[[{"content_id":"81418","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Winograd report proved Israel failed","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2008-02-01 16:13:00","content_summary":"Arab politicians embraced Winograd report as indisputable proof of Israeli defeat","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":" \r\n \r\nWinograd Commission's final report drew joyous response from people across Arab world as damning evidence of Israeli defeat in Second Lebanon War. \r\n \r\nPoliticians and journalists from across the Arab world embraced the Winograd Commission's final report as indisputable proof of an Israeli defeat in its 34-day confrontation with the popular Lebanese Hezbollah movement in the summer of 2006. \r\n \r\n \r\n "The report proves that the resistance won, something that people tried to negate," former Hezbollah Water and Energy Minister Muhammad Fneish said. \r\n \r\n"The report confirms that the Israelis failed in the war and that Hezbollah won, and it especially confirms (the success of) the military outlook that (Hezbollah) employed through which it established supremacy on the (battle) field," he said. \r\n \r\nMohammad Khider, another Hezbollah MP, said on the Al-Manar TV on Wednesday that the report is an Israeli admission that "the resistance dictated the strategy (on the battlefield) to the enemy and caused him to fight according to principles that (Hezbollah) determined. That is an accomplishment." \r\n \r\nKhider used the report as an opportunity to call on Lebanon and the whole Arab world to favor the resistance option rather than establishing ties with the regime. \r\n \r\nAbdel Bari Atwan, the editor of Al-Quds Al-Arabi, claimed in an article that "the most important point in the report is the clear admission that this war was a large failure and dangerous and did not produce any results or gains. \r\n \r\n"That is an honest admission of defeat and it’s a response to many. Many writers and commentators who have been on Israel's side purposefully hide the truth because of their blind hatred of the Islamic resistance. (This hatred) caused the ridicule of the enormous achievement which had never been achieved by an Arab nation since the establishment of this country on Palestinian land 60 years ago," Atwan wrote. \r\n \r\nThese responses were to be expected. But how do they respond to the fact that the report was quite mild vis-à-vis Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's culpability?\r\n \r\nFormer Minister Fneish explained in the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar that "the report did not include the placing of personal responsibility in order to restrict the victory of the resistance and to reduce the effects of the defeat upon Israel. Israel is sick of repercussions from the defeat," Fneish said. \r\n \r\nNasser al-Laham, a Palestinian expert on Israeli affairs, was asked on Al- Manar on Wednesday how Olmert was able to maintain a positive atmosphere following the reports' release? \r\n \r\n"It stems from two things," he answered. "First, Israeli society has no other leader. They got rid of (former presidents) Moshe Katsav, Ezer Weizman and others and no one else is left except for him. Second, Israeli society can't bear it anymore. After the defeat in Lebanon, Gaza, and the Intifada, Israeli society couldn’t bear another failure." \r\n \r\n"The report will continue to embarrass Olmert. It will add to the pressure on him and will cause him to lose the two percent of trust that he still has," said MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan. \r\n \r\n"It will be hard for Olmert to continue in his position especially in wake of the calls for resignation before the release of the report," MK Khider added.","content_html":" \r\n
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Winograd Commission's final report drew joyous response from people across Arab world as damning evidence of Israeli defeat in Second Lebanon War. <\/div>\r\n
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Politicians and journalists from across the Arab world embraced the Winograd Commission's final report as indisputable proof of an Israeli defeat in its 34-day confrontation with the popular Lebanese Hezbollah movement in the summer of 2006. <\/div>\r\n
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 "The report proves that the resistance won, something that people tried to negate," former Hezbollah Water and Energy Minister Muhammad Fneish said. <\/div>\r\n
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"The report confirms that the Israelis failed in the war and that Hezbollah won, and it especially confirms (the success of) the military outlook that (Hezbollah) employed through which it established supremacy on the (battle) field," he said. <\/div>\r\n
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Mohammad Khider, another Hezbollah MP, said on the Al-Manar TV on Wednesday that the report is an Israeli admission that "the resistance dictated the strategy (on the battlefield) to the enemy and caused him to fight according to principles that (Hezbollah) determined. That is an accomplishment." <\/div>\r\n
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Khider used the report as an opportunity to call on Lebanon and the whole Arab world to favor the resistance option rather than establishing ties with the regime. <\/div>\r\n
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Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor of Al-Quds Al-Arabi, claimed in an article that "the most important point in the report is the clear admission that this war was a large failure and dangerous and did not produce any results or gains. <\/div>\r\n
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"That is an honest admission of defeat and it’s a response to many. Many writers and commentators who have been on Israel's side purposefully hide the truth because of their blind hatred of the Islamic resistance. (This hatred) caused the ridicule of the enormous achievement which had never been achieved by an Arab nation since the establishment of this country on Palestinian land 60 years ago," Atwan wrote. <\/div>\r\n
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These responses were to be expected. But how do they respond to the fact that the report was quite mild vis-à-vis Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's culpability?<\/div>\r\n
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Former Minister Fneish explained in the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar that "the report did not include the placing of personal responsibility in order to restrict the victory of the resistance and to reduce the effects of the defeat upon Israel. Israel is sick of repercussions from the defeat," Fneish said. <\/div>\r\n
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Nasser al-Laham, a Palestinian expert on Israeli affairs, was asked on Al- Manar on Wednesday how Olmert was able to maintain a positive atmosphere following the reports' release? <\/div>\r\n
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"It stems from two things," he answered. "First, Israeli society has no other leader. They got rid of (former presidents) Moshe Katsav, Ezer Weizman and others and no one else is left except for him. Second, Israeli society can't bear it anymore. After the defeat in Lebanon, Gaza, and the Intifada, Israeli society couldn’t bear another failure." <\/div>\r\n
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"The report will continue to embarrass Olmert. It will add to the pressure on him and will cause him to lose the two percent of trust that he still has," said MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan. <\/div>\r\n
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"It will be hard for Olmert to continue in his position especially in wake of the calls for resignation before the release of the report," MK Khider added. <\/div>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2008-02-01 16:13:00","content_date_finish":"2008-02-01 16:13:00","content_date_register":"2008-02-01 16:13:00","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"100971","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"4064228056","attach_date_register":"2008-02-01 16:13:00","attach_id":"46982","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"325","attach_img_height":"196","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"136","visit_date_last":"2025-05-13 08:29:58","attach_title":"Winograd report proved Israel failed","node_title":"Latest news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]"}]]