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Israel pounds Beirut ahead of cease-fire 
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Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped.Israel reported to have ordered earlier truce Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
Israel was reported to have ordered its army on Monday to begin observing a U.N.-brokered ceasefire hours before it was due to take effect at 0500 GMT to end a month-long war against Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas.US involved in planning Israel's operations in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago
The US government was closely involved in planning Israel's military operations against Lebanon's Hezbollah militia even before the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, a US magazine reported.Truce will be Israel's last, Lebanon envoy declares AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 5:54 PM
Lebanon's UN ambassador bitterly slammed Israel's month-long bombardment of his country ahead of a hard-won truce, and vowed that the treaty would be Israel's last with any Middle East country.Iran leader says US and Europe face backlash from supporting Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 6:11 PM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States of "blindly supporting" Israel against Hezbollah and President George W. Bush of seeking to "solve everything with bombs", in a television interview.Venezuela won't push for Israel boycott AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 1:21 PM
Venezuela said Sunday that it does not back an OPEC oil boycott to protest Israel's military offensive in Lebanon but warned the conflict would continue "pressuring" world oil prices.Hezbollah fires 250 rockets into Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 12:22 PM
Hezbollah fired more than 250 rockets into Israel on Sunday, the fiercest attack against northern Israel since the fighting began more than a month ago, the Israeli army reported. One Israeli man was killed.Israel says it can target Hizbollah arms despite truce Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 11:40 AM
Israel believes it will be entitled to use force to prevent Hizbollah from rearming and to clear guerrilla positions out of southern Lebanon after a U.N. truce takes effect, Israeli officials said on Sunday.Israel approves truce, continues barrage AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 9:07 AM
After a stormy debate Sunday, Israel's Cabinet approved a Mideast cease-fire, agreeing to silence the army's guns in less than 24 hours. The Israeli military embarked on a last-minute push to devastate Hezbollah guerrillas, rocketing south Beirut with at least 20 missiles.Israel Novelist Grossman's Son Is Killed ABC News - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Son of Novelist David Grossman Dies in Fighting Days After Writer Urged Israel to End WarAnalysis: For Israel, an imperfect deal AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 8:33 AM
For Israel, the U.N. cease-fire deal is far from perfect. A U.N. force deploying in south Lebanon as part of the truce will have trouble keeping Hezbollah at bay for long or prevent the Iranian-supplied guerrillas from rearming, critics said, pointing to past failures of international peacekeepers.Israel to negotiate captured soldiers' release AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 9:03 AM
Israel will negotiate for the release of two soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah militants on July 12 sparked the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said.Israel Novelist Grossman's Son Is Killed ABC News - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Son of Prominent Novelist David Grossman Dies in Fighting Days After Urging Israel to End WarIsrael urges firm application of Lebanon resolution AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 7:33 AM
Israel called for the world to firmly apply the UN resolution on the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon, warning that the Hezbollah must be dismantled and the Lebanese army quickly deployed in the south of the country.Israel military push ahead of cease-fire The Christian Science Monitor - Aug 13 5:27 PM
The break in hostilities is seen by many in Israel as a closing of the window to wage war on Hizbullah. Israel approves UN text on Lebanon but maintains offensive AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 6:02 AM
Israel has approved a UN resolution on ending the month-long Lebanon war but pressed on with deadly bombing raids, flattening homes and bridges and setting petrol stations ablazeLebanon war a 'total defeat' for Israel: Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 5:18 AM
The war in Lebanon has resulted in "total defeat" for Israel, Iran said.Israel cabinet backs UN resolution to end Lebanon fighting AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 5:10 AM
Israel's government approved a UN resolution on ending the month-long Lebanon war, a senior government official told AFP.Thirteen killed as Israel keeps up strikes on Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 5:06 AM
