Well my position (to re-affirm) is that they should though I feel that it's highly unlikely that they will. I would even go so far as to argue that in the long term that it's in Israel's intrests to assist in the cleanup. Just because the present damage is affecting other nation's coastlines does not mean that in the long-term the pollutants will get into the food chain and affect populations of nations in the mediteranean overall.moono said:Anybody that doesn't think that Israel has a responsibility to clean up its mess doesn't deserve a response.
jæd said:I'm guessing, based on his response times, that Moono is either a Yank or a student, or both...
Aldebaran said:Why is it relevant where Moono (or someone else) lives or if he is US or " a student" or whatever?
jæd said:Because I'm interested in who Moono is and where he comes from... He's never posted in any other forums (apart from the Football one) so he's a bit of an enigma...
moono said:Don't encourage him. Look what happened to Rachamim, three autobiographies and two sequels.

Aldebaran said:Why is that "interesting" let alone relevant to any given discussion?
jæd said:Because of his continuing refusal to say... If someone refuses to say something it automatically becomes more interesting...
It would also make his threads more interesting if (say) he was from the US, since having an anti-Isreali opinion can be rare in some regions...
It might explain why he is so anti-"zionism" if it turns out he is in Beirut...
IT is a terrible, terrible thing and I think that it borders on criminal that the Israeli Gvt. is not doing more in trying to fix this terrible mess.
nino_savatte said:So what are you getting at, jaed? I noticed that you never answered my last post. Is there any reason for this...apart from my reputation for not taking crap?
Lock&Light said:Surely I'm not the only person who laughed out loud when reading this.
At risk: loggerhead turtles, monk seals, fish stocks
On Palm Islands Nature Reserve, located off the coast of Tripoli, the oil covering its rocky coasts has killed algae and other organisms that fish and turtles feed on. The reserve counts 156 species of birds, including many migratory birds depending on direct contact with the now contaminated water.
The reserve’s polluted environment is also putting endangered loggerhead turtles at risk. Threats come from the oil film on the water, when they come up to the surface to breathe and from the contaminated beaches where they nest.
Migratory birds are also at risk: having just started their annual migration, many birds pass through the contaminated site, which is one of Lebanon’s most important staging areas for migrant birds and protected under the RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands.
Rare monk seals, which have been observed in the past in the reserve’s waters, might be affected as well. They are listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
moono said:
Is there nothing those zionists won't stoop to?
Might have been slightly easier not to target the place in the first place, hm?rachamim18 said:Moono: your first mistake is forgetting that our coast is shared. Lebanon and Israel are neighbours and anything effecting their shore is bound to effect ours and in fact it is. The Israeli Govt. though has finally moved on the issue and is working to make amends...better late than never but I still resent the amount of time it took.
A United Nations human rights inquiry said on Friday that Israel should be made to pay compensation for damage caused by the month-long Lebanon, especially losses incurred by civilians.
It suggested setting up an international compensation program similar to the one which has paid out billions of dollars to cover losses due to Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwait.
But the three-member commission of inquiry left any decision to the UN Human Rights Council.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/795327.html