Monthly Archives: July 2006

New York Times decision to feature a morgue of dead Lebanese civilians on the...

From my perspective as a trained social work professional who works in the media, it was both shocking and inappropriate to see how the New York Times chose to run a five column picture...

UNRWA: The Perennial Obstacle To Peace

"I'm from Chicago, and I know corruption when I find it!" This is how Congressman Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.) initiated his dissection of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) during a Capital Hill seminar...

Middle East News Line Conducts Interview with MK Yuval Shteinitz: “Hizbullah Harmed Strategically”

The Middle East News Line conducted Israel's air war in Lebanon has already caused strategic damage to the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah, a leading parliamentarian said. Yuval Steinitz, deputy chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense...

Analysis: Does The Bush Administration Constrain Israel?

The Hizbullah has launched a war of extermination against the Jewish people in the land of Israel. Yet in terms of US policy, the question must be raised: Does the Bush administration now advocate two...

Hizballah Sends Mixed Message, Denying Haifa Bombing, Yet Continues Threats And Nazi-Like Symbols

Hizballah again denied Friday morning that it was responsible for the bombing of the Israeli port city of Haifa yesterday, yet the Islamic organization continues to threaten Israel often using Nazi-like symbols such as...

Terror leader announces start of barrage nearing Israel’s main population centers

While Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip have been contending with almost daily missile attacks, Palestinian rockets will now also be launched regularly on the other side of the country aimed at Jewish communities...

Syria and Hizballah Brag About Killing 7 Israelis and Kidnapping 2 Others

Several Arab media outlets are reporting the killing of seven Israeli soldiers today along the Lebanese border, and Syrian television and Hizballah bragged that the "heroic operation" showed that Israel would have no choice...

Israel is at war on two fronts. This is the simple reality

It is doubtful that many reading this are unaware of the basics of what is transpiring. The situation is in flux and will continue to change, but an overview is important. In Gaza, the operation...

The Israel Left Organizes to Demand European Intervention fo Stop the Israeli Army

CALLING EUROPE! The internationally-lauded "disengagement" from Gaza did not end the occupation there. This continued in the form of an Israeli stranglehold over Gaza's communications with the outside world. The Gaza Strip has been turned...

Inside Israel’s Air Offensive in Lebanon

Israel has launched its first major offensive in Lebanon since 2000. Israel Air Force F-15 and F-16 fighter-jets struck suspected Hizbullah strongholds in such cities as Beirut and Tyre as well as missile arsenals throughout...