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  • Israel says it doesn't plan to occupy Lebanon Open this result in new window
    USA Today - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
    Israel's offensive in Lebanon is a temporary campaign designed to weaken Hezbollah militants and establish a buffer zone between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli officials and experts say.

  • Thousands rally at U.N. to support Israel Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 36 minutes ago
    Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Jewish leaders and elected officials including Sens. Hillary Clinton and Frank Lautenberg rallied thousands of Israel supporters Monday as fighting continued in Lebanon between the Jewish state and the militant Islamic group Hezbollah.

  • Clinton Vows to Back Israel in Latest Mideast Conflict Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
    Addressing a crowd of several thousand, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said she supported whatever steps are necessary to defend Israel.

  • US cool to immediate Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 2:48 PM
    The United States declined to join calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, insisting such a pact would only be a temporary fix for the worsening crisis.

  • Israel vows to fight Palestinians until end of terror Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 4:32 PM
    Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to fight the Palestinians until terrorism stops, as Israel ploughed on with its Gaza offensive, bombing the foreign ministry to ruins and killing two people.

  • Senator Clinton Speaks Up for Israel at U.N. Rally Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 17 1:07 PM
    Senator Clinton said she supported taking whatever steps are necessary to defend Israel in the conflict in the Middle East.

  • Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 1:05 PM
    A new barrage of rockets fired by guerrillas in southern Lebanon hit northern Israel late Monday, Israeli security officials said.

  • Post Magazine: Is the Israel Lobby Too Powerful? Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Jul 17 10:17 AM
    Yesterday in The Washington Post Magazine , Glenn Frankel , a longtime observer and chronicler of the Middle East conflict, posed some difficult questions as he searched for the truth about the influence of the American Israel lobby on politics in Washington and on U.S. foreign policy.

  • More Hezbollah Rockets Hit Israel Open this result in new window
    CBS News - 20 minutes ago
    Israel's prime minister said strikes against Lebanon will continue until its captured soldiers are returned, rocket attacks stop and Lebanese soldiers are deployed along the border. Hours later, a fresh barrage of rockets hit Israeli cities.

  • Lebanon-Israel developments Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 10:15 AM
    Developments in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

  • Oil Trades Near 3-Day Low on Speculation Israel May End Attacks Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
    July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil traded near a three-day low in New York, retreating from a record set last week, on speculation Israel may end its attacks on Lebanon.

  • Palestinian foreign ministry ruined as Israel bombs Gaza Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 8:23 AM
    Israel has bombed the foreign ministry in Gaza for the second time in a week, demolishing the building and tightening the noose on the Hamas government three weeks after the capture of a soldier.

  • Oil Trades at 3-Day Low on Speculation Israel May End Attacks Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
    July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil traded at a three-day low in New York, retreating from near record highs on speculation Israel may end its attacks on Lebanon.

  • Israel's Northern Towns Hit by Rockets; Hezbollah Bases Raided Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - 53 minutes ago
    July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hezbollah rockets hit at least 20 towns in northern Israel and Israeli aircraft raided targets in Lebanon as the United Nations Security Council failed to take action on a Lebanese appeal for a cease-fire.

  • Israel Steps Up Attacks Across Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Jul 17 6:35 AM
    HAIFA, Israel, July 17 -- Israel battered targets across Lebanon Sunday and early Monday after a rocket fired by the radical Shiite group Hezbollah struck a railroad yard here and killed eight workers as other rockets rained deep into the Galilee region in northern Israel. The Israeli assaults...

  • U.S. And Israel Make Major Mistakes Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Jul 17 5:55 PM
    The increasingly sad state of affairs in the Middle East shows that American goals in the region have failed. But due to poor and arrogant policy decisions, says The Nation , the United States and Israel have no one to blame but themselves.

  • EU warns Israel, Hezbollah fighting could spread Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 6:37 AM
    European Union foreign ministers have warned that spiralling violence between Israel and Hezbollah threatens security in the entire Middle East, as the bloc's top diplomat returned from Lebanon.

  • Israel briefly sends troops into Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 5:56 AM
    Israeli ground troops entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases on the border, but they rapidly returned to Israel after conducting their military operations, officials said Monday.

  • Saudi blames Hizbollah, Hamas for Israel attacks Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 9:41 AM
    U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Monday stepped up its criticism of Lebanese and Palestinian militants, saying their actions had allowed Israel to wage war against their people.