Thirteen civilians, including a mother and three children, were killed as Israel pounded targets across Lebanon despite expectations of an impending ceasefire.US Involved In Planning Israel's Operations In Lebanon Space War - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
by Staff Writers New York (AFP) Aug 13, 2006 The US government was closely involved in planning Israel's military operations against Lebanon's Hezbollah militia even before the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.Annan says Lebanon fighting to end but Israel pushes assault AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 4:10 AM
Israel carried out waves of deadly bombing raids on Lebanon, flattening homes, bridges and setting petrol stations ablaze even after UN chief Kofi Annan said a ceasefire in the devastating month-old war would take effect on Monday.Israel approves cease-fire but heavy fighting rages on in final hours Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 33 minutes ago
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal yesterday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped.Israel pushes into Lebanon before truce International Herald Tribune - Aug 13 1:34 AM
As Israel poured troops into Lebanon, Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, announced that a cease-fire would take effect on Monday morning.Israel willing to discuss prisoner swap: report Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 1:53 AM
Israel is willing to discuss a possible release of Hizbollah prisoners in exchange for freeing two Israeli soldiers abducted by Lebanese guerrillas last month, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Sunday.Hezbollah Fires 250 Rockets Into Israel ABC News - Aug 13 12:49 PM
Hezbollah Fires Record 250 Rockets Into Israel, Killing 1 As Israeli Cabinet OKs Cease-FireIsrael Pounds Beirut Ahead of Cease-Fire phillyburbs.com - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
JERUSALEM - Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped. Hezbollah hit back with its heaviest rocket barrage of the war on northern Israel.Israel's Cabinet Approves UN Cease-Fire Resolution (Update3) Bloomberg.com - Aug 13 10:20 AM
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Israel today approved a United Nations resolution aimed at ending more than a month of fighting with Hezbollah, while intensifying its offensive in southern Lebanon to remove the threat of Hezbollah rocket attacks.Israel PM orders withdrawal to start The Age - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had ordered the army to observe a ceasefire with Lebanon from 2am (0900 AEST) today except in self-defence, Haaretz newspaper's website said.Israel pounds Lebanon before UN truce The Age - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
Israel has launched air strikes on southern Lebanon on Monday, pressing an offensive against Hizbollah in the hours before a UN-brokered ceasefire designed to end the month-long war takes effect at 0800 local time (1500 AEST).Israel suffers highest 1-day toll of war AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 9:05 PM
More Israeli troops surged into southern Lebanon on Saturday, reaching the Litani River and engaging in some of the heaviest combat of the monthlong war just hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a cease-fire plan. Israel lost 19 soldiers its highest one-day toll.Israel's Cabinet Approves UN Cease-Fire Resolution (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Aug 13 7:44 AM
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's cabinet voted today to accept a United Nations Security Council's cease-fire resolution aimed at ending more than a month of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.Israel should pay reparations Aspen Daily News - 15 minutes ago
Judith King (Aspen Daily News, Aug. 8) says Israel really wants peace.Israel pounds Lebanon hours before UN truce Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 13 4:53 PM
Israel launched air strikes in eastern Lebanon as it pressed its offensive against Hizbollah in the hours before a U.N.-brokered truce begins on Monday aimed at ending a month-long war.As the War Stalls, Israel Is Beset By Recriminations The New York Sun - 11 minutes ago
TEL AVIV, Israel With a cease-fire appearing to unravel even before it begins, Israel is facing a protracted war under a divided government. At the insistence of the government's political opposition and other parties, plans are already under way to launch a formal inquiry in the Knesset into what went wrong in what many here are calling the worst defeat in Israel's history. The inquiry also No end to fighting as Israel agrees to ceasefire The Scotsman - Aug 13 6:20 PM
ISRAEL'S cabinet yesterday endorsed a UN Security Council call for a halt to the war with Hezbollah guerrillas, but there were signs fighting could continue despite formal embrace of the ceasefire deal by all sides.Israel estimates 530 Hizbollah have died The Age - Aug 13 4:53 PM
Israel's army estimated it killed 530 Hizbollah guerrillas during one month of fighting in Lebanon and said it had released names of 180 whose deaths had been verified.Israel strikes Lebanon before truce IBN live - 22 minutes ago
