Yesterday night before going to sleep, Bambi read in L’Orient Today that Mr. Naim Qassem said “”I declare, on behalf of Hezbollah, that we are ready for either of the two choices before us,” the group’s leader said during a speech on Sunday. “For peace, the building of a state and cooperation in favor of development and stability, as well as for confrontation and combat” (https://shorturl.at/4UFUn).
To begin with, Bambi is neither a political nor a military expert. Additionally, morally and psychologically speaking, it is hard for any militia to take a hard hit like Hezbollah did. Bambi gets it. However, can’t Mr. Qassem make up his mind in a clearer way? His fellow Lebanese citizens deserve clarity when it comes to the overdue need to disarm. So they can all live in safety, maintain what is left of their sanity, and give Lebanon a chance for both sovereignty and peace.
Bearing the above in mind, one of the titles of the Times of Israel that Bambi read this morning was the following: “Netanyahu: Israel wants ceasefire deal, but will still ‘finish the job in Gaza’” (https://shorturl.at/edV4v). From this statement, and the text of the article, she can guess, between the lines, that Mr. Netanyahu’s inner wish is to get rid of Hamas, but why the hypocrisy? And when will this destructive, absurd cycle of violence finally end?
All this being said, Bambi does not know with which words to end this post. She wishes the entire world, including the troubled Middle East (especially her birth country), peace. As for you dear readers, her wish for you is peace of mind. May your children (if any) and “children from all countries” “sow love and give life“, as per Mr. Enrico Macias’ eternal song.
