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What about the missiles?と題したハーレツ電子版8月4日付社説はこう指摘する。
48時間の一時的爆撃停止後、引き続く旺盛なカチューシャロケットによるヒズボラの攻撃を述べてハーレツ通信はオルメルト首相の自画自賛発言を痛烈に批判する。
Hezbollah's renewed attacks came a day after the prime minister's speech at the National Security College in which he boasted of the war's achievements so far.
（ヒズボラの再開された攻撃は、首相がこれまでの戦争の成果を自慢した国立安全保障カレッジでの演説の1日後にやって来た。）
"Israel is succeeding in this war and is making unparalleled, perhaps unprecedented, achievements," Ehud Olmert said.
（「イスラエルはこの戦争に成功をおさめ、比類のない、おそらくは前例がない成果を得ている」と、エフード・オルメルト首相は言った。）
首相はヒズボラを弱体化しアメリカから公然とした援助を引き出したなどと、自慢しているが現実はどうだろうか。ハーレツ紙は次のように続けている。
But what about the missile volleys being fired now?
（しかし、現在撃たれているミサイルの一斉発射はどういうことなんだ？ ）
Even if all the achievements on the list stand the test of time, they cannot cover up the Israel Defense Forces' failure, after three weeks of fighting, to put an end to, or at least reduce, the intense fire on Israel.
（たとえリスト・アップされた成果の全てが時間の試練に耐えたとしても、イスラエル国防軍がこの３週間の戦いを経た後も、イスラエルへの強烈な砲撃に終止符を打ったり、あるいは減じたりすることに失敗したことを、これらの成果をもってしても覆い隠しはできないのだ。）
戦争の主要な目的である、ヒズボラにイスラエルへのロケット攻撃をさせないということが、まったくできていないことを指摘して、ハーレツ紙は首相に真実を語れと、こう結んでいる。
Hence, this is the time to tell the people the truth, and the prime minister and the rest of the government's spokespersons would do well to spare the public their empty talk of "unprecedented achievements" as Katyusha rockets land all over the Galilee.
（それ故、人々に真実を語る時なのだ。首相ほか政府の代表者は、カチューシャ・ロケットがガリラヤ中に着弾しているときに、市民に「先例のない成果」などと空疎な話をしないのが賢明だろう。）
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英文記事全文
What about the missiles?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/745810.html
By Haaretz Editorial
The end of the 48-hour hiatus in the war in Lebanon during which Israel reduced its aerial attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah eased up its rocket fire on the Galilee ended yesterday with more blood, destruction and fear across the north.
A record number of Katyusha rockets were launched at the Galilee yesterday; one civilian was killed at Kibbutz Sa'ar, 13 others were wounded.
Hezbollah's renewed attacks came a day after the prime minister's speech at the National Security College in which he boasted of the war's achievements so far. "Israel is succeeding in this war and is making unparalleled, perhaps unprecedented, achievements," Ehud Olmert said.
Sources close to the prime minister listed the achievements - a significant weakening of Hezbollah both as an internal Lebanese power and a militant offshoot of Iran; the continued cleansing of the border of Hezbollah's presence; open support of the United States and the quieter support of several other states - including Arab ones - in Israel's struggle against Hezbollah; and the strengthening of Israel's deterrence against future missile threats.
But what about the missile volleys being fired now?
Even if all the achievements on the list stand the test of time, they cannot cover up the Israel Defense Forces' failure, after three weeks of fighting, to put an end to, or at least reduce, the intense fire on Israel.
"Every additional day erodes the strength of this cruel enemy," Olmert said. But in reality, there is not enough cover for his statements - not at present anyway.
This gap between the prime minister's statements and yesterday's events raises questions. Even if Olmert wanted to raise the nation's spirit by speaking of achievements, this cannot be done without a factual basis. Olmert cannot ignore the reality of the blood on the ground. His statements, suggesting that one of the war's achievements is that Nasrallah will no longer want to fire missiles at Israel, shatter under the test of reality. Hezbollah is continuing to fire almost to its heart's content.
It is no longer possible to make do with lofty talk about achievements while Hezbollah is proving that nothing deters it from continuing its attacks on Israel. One of the war's main goals was to prevent missile fire on Israel. This goal has yet to be achieved. This must be said honestly.
The Israeli public, especially the one bearing the main brunt of this war, is entitled to receive a more realistic account of the war's achievements so far. The home front, whose fortitude politicians and officers praise so much, is entitled to know which war objectives have been attained, which are still to be attained, and which perhaps will not be attained at all.
Hence, this is the time to tell the people the truth, and the prime minister and the rest of the government's spokespersons would do well to spare the public their empty talk of "unprecedented achievements" as Katyusha rockets land all over the Galilee.
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