Webwatch
Webwatch
The proliferation of Lebanon-related websites is an encouraging trend that
facilitates the efforts of AFL to bring the issue of Lebanon back to the forefront of
American foreign policy. Each week the AFL staff will review a new website which
we feel offers a relatively unique contribution to the internet.
Four Mothers
Those who have followed the ongoing debate within Israel over its occupation
of southern Lebanon will instantly recognize the Four Mothers organization. The
group was established by four Israeli women living in northern Israel in February
1997 after 73 soldiers were killed in a collision of two helicopters ferrying troops to
Lebanon. Since then, the movement has spearheaded opposition to the presence of
Israeli troops in Lebanon. In recent months, representatives of the group have met
with Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai and other top Israeli officials to
plead their cause.
The Four Mothers' English-language website (recently established alongside its
somewhat more extensive Hebrew site) offers a modest array of excellent articles
about the Israeli occupation. Unfortunately, the English-language site does not
contain any translations of articles and editorials from the Israeli press. It is steadily
growing, however, and such a "mirror" into the Lebanon debate raging within Israeli
society might be offered in the future.
Email: yona@netvision.net.il