Hezbollah raised Christian apprehensions when it fired Katyushas at Nazareth. But Jonathan Cook blames Israel for the rain of rockets on the mixed city of Christians and Muslims:
Several Israeli armaments factories and storage depots have been built close by Arab communities in the north of Israel, possibly in the hope that by locating them there Arab regimes will be deterred from attacking Israel’s enormous armory. In other words, the inhabitants of several of Israel’s Arab towns and villages have been turned into collective human shields – protection for Israel’s war machine.
Memo to Cook: The presence of Muslim, Christian or Jewish civilians in proximity to places like Haifa’s petrochemical plants, Ashkelon’s power station, or even Jerusalem city busses never failed to deter Hezbollah or Hamas anyway.
UPDATE 7/20: More Katyushas hit Nazareth, killing brothers Mahmoud and Ravia Taluzi, ages seven and three respectively. See YNet News coverage.
