Nato Not Ready to Deploy Forces in the Middle East

NATO does not plan efforts to organize a peace-keeping force along the Israeli-Lebanese border. NATO sources said the Western alliance lacks the political will as well as the capability to rapidly organize a peace-keeping force...

An Analysis of the Hezbollah Anti-Ship Missile Strike: The Attack on INS Ahi-Hanit

On July 14, 2006, an anti-ship missile fired from Lebanon struck the Israeli SAAR-5 Missile Corvette (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/saar5/Saar5.html ) INS Ahi-Hanit. Reports are mixed as to exactly what kind of missile struck the INS Ahi-Hanit.Initial reports centered...

Intelligence Assessment: Hizbullah has targeted Israeli strategic facilities.

Israeli security officials said Hizbullah has fired Iranian-origin rockets toward strategic facilities in the northern city of Haifa. Haifa contains a petrochemical plant, oil refinery and naval base. On Sunday, two rockets fell into a...

Hizballah And Palestinian Authority Escalating Anti-American Propaganda

Hizballah is now placing an unambiguous "bulls-eye" on the United States, calling America and its leaders state terrorists, and symbolically placing America in the same "enemy" class as "the Zionists" - Israel. "Here is the...

How to Defeat Hezbullah: Hold Syria Accountable

This war is unique in the history of Israel's wars. Contrary to other wars, the enemy on the other side of the border is not a state, it is an organization. Governments throughout the world, with...

U.S. Quietly Encourages Israeli Operation

The authoritative Middle East News Line has confirmed that the United States has been quietly encouraging Israel's assault on Hizbullah. Officials said the Bush administration, after initial hesitation, has determined that the Israeli military campaign...

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...

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...

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...

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...