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The grand march: Palestinians crash Israel's border
Many Palestinians and Arabs have celebrated the reactions of Hizbullah to Israel's aggressiveness, when Arab leaders seem to be able to do little but talk, the Arab public perceives.
Lebanon-Israel, Analysis, 7/20/2006

UK Archbishop condemns Israel's destruction of Lebanon
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said "My condemnation of this resort to violence is unequivocal,"
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/20/2006

500 thousand Lebanese displaced by Israel's aggression
Hizbullah major missile attacks will target Tel Aviv soon, but residents will be given one hour's notice to flee, a Palestinian news agency said on Wednesday.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2006

German party: Israeli acts are barbarism in Lebanon and Gaza
Germany's opposition Left Party (Linke) strongly criticized Israel's military onslaught in Lebanon and Gaza, branding it an "act of barbarism,"
Lebanon-Israel-Germany, Politics, 7/20/2006

MPs condemn Blair's failure to insist on Israeli ceasefire
The all-party group warned that Israel had "gone far beyond defending itself" by heavily targeting civilian infrastructure, the Lebanese army, and Christian areas of Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/20/2006

Israel uses chemical weapons in aggression on Lebanon: doctors
Michel Aoun, former Lebanese prime minister and current head of the "Free Patriotic Movement" also spoke directly from Lebanon by mobile phone. He said 650 people have been killed till now and over 1,000 injured by the Israeli aggression in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2006

US holds Lebanon hostage to gain levarage with Syria
US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Syria's rejection of the UN mission "in effect applies to all of our collective efforts to get an international solution" to the crisis in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 7/20/2006

European Parliament calls for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel-European Union, Politics, 7/20/2006

Israel continues aggression on Lebanon
Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon killed yesterday alone 36 people, including a whole family, taking the death toll since the start of its onslaught to 180 people.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/18/2006

Israeli pilot, co-pilot killed in Lebanon airspace
Pilot and co-pilot of an Israeli F-16 warplane have been killed after it was shot down in eastern Beirut.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/18/2006

Merkel spokesman dismisses Jewish group's criticism
"To bomb civilian installations and civilians in an other state is completely unacceptable in terms of international law," she had said.
Lebanon-Israel-Germany, Politics, 7/18/2006

Peace activists call end Israeli aggression on Lebanon
"US and Israel are terrorist states," read one placard carried by the demonstrators.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 7/18/2006

German expert on the Palestinian prisoners in Israel
Two renowned German Middle East experts, called on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners who are being held in Israeli jails for years without a trial.
Lebanon-Israel-Germany, Politics, 7/18/2006

British Muslims condemn London's silence on Israeli war crimes
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) today condemned the continuing failure of the British government to bring the Zionist regime to account over its latest war crimes in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/18/2006

Solana: Israeli destruction in Lebanon is dramatic
Lebanon-Israel-European Union, Politics, 7/18/2006

German foreign affairs committee to meet on Lebanon conflict
Lebanon-Israel-Germany, Politics, 7/18/2006

EU mulls participation in international force to Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel-European Union, Politics, 7/18/2006

UN official: we come to Lebanon to declare our solidarity
This comes amid very wide condemnation of the Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians, and civilian infrastructure such as Lebanon's main civilian airport (Rafiq al-Hariri International Airport), bridges, roads, and a sea and air blockade to destroy the civilian and economic life of the country.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/17/2006

Lebanese abroad denounce Israel's aggressions on Lebanon
Many of the protests, which included such slogans as "Israel terrorist" and "George Bush terrorist," were directed against the British Government, not only for failing to condemn Israel but for condoning the humanitarian crisis being caused.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/17/2006

Mubarak: Israel will fail by its mistake
Israel will not emerge as a victor in this war, it will only create more enemies, President Mubarak added.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/17/2006

German Minister : bombing civilians and civilian installations completely unacceptable
German Development Aid Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said "To bomb civilian installations and civilians in another state is completely unacceptable in terms of international law."
Lebanon-Israel-Germany, Politics, 7/17/2006

US blocking UNSC action on Israel over Lebanon aggression
The US is blocking the UN vote at a time when at least 116 Lebanese civilians and several hundred people were killed in fresh waves of Israeli violence against Lebanon and indiscriminate attacks on Lebanese residential areas in the past week.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 7/17/2006

Swedish minister: The Israeli attacks disproportionate
Brussels, Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson said "the images seem to me to be disproportionate." "
Lebanon-Israel-European Union, Politics, 7/17/2006

Iran fm says ceasefire, exchange of hostages with Israel can be considered
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Syria said that ceasefire and exchange of hostages with Israel should be taken into consideration.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 7/17/2006

Iranian MP dismisses Iran's role in Palestine, Lebanon
Turning to the "mischief of the Zionist regime and affiliated media' in the recent events in Lebanon, he said that Israel's current actions, which are supported by the US, are exactly like terrorism, as was said by the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan."
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 7/17/2006

Palestine envoy: Israel tastes bitter failure
Palestinian ambassador to Iran Salah al-Zawawi today said Hizbullah counter-attack against Israel made the Israel try bitter taste the failure.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/17/2006

Egypt announce full solidarity with Lebanon
Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 7/17/2006

UAE President assert solidarity with Lebanon
Lebanon-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 7/17/2006

French PM visits Beirut to express solidarity with Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel-France, Politics, 7/17/2006

Solana calls for international effort to end hostilities in Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/17/2006

US citizens being evacuated being evacuated from Lebanon
Lebanon-USA, Local, 7/17/2006


News from around the web:

Iraqi Prime Minister Denounces Israel’s Actions - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/world/middleeast/20shiites.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Wednesday forcefully denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, marking a sharp break with President Bush’s position and highlighting the growing power of a Shiite Muslim identity across the Middle East
Iraq-Lebanon, Politics, 7/20/2006

Syrians defiant, outraged at Lebanon's destruction - Washington Post
(www.washingtonpost.com)
Next to the Umayyad mosque in old Damascus, Samir Hamsho plastered a Hizbollah flag and a picture of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outside his antique textiles and carpets shop.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 7/20/2006

U.S. Prepares Huge Lebanon Evacuation - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701421.html)
U.S. Marine Corps helicopters ferried 42 Americans to safety at a British air base in Cyprus yesterday as officials moved closer to a massive evacuation of thousands of U.S. citizens from besieged Lebanon.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 7/17/2006


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