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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 2 — Lebanon’s acting foreign minister, Tarek Mitri, said Wednesday he doubts that his government would agree to invite a European-led intervention force into southern Lebanon, citing fierce opposition from Hezbollah and its key foreign backers, Syria…
read moreExclusive footage from the IDF… Hezbollah Operating from Civilian Areas August 03, 2006 Hezbollah is attacking Israeli cities from behind Lebanese civilian population. Hezbollah is causing the bloodshed on both sides, traumatizing civilians on both sides. Please watch these videos…
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Special Dispatch Series – No. 1221 August 1, 2006 No.1221 Syrian Government Media Response to the Proposed Multinational Force in Lebanon: We are Armed With What is Needed to Hurt the Enemy and We Will Spring Surprises on Him That…
read more(08-01) 18:01 PDT Los Angeles — British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a strong defense of Israel on Tuesday, saying the fighting dramatizes how an “arc of extremism” will require America and its allies to commit to a battle of…
read moreBRUSSELS, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The European Union does not intend to place Hizbollah on its list of terrorist organisations for the time being, EU President Finland said on Tuesday. “Given the senstitive situtaion, I don’t think this is something…
read moreWASHINGTON, Aug. 1 – The United States firmly reiterated its position on Tuesday that there can be no cease-fire in the Middle East until there is a solid plan in place to disarm Hezbollah. “The United States is working for…
read moreAnti-American sentiment has been running high in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israel-Hizbullah war three weeks ago. Aside from burning US flags and praising the insurgency in Iraq, demonstrators have also been directing much…
read moreIn a column in the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat titled “Do Not Cast Yourselves into Perdition by Your Own Hands,” prominent Saudi sheikh ‘Abd Al-Muhsin Al-‘Obikan [1] criticized Hizbullah’s current operations. [2] He wrote that Hizbullah had no authority to…
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An injured Lebanese boy with his mother after their van was attacked by Israeli aircraft as they fled their village in Tyre, Lebanon. Photo: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Inside a well-furnished apartment in a village on the outskirts of Tyre, with shelves…
read moreJERUSALEM, July 25 — Yossi Beilin, one of Israel’s most prominent peace activists, has a problem, and it is not the predictable one. It’s not that he’s a lonely dove speaking out against Israel’s strikes on Beirut and other Lebanese…
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