Nasrallah hails Israeli war report

clipped from english.aljazeera.net Nasrallah hails Israeli war report Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, has said that he "respects" Israel for recognising that it was defeated by his guerrilla army during the 2006 war in Lebanon. Hassan Nasrallah has never before lavished such praise on his Israeli enemies [AFP] 'Defeat and victory' Referring to the Israeli report, Nasrallah said he was pleased that Israel had agreed with his analysis that Israeli had effectively lost the war by failing to decisively defeat Hezbollah's fighters. "The first important outcome of this commission is that it has finally and officially decided the issue of victory and defeat ... This commission spoke about a very big defeat," he said. "Today the climate in the whole of the Zionist entity is that this war was a failure."

MAY FIRST 2007 Recall the Predictions

Virtual predictions of the present situation made on MAY FIRST 2007 made by Hamas in the Jerusalem Post.

May. 1, 2007 22:51

"It's possible that Olmert will try to evade responsibility for Israel's defeat in Lebanon by waging war on the Gaza Strip," PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas told reporters in Gaza City. "Olmert is facing a serious crisis and this could be his way to salvage himself."

"President Abbas is very interested in the latest developments in Israel," he added. "He is concerned that the crisis will negatively affect the peace process. We are also concerned that Olmert might embark on a military adventure in the Gaza Strip to cover up for his failure."

Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip said they did not rule out the possibility that Israel would try to compensate for its "defeat" in Lebanon by "stepping up its military aggression" against the Palestinians.

This is the first time that Israel openly admits that it was defeated in war," he said. "The war against Lebanon was completely unjustified

"The Israeli government has been taken hostage by Israeli extremists like Avigdo

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