  • Israel pounds Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 4:20 AM
    Israel bombarded Lebanon for a sixth day on Monday and dismissed as premature a proposal for an international stability force to help end the worst fighting across the Israeli-Lebanese border in more than 20 years.

  • UN Security Council weighs call for Israel-Lebanon truce Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 8:34 AM
    The UN Security Council has met behind closed doors to discuss Israel's military offensive in Lebanon but the United States cautioned against expecting action to stop the bloodshed before the return of a UN mission this week.

  • Israel bombards Lebanon, dismisses planned force Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 7:21 AM
    Israel bombarded Lebanon for a sixth day on Monday and dismissed as premature a U.N. proposal for an international peacekeeping force to help end the worst fighting across the Israeli-Lebanese border in more than 20 years.

  • Israel denies aircraft lost near Beirut Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 5:16 AM
    A Lebanese TV station showed video Monday of an object falling from the sky, but Israel said that reports that it was an Israeli aircraft were false. The video, aired by Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., showed a burning object spiraling down to the ground in the Jamhour district near the Hezbollah stronghold of southern Beirut, which have been under Israeli air attack for several days.

  • Oil falls $1 on report Israel may end Lebanon assault Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 5:28 AM
    Oil fell a dollar on Monday in volatile trading after a report, quickly denied, that Israel could end its offensive against Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas within days.

  • Israel sets conditions for cease-fire Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 8:09 AM
    Israel would agree to a cease-fire in its six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah if the Lebanese guerrillas withdraw from the border area with Israel and release two captured Israeli soldiers, a senior official said Monday.

  • Blake Fleetwood: Brazilians Can Save Israel Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 17 4:17 PM
    So, there are more bombings from southern Lebanon to the northern cities in Israel this weekend. What else is new? What would anyone expect? The problem is not the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and the massive retaliation by Israeli troops against suspected Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon. The predicament is the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Israelis' refusal to

  • Blair, Annan call for troops in Israel Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 4:00 AM
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Monday for the deployment of international forces to stop Hezbollah from bombing Israel, an issue that has overshadowed the summit of world leaders.

  • World oil prices retreat as Israel indicates swift Lebanon offensive Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 7:50 AM
    World crude oil prices hit reverse gear after London Brent had earlier struck a fresh record, in the wake of a report that Israel's offensive in Lebanon could be over within days.

  • Fresh rocket attack on Israel's Haifa Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 4:59 AM
    A new salvo of rockets has struck Israel's northern town of Haifa, where eight railway workers were killed a day earlier in an unprecedented deadly attack in the city, an AFP reporter said.

  • Stakes are high in Hezbollah-Israel conflict Open this result in new window
    MSNBC - Jul 17 3:32 PM
    NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports on what is at stake in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, and who the players are.

  • Hezbollah rejects ceasefire with Israel Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 7:43 AM
    Hezbollah has rejected a ceasefire on terms dictated by Israel, with a senior member of the Lebanese Shiite militia ruling out the conditions set by the Jewish state.

  • Israel Resident Seeks Refuge With Family In South Fla. Open this result in new window
    WPLG Click10.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 4:18 AM
    At least one resident of war-torn Israel is safe in the U.S. following a week of deadly blasts by Hezbollah militants.

  • Bush and Blair Heard Planning Approach to Israel Open this result in new window
    NPR - Jul 17 3:32 PM
    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice intends to travel to the Middle East, amid continuing border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. President Bush's frustration with the conflict was revealed in remarks captured by an open microphone at a luncheon.

  • What Israel Wants From Lebanon by Joshua Brilliant UPI Israel Correspondent Jerusalem, Israel (UPI) Jul 17, 2006 Open this result in new window
    Space War - 46 minutes ago
    Israel's goal in the fighting in Lebanon is not necessarily to destroy Hezbollah but to weaken it so that the Lebanese government can assert its sovereignty and deploy its army along the border.

  • Palestinian foreign ministry ruined as Israel bombs Gaza Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 2:45 AM
    Israel has bombed the Palestinian foreign ministry in Gaza for the second time in a week, demolishing the building and tightening the noose on the Hamas-led government three weeks after the capture of a soldier.

  • Israel sends ground forces into Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 4:33 AM
    Israeli ground troops have entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases on the border, a government spokesman said Monday. Israel's six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah following the capture of two Israeli soldiers earlier had been an aerial campaign.

