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Fast Forward Hezbollah Claims Responsibility for Strike Wounding Israeli Soldiers
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah claimed responsibility on Wednesday for explosions which wounded four Israeli soldiers who infiltrated into southern Lebanon last week. Nasrallah told Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen television that Hezbollah fighters planted bombs in an area they knew in advance Israeli soldiers would pass through, and detonated one of them when a first group of…
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Opinion How Israel Sold EU on Banning Half of Hezbollah
The European Union’s decision to slap the terrorist label on Hezbollah’s military wing, but not on its political wing, has been getting decidedly mixed reviews from Israel and the Jewish community. The American Jewish Committee said it “welcomes” the move as a “significant step forward in recognizing the true nature of Hezbollah,” even though AJC…
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Fast Forward EU Likely To Call Hezbollah Military Wing Terrorist Organization
The foreign ministers of the European Union are most likely to add Hezbollah’s military wing to the body’s list of designated terror organizations when they meet on July 22, according to high-ranking Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem. The officials said Britain and the United States are pressing several EU countries that are reluctant to back…
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Fast Forward British Effort To Add Hezbollah To Europe Terror List Stalls
A British drive to put Hezbollah’s armed wing on the EU’s terror list again ran into resistance on Wednesday from governments concerned it would fuel instability in the Middle East, diplomats said. Britain’s request was discussed for a second time by a special European Union group following an inconclusive meeting on June 4, but British…
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Fast Forward Hamas Admits Iran Rift Over Syria Civil War
Hamas said on Wednesday its relations with financial backer Iran have suffered as a result of the Islamist group’s support of rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Iranian ally. Hamas was also once an Assad ally but last year endorsed the revolt against him in a shift that deprived the Syrian leader of…
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Opinion In Syria, 2 Clashing Goals: End Killing or Stop Iran
Now that the White House has officially acknowledged the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons, the question is no longer whether we get involved in the Syrian civil war, but how. This represents a victory for the smallish, outspoken group of liberal interventionists who have been arguing for an American military role, while trying to…
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Israel News Israel Could Benefit From Syrian Civil War as Hamas and Hezbollah Face Setbacks
In the world of realpolitik, one country’s devastation is, at times, the other’s advantage. And the Syrian civil war, with tens of thousands of casualties and millions of refugees, is no different. For Israel, its neighbor in the South, the disintegration of the Syrian state entails some suprising short-term national security benefits. Analysts looking at…
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Fast Forward Bulgaria Backs Away From Blaming Hezbollah in Terror Aimed at Israelis
Bulgaria said on Wednesday it only had an “indication” that Lebanon’s Hezbollah might have been behind a deadly bus bombing in July and that this alone did not justify any European Union move to list it as a terrorist group. The new Socialist-led government backed away from charges by its centre-right predecessor that the Shi’ite…
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