2006 Lebanon War

How Israel and the US benefited from the murder of Rafik Hariri

by News Sources 12.07.2010

Who has benefited most from the assassination of Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005? As the International Court of Justice arrives at its version of events, Dyab Abou Jahjah, writing in Open Democracy, finds confirmation in WikiLeaks for pointing us in a different direction. Lebanon nowadays seems much bigger than it actually is. In a [...]

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Hezbollah gears up for new war

by Paul Woodward 11.08.2009

Hezbollah gears up for new war By Mitchell Prothero and Peter Beaumont, The Observer, November 8, 2009 Hezbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will attack Lebanon again prior to any assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Last week, Israeli commandos seized a ship in the [...]

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Israel’s never-ending war

by Paul Woodward 09.22.2009

Israel’s never-ending war By Paul Woodward, War in Context, September 22, 2009 As Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, meet at the United Nations today, “both sides have made clear that they’ll essentially be humoring Obama, showing up because the President of the United States expects it of them and [...]

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NEWS & OPINION: Winograd; Jerusalem; Palestinian talks

by Paul Woodward 01.31.2008

Olmert: His own shlemiel, or Bush’s? By Tony Karon, Rootless Cosmopolitan, January 31, 2008 While Israel’s Winograd Commission has certainly pulled no punches in excoriating the Israeli military and political leadership for their botched war in Lebanon last summer, there appears to be a massive lacuna in its conclusions. (I’m not even going to get [...]

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