  • Israel answers attack with lethal blows Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 12:52 AM
    Hezbollah and Israel traded fierce barrages for a sixth day Monday, as the latest eruption of warfare in the Middle East showed no sign of easing. Rockets struck deep inside Israel a day earlier, killing eight people in Haifa, and Israeli planes bombed Lebanon from north to south.

  • Oil Near $75.50 After Falling on Signs Israel May End Attacks Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 17 4:32 PM
    July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil traded near $75.50 a barrel in New York after falling for the first day in five yesterday on speculation Israel may be forced to end its attacks on Lebanon.

  • Israel pounds Lebanon, G8 leaders blame Hizbollah Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 17 12:10 AM
    Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Lebanon on Monday and Hizbollah announced more rocket attacks on Israel after major world powers put the onus on the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Shi'ite group to end the fighting.

  • Israel Softens Conditions for Cease-Fire Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 17 3:01 PM
    Israel's Olmert Appears to Scale Back Demands on Hezbollah, Sets Conditions for End to Violence

  • Hezbollah Rockets Hit Northern Israel Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Jul 17 1:19 PM
    JERUSALEM -- A new barrage of rockets fired by guerrillas in southern Lebanon hit northern Israel late Monday, Israeli security officials said. Security officials said one rocket hit a hospital in the northern town of Safed, but the army later said the rocket hit near it.

  • Israel considers a cease-fire Open this result in new window
    Newsday - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
    Israel says it will stop bombing Lebanon and drop its demand that Hezbollah militia be dismantled if its two soldiers are freed Looking for a way to break the impasse over its air war with Lebanon, Israel offered tough conditions for a cease-fire that drew cautious support from the Bush administration.

  • CLASSIFY ISRAEL, LEBANON AS DISASTER ZONES: PHILIPPINE SENATOR Open this result in new window
    Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
    Regulations / Law Senator Ralph Recto on Monday called on the Philippine government to classify strife-torn Israel and Lebanon as disaster zones for Filipino diplomats to access calamity funds for the relocation and evacuation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

  • Classify Israel, Lebanon as Disaster Zones: Philippine Senator Open this result in new window
    Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News - Jul 17 6:44 PM
    MANILA, July 18 Asia Pulse - Senator Ralph Recto on Monday called on the Philippine government to classify strife-torn Israel and Lebanon as disaster zones for Filipino diplomats to access calamity funds for the relocation and evacuation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

  • Business briefs: Valero to supply jet fuel to Israel Open this result in new window
    San Antonio Express News - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
    Valero Energy Corp. has won a $36.8 million government contract to supply military-grade jet fuel to the government of Israel, the Department of Defense said.

  • Crude Oil Falls on Speculation Israel May Soon Stop Offensive Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 17 1:05 PM
    July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell 2.3 percent in New York, the biggest decline in five weeks, on speculation that Israel may stop its attack on Lebanon within days.

  • Blair, Annan want peacekeepers in Israel Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 16 11:19 PM
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called for deployment of international forces to stop bombardment of Israel.

  • Some local teens leaving Israel early Open this result in new window
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 18 minutes ago
    Some 94 Pittsburgh teenagers visiting Israel on an organized mission of the Jewish community are coming home 11 days early because of the escalating warfare between Israel and the armed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

  • Israel, Hezbollah trade attacks Open this result in new window
    CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 17 4:50 PM
    Hezbollah rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes continued in Lebanon and northern Israel late Monday, hours after Israel's prime minister appeared to scale back his conditions for a ceasefire.

  • In Israel, fury mixed with fears Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Jul 16 8:33 PM
    The conflict between anger and wariness among Israelis toward Lebanon is mirrored in Israel's military strategy. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is trying to stop rocket attacks and signal Israel's aggressiveness to the entire region while also avoiding another lengthy entanglement in Lebanon.

  • Factory protest at Israel bombing Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 17 7:15 AM
    Campaigners opposed to Israel's bombing of Lebanon protest outside the gates of a defence systems factory.

  • Israel sets conditions for an end to fighting Open this result in new window
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Jul 17 11:51 AM
    JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday the fighting in Lebanon would end when the two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas were freed, rocket attacks on Israel were stopped, and the Lebanese army was deployed along the border.

