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Israel News Israeli Military Policy Under Fire After Qana Attack
WASHINGTON — As Jerusalem defends itself against worldwide condemnation over a deadly air strike that killed dozens of Lebanese children, current and former Israeli officials acknowledge that the Israeli military has loosened the restrictions on targeting militants in populated areas. After an Israeli air force raid Sunday on the Lebanese village of Qana left dozens…
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Israel News U.S. Ripped For Inaction On Israeli, Syrian Front
WASHINGTON — As Jerusalem mobilizes reserves and Damascus puts its troops on the highest state of alert, the Bush administration is not taking overt steps to prevent Israel’s war with Hezbollah from spilling over into Syria. Even as Israeli officials repeatedly accuse Damascus of supporting Hezbollah and Hamas, Jerusalem insists it has no intentions of…
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Israel News Does Jerusalem Have a Plan For What Comes Afterward?
Two weeks into the war, the looming question for Israel is how to end it successfully. Because there are no simple answers, another question lurks in the background: Did the government’s decision to go into battle against Hezbollah in Lebanon include a plan for what would come after? In the welter of bulletins about ground…
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News Bush Backing Israel Despite Divisions
WASHINGTON — Despite mounting international criticism, growing divisions within Israel and sharp operational disappointments on the ground, Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon continues to enjoy unwavering support from the Bush administration and from traditional pro-Israel circles in Washington, including a wall-to-wall coalition of Jewish organizations. The administration’s firm support stems, officials say, from its perception…
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Israel News Lebanese Seek Refuge in Cyprus From Israeli Bombs
LARNACA, Cyprus — Hoda Sobh was at a relative’s house in south Beirut two weeks ago when the Israeli bombs began to fall — first on the airport runway and then, moments later, on a bridge just 200 yards away from her family’s house. Her children started screaming, and Sobh immediately gathered them up and…
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Israel News U.N., Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Possible War Crimes
With more than 400 Lebanese civilians killed in recent weeks, the United Nations and leading human rights organizations are stepping up their criticism of Israel, suggesting Jerusalem could face legal consequences for its military actions. Even before four U.N. observers were killed in an Israeli strike Tuesday, senior officials from the world body were warning…
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Opinion Primal Truths of Right vs. Wrong
Something raw and elemental has been laid bare in the current Middle East crisis, exposing certain primal truths about our new world order that many of us might have preferred not to know. As awkward as it might be for liberals to acknowledge, there is no comforting balance of competing rights in this battle, no…
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Israel News Bloggers Offer Unusual Take On Raging Conflict: Silence
Bloggers — as the feisty class of Internet pundits are known — love to paint themselves as free-speech warriors who bravely tackle the hard truths that mainstream media outlets either ignore or distort. But as the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah raged on and conventional media outlets covered the news from the ground, major players…
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