Saad Hariri, Lebanon's prime minister-designate, resigns after Hezbollah-led opposition rejects proposed cabinet Lebanon entered a new chapter of political uncertainty today as prime minister-designate Sa'ad Hariri stepped down after the Hezbollah-led opposition rejected his proposed cabinet. Hariri had been trying since June to form a government but his efforts were foiled by disputes over the distribution...
Magnus NorellJanuary 27, 2009 During the early-January Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, unknown groups fired rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel on two separate occasions. The Katyushas were launched from an area supposedly under the control of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese army, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701....
By Magnus Norell* Beirut - During the early-January Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, unknown groups fired rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel on two separate occasions.
For Israel's three-week war on Gaza, where Palestinians died at a rate of 100 to one to Israelis, appears to have been, like Israel's wars in Lebanon, another Pyrrhic...
Tel Aviv has promised to totally destroy Lebanon. "Tel Aviv has been mapping a large-scale blitzkrieg against Lebanon as a whole, which includes an immediate land invasion. [7] Just before the Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip started, Israeli officials and generals had promised that no Lebanese village would be immune from the wrath of Israeli aerial bombardments, regardless of religion, sect,...
"While Lebanese officials were publicly denouncing Israel's war on the Palestinians of Gaza, the Lebanese cabinet was busy making sure the Palestinians of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon never recover from the war waged on their community more than a year ago." (thanks Marcy)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 : While Lebanese officials were publicly denouncing Israel's war on the Palestinians of Gaza, the Lebanese cabinet was busy making sure the Palestinians of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon never recover from the war waged on their community more than a year ago. For more than three months, the Lebanese army fought the Fatah al-Islam group that had infiltrated the camp....
The Onion, as ever, had its finger on the pulse when it ran this story on 9 November 1948: War-Weary Jews Establish Homeland Between Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt “In Israel, Our People Will Finally Have Safety and Peace,” Says Ben-Gurion Jordan Welcomes New Neighbors With Celebratory Gunfire, Rock Throwing Jerusalem, Israel – After more than 2,000 years of wandering and persecution,...
Last update - 00:00 22/10/2006 Israel admits using phosphorus bombs during war in Lebanon By Meron Rappaport, Haaretz Correspondent Israel has acknowledged for the first time that it attacked Hezbollah targets during the second Lebanon war with phosphorus shells. White phosphorus causes very painful and often lethal chemical burns to those hit by it, and until recently Israel maintained that [...]...
Via Phila, news that Israel’s military is active on the country’s border with Lebanon, replacing tooled up Sabrakids with hungry antelopes. The antelope have been stationed on Israel’s border with Lebanon, to eat up the “problematic foliage that distorts views of the Lebanese side and within which Hezbollah guerrillas could hide,” Ha’Aretz reports…. There...
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent Last update - 09:36 19/12/2008 Courtesy Of Haaretz NewsPaper A new report from the U.S. Army War College warns that the American military must learn the lessons of the Second Lebanon War, in which Hezbollah operated more like a conventional army than a guerrilla organization. The report, "The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications...
Monika Borgmann's telephone has been ringing off the hook since she ignored a Lebanese ban on showing an Oscar-nominated film made in Israel about the Jewish state's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
Monika Borgmann's telephone has been ringing off the hook since she ignored a Lebanese ban on showing an Oscar-nominated film made in Israel about the Jewish state's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
Danger Room reports that Israel has imported elands from Africa, in order to defoliate its border with Lebanon: The antelope have been stationed on Israel's border with Lebanon, to eat up the "problematic foliage that distorts views of the Lebanese side and within which Hezbollah guerrillas could hide," Ha'Aretz reports.... There are now "between 500 and 700 elands" at military...
Naharnet - Israeli air force flew over the Hasbaya region in south Lebanon dropping a number of air balloons, one of which resembled a doll, al-Mustaqbal daily reported on Monday. Some of the balloons had the following English words: “Sweet for you” and “I love you 2004.” The incident drew the attention of locals who began looking [...]
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