The raid occurred less than two hours before the truce between Israel and Hezbollah was set to officially start.Hezbollah Fires 250 Rockets Into Israel San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 13 11:01 AM
Hezbollah fired more than 250 rockets into Israel on Sunday, the fiercest attack against northern Israel since the fighting began more than a month ago, the Israeli army reported. One Israeli man was killed. After a stormy debate Sunday, Israel's... As Hezbollah rockets kill their sons, many Israeli Arabs still blame Israel JTA - Aug 13 3:26 PM
NAZARETH, Israel, Aug. 13 (JTA) When Israel began dropping bombs on Beirut in response to Hezbollah s cross-border raid on last month, Nael Saleh said he felt upset.Israel and Hizbollah continue attacks as deadline nears Independent - Aug 13 4:43 PM
Less than 24 hours before a UN ceasefire was due to come into force at 8am today, local time, Israel and Hizbollah were still bombing and killing in Lebanon and northern Israel.Koor Industries Announces Publication of a Prospectus for a Public Debenture Offering in Israel SYS-CON Media - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Koor Industries Ltd. ('Koor', 'Company') a leading Israeli holding company announced today that it had published a prospectus ('Prospectus') in Israel in connection with a proposed offering to the public in Israel of debentures.Israel, US Planned War Before Crisis: Report Turks.US - 40 minutes ago
CAIRO Israel had devised a plan for attacking Hizbullah and shared it with the Bush administration officials well before the resistance group took prisoner two Israeli soldiers, a veteran award-winning American investigative reporter has revealed.Hezbollah rockets hit norther Israel KTRE-TV East Texas - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
JERUSALEM Hezbollah guerrillas are firing more rockets at Israel.Despite the fighting, French Jews still vacationing on Israel s beaches JTA - Aug 13 2:41 PM
PARIS, Aug. 13 (JTA) France s Sylvie Dray didn t let the Israel-Hezbollah conflict get in the way of her vacation to the Jewish state. There was no way I was canceling this trip to Israel because of the fighting, Dray said.Local Families Hope Israel-Hezbollah Cease-fire Will Work News 10 Sacramento - Aug 13 6:03 PM
Neither Israel nor Hezbollah showed any signs of easing up on their assaults just hours before a cease-fire is to take effect. Local families with ties to the troubled region wonder just how effective the cease-fire will be.Israel steps up pressure hours before ceasefire Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 13 12:30 PM
FIGHTING and killing intensified in Lebanon at the weekend despite a United Nations-brokered truce due to take effect today, with Israel escalating its ground offensive and killing at least 20 more Lebanese civilians with air strikes on cars and homes. -Iran should renounce ideas on Israel, nuke ambitions for talks New Kerala - 16 minutes ago
Washington, Aug 13: Accusing Iran of "using" Hezbollah militia in Lebanon against Israel, a top US lawmaker today said Tehran should renounce its idea of removing Israel from the map as also pursuit of nuclear weapons if it wants o have direct talks with US.Israel pounds Beirut ahead of ceasefire Sify News - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the UN cease-fire deal late Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped. Hezbollah hit back with its heaviest rocket barrage of the war on northern Israel.Israel accepts ceasefire, urging implementation of UN resolution People's Daily - Aug 13 5:40 PM
Israeli government on Sunday approved a UN resolution aiming at ending the ongoing Israel- Hezbollah fighting, urging the international community to firmly implementing the resolution for fear of a rearmament of the Lebanese guerillas.Israel in final thrust on eve of truce The Age - Aug 13 12:23 PM
A TRUCE in the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas is set to take effect today, despite a last-ditch and deadly attempt by Israel at the weekend to drive further into southern Lebanon.530 Hezbollah fighters dead, says Israel The Australian - Aug 13 4:44 PM
ISRAEL'S army has estimated that it has killed 530 Hezbollah guerillas during one month of fighting in Lebanon and has released names of 180 whose deaths had been verified.UN Fails To Acknowledge Israel Has Launched A War Scoop.co.nz - Aug 13 4:35 PM
UN Resolution fails to acknowledge that Israel has launched a War against Lebanon Transcript of Resolution 1701: "the word "War" is not mentioned.Ceasefire countdown begins as Israel backs UN plan CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Aug 13 11:50 AM
Israel's cabinet has approved a UN ceasefire resolution that would end the country's strikes on Lebanon and counterattacks by Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants by early Monday.Israel novelist Grossman's son is killed AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
The son of Israeli novelist and peace activist David Grossman has been killed in southern Lebanon, the army said Sunday, just days after the author urged the government to end the war with Hezbollah guerrillas.Ben Haim banished by Israel UEFA News - Aug 13 12:15 PM