  • Israel Sets Conditions for Cease-Fire Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 17 8:32 AM
    Israel Says It Would Agree to a Cease-Fire if Hezbollah Withdraws From Border, Releases 2 Soldiers

  • Israel Hits Hezbollah Bases in Lebanon, Beirut Port (Update8) Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 17 6:21 AM
    July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli warplanes hit targets across Lebanon today, including Hezbollah bases in the eastern city of Baalbek and a fuel tank in Beirut's port as about 30 Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel, including Haifa, a military spokeswoman said.

  • Al-Jazeera protests reporters' detentions in Israel Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Jul 17 3:11 PM
    The Arab news network Al-Jazeera this morning issued a statement expressing its utmost disapproval and strong denunciation of actions taken by Israeli authorities to detain its reporters as they were covering the aftermath of Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel. The...

  • Overnight attacks hit Israel, Lebanon Open this result in new window
    The Nation - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
    Loud explosions echoed across the southern suburbs of Beirut early Tuesday, indicating another Israeli air strike a short time after a volley of Hezbollah rockets rained across northern Israel, AP reported.

  • Israel Strikes Lebanon After Hezbollah Missile Attack Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 16 7:28 PM
    Israel unleashed a fierce bombardment on targets in southern Beirut and southern Lebanon after a Hezbollah rocket attack on Israels third-largest city.

  • Bush Counting on Israel to Quash Influence of Islamic Militants Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 17 5:35 AM
    July 17 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is banking on Israel achieving in Lebanon what years of diplomacy and conflict have so far failed to do: limit the ability of Syria and Iran to use Islamic radicals to undermine regional stability.

  • Israel jets blast Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 16 6:04 PM
    Israeli aircraft blasted Lebanon on Monday killing 17 people after Hizbollah rockets struck deeper into Israel than ever before, with no diplomatic initiative in sight to end the fighting.

  • Despite Joint Statement on Mideast, Strains Emerge as U.S. Appears to Support Israel Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 16 7:46 PM
    The U.S. on Sunday appeared to approve Israel's attack on Hezbollah, casting the widening conflict as part of a wider war on terrorism.

  • Glastonbury family experiences attacks in Israel Open this result in new window
    WTNH-TV New Haven - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
    (WTNH, July 17, 2006 10:10 PM) _ There is a family from Glastonbury stuck in the middle of this on-going crisis in Israel. They are on vacation visiting relatives.

  • Israel Hits Hezbollah Bases in Lebanon, Beirut Port (Update7) Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 17 4:50 AM
    July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli warplanes fired at Hezbollah bases in the eastern city of Baalbek and a fuel tank in Beirut's port as about 20 Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel, a military spokeswoman said.

  • Oil Falls After 4 Days of Gains on Report Israel May End Attack Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 17 6:10 AM
    July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after four days of gains when Sky News reported that Israel may stop its attack on Lebanon within days, which the Israeli government denied.

  • Putin Questions Israel's Motives Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Jul 17 5:09 AM
    President Vladimir Putin said early Sunday he believed Israel was pursuing wider goals in its military campaign than the return of abducted soldiers, while President Bush laid blame for fighting in the Middle East on Hezbollah and Syria.

  • Israel determined to fight on Open this result in new window
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
    TONY EASTLEY: There's no sign that the crisis in Lebanon is easing, with Hezbollah guerrillas keeping up their rocket attacks overnight on northern Israel, and Israeli forces pounding sites in Lebanon.

  • Israel acting like terrorist: Lebanon PM Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 17 1:55 PM
    Israel has inflicted billions of dollars of damage on Lebanon's infrastructure and is trying to set the country back 50 years, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says.

  • Local Israel Concerns Open this result in new window
    WTOV 9 Steubenville - 7 minutes ago
    An Ohio Valley native is living in Israel amidst the attacks. NEWS9 talks with his niece.

  • DoD awards Valero contract to ship jet fuel to Israel Open this result in new window
    bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 17 9:05 AM
    The Department of Defense has awarded Valero Energy Corp. a $36.8 million contract to supply military-grade jet fuel to the government of Israel -- the United States' key ally in the Middle East.

  • Letter from Israel Open this result in new window
    WTRF - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
    As the world watches the violence spread between Israel and Lebanon, read what one West Virginian from our area is seeing each day inside Jerusalem.

  • Hezbollah conflict goes on unabated as barrages reach farther into Israel Open this result in new window
    JTA - Jul 17 2:41 PM
    HAIFA, Israel, July 17 (JTA) Israels war with Hezbollah has not abated since it began last week, with casualties and damage mounting on both sides.

