats must be narrowed down to the war against a particular enemy , world terrorism

Comparing the old and new world (time before and after the cold war ) it must be noted that confrontation between democratic world and the Soviet Union was based on certain rules , preventing the world from the global conflict . Confrontation with a new enemy has no rules at all . It turns out that to settle a conflict of a new type is more difficult than it used to be , partially because of the reason that sometimes it is practically , impossible to detect a real initiator of a conflict . All participators of a conflict are guilty . Besides , among the other significant reasons is the great number of conflicting parties and , as a consequence , there is a highly complicated interlacement of interests To protect interests of one party without neglecting the interests of another one is almost an unattainable aim

The bright example of the conflict of new type is a currently continuing war between Israel and Lebanon . This war affects the events all over the world and American community in particular . Israel - Lebanon war raises an array of problems that need to be solved by the world leaders as soon as possible

Short Historical Background

It is reported that on 12 July 2006 Hezbollah initiated Operation Truthful Promise named for a promise ' by its leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah to capture Israeli soldiers and swap them for the remaining three Lebanese held by Israel . The early morning raid into Israeli territory resulted in eight Israeli soldiers killed and two captured Israel then responded with Operation Just Reward later renamed Operation Change of Direction . Israel 's retaliatory strike has thus far encompassed bombing raids by the Israeli Air Force (IAF , an air and Israeli Sea Corps naval blockade of Lebanon (especially southern Lebanon and Beirut , a force of tanks and armored personnel carriers , and some small raids into southern Lebanon by Israel Defense Forces (IDF ground troops . Hezbollah has concurrently engaged in extensive rocket attacks on Israel 's northern cities , including Haifa . However , the Lebanese government has constantly disavowed Hezbollah 's actions and refused to condone them , while urgently calling for international peacemakers to end the conflict (Wikipedia ) This short passage gives a clear and overall picture of the background of current situation in Middle East . It must be noted that Hezbollah operations on Israeli...