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...

New Congressional Legislation Pending to Recognize a Palestinian Arab Independent State

At a when most people are paying attention to other middle east developments, the Israeli and American governments were encouraging passage of HR 4681, coined the "PA amti-terrorism legislation" Indeed, 3500 membrs of a new...

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...

Why Were There No Air Raid Sirens on Nazareth?

Home Front Commander Yitzhak Jerry Gershon told government ministers: "The city of Nazareth asked to be disconnected from the system of air raid sirens because it interfered with them on remembrance days for IDF...

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...