  • Israel faces new wave of rocket attacks Open this result in new window
    CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 17 3:50 PM
    A barrage of Hezbollah rockets slammed into northern Israel Monday, hours after Israel's prime minister appeared to scale back his conditions for a ceasefire along the Israel-Lebanon border.

  • Reports: Rocket hits near hospital in Israel Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Jul 17 3:13 PM
    A few minutes ago, the Associated Press reported that Israeli security officials said a rocket fired from Lebanon has struck a hospital in Safed, Israel. Reuters wrote that casualities were feared. Now, the AP writes that while security officials said...

  • Israel Considers Conditional Cease Fire Open this result in new window
    Newsday - Jul 17 12:24 PM
    Israel for the first time today signaled its willingness to accept a cease-fire based on a pullback of Hezbollah guerrillas from Lebanon's frontier and the release of two captured soldiers, even as other countries, including the United States, began efforts to evacuate their war-trapped citizens.

  • European criticism of Israel 'amazes' senator Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
    John McCain, the US senator, yesterday challenged European leaders who have criticised Israel's military operations in Lebanon as excessive, saying that "no nation in the world would react any differently than Israel has".

  • Israel Sets Conditions for Cease-Fire Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Jul 17 8:44 AM
    Israel would agree to a cease-fire in its six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah if the Lebanese guerrillas withdraw from the border area with Israel and release two captured Israeli soldiers, a senior official said Monday. The official, who requested...

  • Israeli Prime Minister Says Israel Will Continue Attacks Against Hezbollah Militants Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Jul 17 12:20 PM
    Israel's prime minister says Israel will continue to attack Lebanon until two Israeli prisoners are freed and Hezbollah militants leave the area along Israel's northern border. srael is continuing air strikes against targets in Lebanon, while Hezbollah militants continue to fire rockets into Israel.

  • Israel steps up strikes Open this result in new window
    Chicago Tribune - Jul 17 3:44 AM
    Rockets kill 8 in Haifa as 28 die in Lebanon Hezbollah militants fired volleys of rockets at Israel's third-largest city Sunday, killing eight people and wounding more than 20 in the worst single attack in Israel in five days of widening conflict with the Lebanese guerrilla group. Waves of Israeli air strikes across Lebanon killed at least 28 people.

  • Hezbollah fires rockets on northern Israel, 4 wounded Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
    The Lebanese Hezbollah militia launched about two dozen rockets on northern Israel late Monday, wounding four people, local newspaper Ha'aretz reported.

  • French PM arrives in Lebanon amid Israel-Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jul 17 6:40 PM
    French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin arrived in Lebanon on Monday as Israel pressed ahead a massive assault in the country, local media reported.

  • Prodi says another 8,000 peacekeepers needed in Lebanon-Israel conflict zone Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
    Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Monday that another 8,000 peacekeepers might be needed in the Lebanon-Israel conflict zone.

  • House, Senate to show support for Israel Open this result in new window
    The Hill - Jul 17 4:39 PM
    House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) later this week are expected to introduce a resolution signaling strong support for Israel during its violent showdown with Hezbollah.

  • Michigan State to bring students home from Israel Open this result in new window
    Lansing State Journal - Jul 17 12:58 PM
    EAST LANSING - Michigan State University is making arrangements for its students studying in Israel to come home as soon as possible, President Lou Anna Simon said Monday.

  • Israel rejects dispatch of international troops to Mideast Open this result in new window
    Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Jul 17 12:21 PM
    _ Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday the fighting in Lebanon would continue until the two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah militants were freed, rocket attacks on Israel halted, and the Lebanese army was deployed along the border.

  • Livni welcomes G8 stance on Israel's self-defense right Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jul 17 5:42 PM
    Israel has expressed welcome to the Group of Eight (G8)'s stance recognizing Israel's right to defend itself, Israeli Foreign Ministry's website reported Monday.

  • Post Magazine: Is the Israel Lobby Too Powerful? Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Jul 17 5:56 AM
    Glenn Frankel fields questions and comments about the influence of the American Israel lobby on politics in Washington and on U.S. foreign policy.

  • Jonathan Cook: Israel Acts According to Ready Script Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - 14 minutes ago
    For every Qassam and Katyusha strike, Israel is raining down a barrage of its latest military hardware, wrecking civilian infrastructure and human lives.

