International reactions to the 2006 Lebanon War 39% disapproved, and 16% were not sure. When asked to think about the events of the past week in the Middle East, 54% of Americans answered that their sympathies are more with Israel, 11% answered more with Arab nations, 11% both, 11% neither, and 13% not sure. In August 2006, University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer accused Israel of using the kidnapping of its soldiers by Hezbollah as an excuse to attack Lebanon and start the 2006 Lebanon War. Mearsheimer stated that "Israel had been planning to strike at Hezbollah for months. Key Israelis had briefed the administration about
Pilgrimage to the Cedars in Lebanon part of his work. The symbolism stems from the strong religious character. According to the ancient beliefs, cedars play an important role in ancient Hungarian mythology. The cedar is a symbol of fertility, assumed to be the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. In his painting, Chontvari presents his outlook, which is reflected in the art. It is a complex system of symbols, and synthesizes diverse content. Pilgrimage to the Cedars in Lebanon Pilgrimage to Cedars of Lebanon (in Hungarian: Zarándoklás a cédrusokhoz Libanonban) is a picture of the Hungarian painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka of 1907. The picture