Israel’s politicians and generals have a strategy: not security, not coexistence. It is the oldest colonial formula in history: seize the land, expel the indigenous population, and then call the defenders terrorists.

On March 16, Israel invaded  South Lebanon under the pretext of protecting its Jewish-only colonies in the north. At first, it was a so-called security zone ranging from four to six miles inside Lebanon. This was followed by ordering the evacuation  of towns and villages for an area of roughly 775 square miles, about a fifth of the entire country. Now, to shield its occupying army in the “security zone” it created weeks earlier to protect the Jewish-only colonies across the borders.

Over a million Lebanese were ethnically cleansed from their homes, not as a byproduct of war, but as explicit Israeli policy. Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz ordered his army to demolish Lebanese border villages and permanently occupy Lebanese territory up to the Litani River. He did not mince words about what those orders meant: Lebanese living in the so-called security zone “will not return,” he said. “None of them will return.” This is ethnic cleansing announced in a press release.

The Lebanese resistance was the only obstacle to Israel’s declared expansionist plans.

Outgunned, outmanned, and facing one of the most heavily armed militaries in the world, Lebanese fighters nonetheless waged a disciplined guerrilla campaign targeting the occupying military on Lebanese soil, not Israeli civilians.

Outgunned, outmanned, and facing one of the most heavily armed militaries in the world, Lebanese fighters nonetheless waged a disciplined guerrilla campaign targeting the occupying military on Lebanese soil, not Israeli civilians.

In a fierce battle before the announced ceasefire, resistance fighters raided a heavily fortified Israeli military position,........

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