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Nihad Awad, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations; John Mearsheimer, Co-Director of International Security Policy Program, Univ. of Chicago; Stephen Walt, International Relations Professor, Harvard University
If Israel asks, the US would "seriously consider" granting the Defense Ministry additional financial assistance because of the huge expenses incurred during the war in Lebanon, a high-ranking US diplomat revealed.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Syrian President Bashar Assad solidified their stances, with Chavez lashing out at the US and Israel as the "roots" of the problems in the Middle East and the world.
"The Israeli army pulled back from the regions of Bastara, Kfarshuba and Shebaa," the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said.
Israel's embattled leadership, discredited to an unprecedented extent by the Lebanon war and sex scandals, teetered Friday under calls for the prime minister, defense minister, and army chief to resign.
The agreements between Israel and the US regarding the use of the weapons are secret. It is not illegal under international law to use such weapons against enemy combatants. The US has used cluster bombs in Iraq, resulting in many civilian casualties
There is increasing evidence that Israel instigated a disastrous war on Lebanon largely at the behest of the US. The Bush administration was set on crippling Hezbollah. Hezbollah defied US efforts to democratize the region on American terms. The popu
Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Teheran's nuclear programme.
The defense official blasted the US for "not doing enough" to stop Teheran's race to the bomb. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he said, was leading the State Department in the direction of "appeasement."
Amnesty International has accused Israel of war crimes in its monthlong battle with Hezbollah, saying its bombing campaign amounted to indiscriminate attacks on Lebanon's civilian infrastructure and population.
Darkness had descended on the Bekaa Valley when the long convoy of cars snaked up a gentle slope toward Kefraya. In better times, the little town was celebrated for its wine. But to the Lebanese fleeing the war that night, it was a way station on the
The State Department is investigating whether Israel’s use of American-made cluster bombs in southern Lebanon violated secret agreements with the US that restrict when it can employ such weapons, two officials said.
With the purchase of two more German-made Dolphin submarines capable of carrying nuclear warheads, military experts say Israel is sending a clear message to Iran that it can strike back if attacked by nuclear weapons.
Police investigators conducted a search of President Moshe Katsav's home and offices on Monday night as part of their broad investigation into sexual harassment allegations aimed at the president. The police confiscated documents and computers
Hundreds of Israeli army reservists set up a tent city outside the prime minister's office to protest what they consider poor management of the war in Lebanon. Protesters held signs calling for the resignations of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defe
Syria is in the process of forming what an official from Syrian President Bashar Assad's Baath Party called the Front for the Liberation of the Golan Heights, a new "resistance" group that models itself after Hezbollah.
Lebanon had not even finished burying the dead from 34 days of war when the country's deep sectarian and political divisions split open again. That has shattered the semblance of unity that held, just barely, through the Israeli attacks against H
The Bush administration has agreed to a demand that a loan guarantee deal which allow Israel to borrow money on the international market for low interest rates be extended by an additional 3 years. Congress needs to approve the move.
The alliance between George Bush and Tony Blair is in danger after it was revealed that the Prime Minister believes the President has 'let him down badly' over the Middle East crisis.
ISRAEL says countries which do not recognise it should be excluded from peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, amid faltering efforts to persuade countries to send troops to enforce a fragile UN-brokered truce.
Hezbollah volunteers proceeded with a vigorous and fast-paced reconstruction campaign, handing out grants of $12,000 - in stacks of American dollars - to families whose houses had been destroyed in the past month.
Halutz has been accused of "insider trading" for liquidating his investment portfolio two hours after Hizbullah gunmen kidnapped two soldiers along the northern border.
With a cease-fire in place between Israel and Hezbollah, it's in neither party's interest to resume the fight. The reasons why amount to a dangerous new reality for Israel.
A month of Israeli bombardment has inflicted a "disastrous" $3.6 billion worth of physical damage on Lebanon from which it could take years to recover, the country's reconstruction chief said on Friday.
“We are Maronite Christians. We are neither with Israel nor with Hizbollah nor with any other party so why did they do this to us?” said Abu Hamad’s wife, breaking into tears. “Their troops came and ruined the bedroom furniture. We threw out the c
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and the military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, are all facing fierce, even vitriolic criticism in a country accustomed to swift and decisive battlefield triumphs against Arab enemies.
[Told ya, suckers!] The Bush administration is scrambling to assemble a plan to help rebuild Lebanon, hoping that by competing with Hezbollah for the public's favor it can undo the damage the war has inflicted on its image and goals for the Middl
To enter southern Lebanon these days, you drive down roads where traffic is directed by young men in gray Hezbollah civil-defense-corps T-shirts, and past bulldozers from the Holy War for Reconstruction Company.
By surviving a ferocious month-long conflict with Israel, Hizbollah has foiled U.S.-Israeli hopes of destroying the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group and emboldened its allies in Iran and Syria. The day after a tenuous U.N. truce took hold in Leba
President Bush's startling assertion yesterday -- that at the end of 33 days of warfare between Israel and the Hezbollah militia, Hezbollah had been defeated -- once again raises questions about his ability to acknowledge reality when things don*
