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What Do You Think of This UN Security Council Cease Fire Resolution 1701…First Step to Peace or Much Ado About Nothing?
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SPME would like to know what you think will be the results of the UN Security Council cease fire resolution. Israel, Lebanon and Hizbollah have all said they would comply and yet as of this writing the intensity of the fighting is raging. Will the fighting cease at 0500 GMT? If implemented will the accord…

Letter to the editor of Lancet: RE: report on health conditions in Gaza July 31, 2006
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Dear Editor, Your report on health conditions in Gaza (“Gaza crisis continues to worsen as all eyes turn to Lebanon”) cites only Palestinian, NGO, and UN sources; your correspondent did not consult a single Israeli source. This in itself would not be a problem except that these sources are hardly disinterested parties to the conflict.…

John R. Cohn, Letter to the editor (Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2006) RE: “Displaced by Fighting in Lebanon”
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To the editor, Today’s paper (Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2006) includes an Associated Press map with the heading “Displaced by Fighting in Lebanon”. The map and accompanying story, however, shows only Lebanese displaced. No mention is made of the Israelis that are also displaced by Hezbollah rocket attacks targeting those living in Israel’s cities and…

Hizbollah’s Iranian War in Lebanon By Walid Phares, 7.23.06
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When Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of Hezbollah held his press conference to declare his new victory over his enemy, Israel, he was triggering -probably without knowing- a new era in the history of Lebanon and the region. “We will continue in faithfulness to our line,” he declared, in legitimizing his cross border attack on…