  • Diplomacy gains traction in 6th day of Israel-Hezbollah fighting Open this result in new window
    ABC 13 Toledo - Jul 17 3:48 PM
    Eyewitness News & Assoc. Press (Haifa, Israel-WABC, July 17, 2006) - As the Mideast battle between Israel and Hezbollah rages on, Americans and other foreigners are fleeing Lebanon. Just a short time ago, American and British troops mobilized more units to help evacuate foreigners trapped in Beirut.

  • What British Jews think of Israel Open this result in new window
    Independent - Jul 17 4:55 PM
    At the end of last week, already deep into the military and political crisis that had suddenly taken hold of Israel, Palestine and Lebanon, Lynne Sidkin waited anxiously for news of her 16-year-old son Sam. The previous weekend she had driven him from their family home in Wimbledon to a synagogue car-park in Stanmore to join an excited group of Jewish teenagers who were about to set off for a

  • Greylock Launches Israel Fund Open this result in new window
    Red Herring - Jul 17 11:33 AM
    The firms first Israel-backed fund comes with a managerial move.

  • U.S. stock market futures rise on hopes Israel operation to end Open this result in new window
    Market Watch - Jul 17 3:47 AM
    LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock markets futures turned around on Monday on hopes that Israel may end its military offensive, while Citigroup posted tepid earnings growth.

  • Oil Falls as Sky News Reports Israel May End Attack (Correct) Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 17 3:52 AM
    (Correct to four days in first paragraph.) July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after four days of gains after Sky News reported Israel may stop its attack on Lebanon within days. The network cited unidentified Israeli officers.

  • Israel ground forces move against Hezbollah Open this result in new window
    Market Watch - Jul 17 6:32 AM
    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Israel launched a ground mission Monday in southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah strongholds, reportedly with the intention of creating a frontier buffer zone, as world leaders called for a U.N. peacekeeping force as the conflict moved into its sixth day Monday.

  • Oil prices fall as report suggests swift Israel offensive Open this result in new window
    INQ7 Business - Jul 17 5:17 PM
    LONDON -- World crude oil prices hit reverse gear on Monday after London Brent had earlier struck a fresh record, in the wake of a report that Israel's offensive in Lebanon could be over within days.

  • As crisis escalates, programs in Israel adjust to keep kids safe Open this result in new window
    JTA - Jul 17 3:11 PM
    NEW YORK, July 17 (JTA) Ever since rockets from Lebanon started pouring down on Israel, Emily Kramer has been able to think of only one thing: her sister.

  • Al-Jazeera reporters detained in northern Israel Open this result in new window
    CPJ Press Freedom Online - Jul 17 3:05 PM
    New York, July 17, 2006 The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention of Al-Jazeera television crews covering Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel amid allegations that they were assisting the enemy.

  • Lebanon-Israel developments Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Jul 17 6:03 AM
    Developments in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. -- Israeli fighter bombers pummeled Lebanese infrastructure, setting Beirut's port ablaze and hitting a Hezbollah stronghold in deadly attacks. Also hit: a gas storage tank in the northern Beirut neighborhood of Dawra and a fuel storage tank at Beirut airport. Israeli ground troops entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases on the

  • Israel bombs Palestinian foreign ministry building Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 16 3:38 PM
    Israel bombed the Palestinian foreign ministry building in Gaza City on Monday, witnesses said.

  • ISRAEL AND MIDDLE EAST Open this result in new window
    Syracuse.com - Jul 17 1:45 PM
    Israel softens conditions for cease-fire 7/17/2006, 4:33 p.m. ET JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that the fighting in Lebanon would end when two Israeli soldiers were freed, rocket attacks stopped and the Lebanese army deployed along the border. But he appeared to scale back from previous demands for Hezbollah to be dismantled.

  • More Hezbollah Rockets Hit Israel Open this result in new window
    WLBZ Bangor - Jul 17 3:47 PM
    5 people are hurt after militants in Lebanon fired a rocket that hit near an Israeli hospital. It was part of a new barrage from Hezbollah, coming hours after Israel's prime minister demanded the attacks end before he stops the assault on Lebanon.

  • Rockets rain down on northern Israel Open this result in new window
    The Australian - Jul 17 2:14 PM
    KATYUSHA rockets fired by the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah early landed in 17 locations in northern Israel, including on a hospital in Jewish holy city of Safed, Israeli military sources said.

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