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1、Sunday,Jul.16,2006RootsofCrisis:WhytheArabsandIsraelisFightByLISABEYER/JERUSALEMInnormaltimes,thehillsofnorthernGalileefillwithtourists,someofthempilgrimsseekingouttheplaceswhereJesuswalked2,000yearsago.Todaythosehillsareburning.ItisinGalileethattherocke
2、tsfiredbyHizballahmilitantsinLebanontypicallyfall,occasionallyscoringadirecthitonsomeonevulnerable,moreoftenforcinginhabitantstomoveintobombshelters.IntheescarpmenthamletofShomera,IsraelislikeGabrielPeretz,theownerofabed-and-breakfast,candolittlemorethan
3、braceforthenextattack."Thesituationisverybad,"hesays,hissentencespunctuatedbythesoundofIsraeliartilleryfire,acrack-boomfollowedbyalingeringzingoftheoutgoingshell,asloudspeakersinthevillageinstructresidentstotakecoverinhardenedshelters."We'vehadsixyearsof
4、peace,"hesays,"buteverythinghascomebacktous."Aroundtheworld,peoplecouldbeexcusedforfeelingthattheytooarewitnessingsomethingnumbinglyfamiliarintheMiddleEast,likearecurringnightmarethatmanywouldratherkeepstoredintherecessesofmemory.Buttheconflagrationinvol
5、vingIsraelanditsneighborshaseruptedoncemore--andnooneknowshowbadanddestabilizingitmayget.Israel'sferociousresponsetoHizballah'skidnappingoftwoIsraelisoldiers,whichcamealittlemorethantwoweeksafterPalestinianmilitantsfromHamasseizedanIsraelicorporalandsmug
6、gledhimintotheGazaStrip,hasproducedtheworstArab-Israelicross-borderconflictsinceIsrael'sinvasionofLebanonin1982.ThegreatbulkofthepainlastweekwasfeltinLebanon,asIsraelbombardedthecountry,includingsitesinBeirut,killingmorethan100LebanesebySaturdayevening,a
7、lmostallcivilians.Hizballah,anIslamistShi'itegroupthatoperatesfreelyinsouthernLebanon,killedeightIsraelisoldiersinitsinitialraidJuly12andhassinceflunghundredsofrocketsintoIsrael,killingfourcivilians.Forallthemayhemanddestruction,thecrisishasn'tyetescalat
8、edintothekindoffull-scale,multicountrywarthatrockedtheMiddleEastin1948or1956or1967or1973.Butthat'snotexactlycauseforcomfort.ThelethalexchangeoffirepowerbetweenIsraelandHizballahwilllikelynotletupuntilsomeone--theU.N.,nervo
