From Arutz Sheva:

Ma'an: Nasrallah Will Give Tel Aviv Residents One Hour to Flee

Arab press sources close to the Hizbullah say that residents of Tel Aviv will be given one hour to flee before the terrorist group launches a barrage of missiles at the city.

The unnamed sources are quoted by the Palestinian Authority-based news agency Ma'an as saying:

"The Lebanese resistance is preparing a retaliation parallel to Israel's military actions. Hassan Nasrallah will address the people of Tel Aviv and warn them to evacuate the city within one hour. As soon as the delay ends, hundreds of heavy missiles will start landing in the city, which has been divided into squares in order to let damage reach every inch of the city. An estimated 500 missiles are expected to land in Tel Aviv in a short period of time."

The Arab sources further said that the Hizbullah has been very careful in cultivating its public image, in order to increase the surprise effect of the planned barrage on Tel Aviv.

The war, from the perspective of Nasrallah, has not yet begun, the sources said, adding that other "surprises" planned by the Hizbullah include more kidnappings of Israeli soldiers from along the Lebanese border.

Also claiming to have "surprises" in store for Israel is the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad. On Tuesday night, the terrorist organization claimed to have fired a Katyusha rocket at Sderot. The Katyusha is a more deadly rocket than the Kassam, and is being deployed against Israel in the north of the country by the Hizbullah.

Now, truth to be told, I have a hard time believing it. Especially since the initial source is is the Arab press. When we last heard from them, we heard this nonsense from Iraq. But assuming that it has some truth behind it, what does it mean for Israel, and in a greater context, for the world?

I hearken back to the words of Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations:

"If they hit Tel Aviv, it won't be an escalation. It will be doomsday. It will be the end of everything for them. We would consider it not just an escalation but something which they and their sponsors, mainly Iran and Syria, would pay very, very dearly."

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I believe that if Hezbollah should somehow hit Tel-Aviv, then unquestionably, the gloves will come off for Israel. I also believe that Israel's target will no longer just be Hezbollah, but Iran as well. Should THAT transpire, I expect the conflict to take on a more international flavor, bringing the United States into the conflict as well.

Right now, in polls taken in Israel, over 95% of Jewish Israelis support what their government is doing. In America, I don't have any figures to state, but my impression is that Israel's support and support for what she's doing is considerable. The very fact that the news that the US House of Representatives is to express its support for Israel and to condemn Hezbollah, and in parallel votes in the Senate and the House of Representatives expected before the weekend, it can be assumed this country is very supportive of Israel's measures.

There are moments where I am truly stumped by the stupidity of the Iranian government and what the Arabs are doing. I realize that Iran's intention all along was to force the G8 away from talking about Iran's nuclear capacity, but I wonder if they expected such a strong response from Israel. It would be clear to me that if Iran did expect this response, then they would have held off any aggression until they were capable of nuclear power. But by doing this now, Ahmadinejad may well have played his hand too soon. Suddenly, the world is beginning to notice how diabolical Islamofacism is.

This poses an interesting dilemma for many in the left, especially in Europe. It flies in the face of what they've been preaching since they first pushed "Oslo" on us. Israel did everything the left wanted them to do. They wanted us out of Lebanon, so we left. They wanted us out of Gaza, so we left. Each time, most of us on the right hollered that it was causing more problems, not less. While we watched our brethren being forced from their homes, some living there all their lives, we were assured that this "token" of peace" would lead to a peaceful settlement with the Arabs.

I knew it wouldn't and many of Israel's true friends knew it wouldn't either.

So now that we have been proven right again, the world is beginning to understand that there can not be peace between Israel and those who wish her annihilation. With the exception of France (what else is new?), all the members of the G8 stand solidly behind whatever steps Israel must take to destroy Hezbollah.

I should clarify regarding the French position. For what it's worth, since Lebanon (as well as Syria) were once occupied by the French, they do have a shared bond.

In conclusion, if the Bush administration is honest about the defeat of terrorism, he should not hesitate to help Israel in this war, even if it means the US confronting Iran head-on. Iraq was a perfect gateway for the US to begin the democratization of the Middle East, but aside from killing the terrorists who are still foolish enough to fight, the Iraq invasion doesn't accomplish as much as it could. Pulling Iran and Syria into the war via an attack by Hezbollah on Tel-Aviv, could well spell the beginning of the end of the terrorist network. While I shudder at the thought of Tel-Aviv coming under attack, even the threat should be enough to put an end to this nonsense once and for all.