Jenin Redux: UNRWA Once Again Misleads the Media
Four years ago, Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield in response to a spate of horrendous suicide bombings. The theater of operations was the West Bank, specifically the UNRWA refugee camp in Jenin, referred to...
Christians Complain: Muezzins In Shfaram Support Nasrallah
Although the Friday sermon of the mosques in Shefaram can be heard very well throughout this Arab city, not all the inhabitants like what they hear.
The city's Christian inhabitants say that the sermon in...
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...
Responding to Editorial in Editor And Publisher Which Lambasted Israel for Bombing Beirut
As the bureau chief of a news agency that helps reporters cover both Israel and Lebanon, I am surprised that Greg Mitchell neglects to mention that the Hezbullah organization has stationed its troops in...
War Assessment Thus Far: Israel Targets 10 Villages In Lebanon
The Israel Army has targeted 10 Shi'ite villages in southern Lebanon where Hizbullah was believed to have stored thousands of rockets.
Israeli Military sources said the villages were located within three kilometers of the Israeli...
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...