Israel have suspended Tal Ben Haim from national-team duty after he refused to take part in a training session ahead of Tuesday's Slovenia friendly. US Involved in Planning Israel s Attack Operations in Lebanon Arab News - Aug 13 4:13 PM
WASHINGTON, 14 August 2006 The US government was closely involved in the planning of Israel s military operations against Hezbollah even before the July 12 capture of two Israeli soldiers, The New Yorker magazine reported in its most recent issue.Israel Intensifies Pre-Truce Blitz Arab News - Aug 13 4:13 PM
BEIRUT, 14 August 2006 After a stormy debate yesterday, Israel s Cabinet approved a Mideast cease-fire, agreeing to silence the army s guns in less than 24 hours amid a last-minute push by the military to deliver a devastating blow to Hezbollah.Waterford Church Prays For Resolution To Israel-Lebanon Conflict NBC 30 Connecticut - Aug 13 4:24 PM
Members of St. Ann's Church in Waterford were praying Sunday for a resolution to the Israel-Lebanon conflict.Israel says it can target Hizbollah arms despite truce RedNova - Aug 13 2:37 PM
By Adam Entous JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel believes it will be entitled to use force to prevent Hizbollah from rearming and to clear guerrilla positions out of southern Lebanon after a U.N.Israel: Unmanned Hezbollah Aircraft Downed India Daily - Aug 13 6:08 PM
Two Hezbollah unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) were shot down by the Israel Defense Forces after dark Aug. 13. One was near Tyre in Lebanon, the other was over Israel. Another UAV was downed off the coast of Israel last week.Hezbollah Fires 250 Rockets Into Israel phillyburbs.com - Aug 13 10:34 AM
JERUSALEM - Hezbollah fired more than 250 rockets into Israel on Sunday, the worst barrage against northern Israel since the fighting began more than a month ago, the army said. The rockets killed one Israeli during the day.Hezbollah Rockets Pound Israel Fox 6 News San Diego - Aug 13 3:46 PM
More than 250 Hezbollah rockets rained down on northern Israel in a storm of smoke and fire only hours before a cease-fire was due to take effect.Israel to halt war in Lebanon on Monday AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 1:26 PM
Israel will halt its war in Lebanon at 7 a.m. Monday (midnight EDT Sunday night), a senior Israeli government official said Saturday. Lebanon's Cabinet accepted the U.N. cease-fire plan to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah fighters, moving the deal a step closer to implementation, the prime minister said.ANALYSIS - When Israel war ends, Lebanon faces tough challenges Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 13 10:34 AM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Many Lebanese fear their fractured country will face its toughest challenges once the guns fall silent in Israel's month-old war with Hizbollah.Hezbollah Rockets Pound Israel WPMI 15 - Aug 13 3:30 PM
More than 250 Hezbollah rockets rained down on northern Israel in a storm of smoke and fire Sunday only hours before a cease-fire was due to take effect.Israel troops advance ahead of key vote on UN resolution AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 1:12 PM
Israel sought to control a large swath of southern Lebanon ahead of a key cabinet meeting expected to endorse a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to the month-old war.Israel approves cease-fire, but heavy fighting continues KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Aug 13 1:33 PM
Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troopsSAN FRANCISCO / Rallies over Israel - pro and con San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 13 5:31 AM
Thousands of largely calm but noisy demonstrators rallied Saturday in San Francisco to protest Israel's military actions against Lebanon and Palestinian territories, while a smaller group staged a counter-protest. Police arrested a demonstrator in a... Fighting Between Israel And Hizbollah Intensifies Scoop.co.nz - Aug 13 3:35 PM
On the eve of a planned cessation of hostilities set to end the fighting that has engulfed Lebanon and northern Israel for the past month, violence in the region intensified today, according to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which sustained extensive material damage but suffered no additional casualties.Israel: Military Operations Will Continue India Daily - Aug 13 6:08 PM
Israel said Aug. 13 that it intends to use force to continue to disarm Hezbollah after a cease-fire takes effect and that it believes this is within the framework of the negotiated agreement.Israel: Truck Destroyed Near Checkpoint India Daily - Aug 13 6:07 PM
Israeli troops destroyed a truck loaded with explosives in the vicinity of Metulla on Aug. 13. The Israel Defense Forces said the truck was packed with several hundred pounds of explosives and was heading for a border checkpoint.Annan Pushes for Resolution on Israel-Lebanon War Scoop.co.nz - Aug 13 3:50 PM
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is working very intensely with Security Council members and key leaders to push for a resolution concerning the situation along the Blue Line separating Israel from Lebanon.Israel to negotiate soldiers release The Peninsula - Aug 13 4:17 PM
jerusalem Israel will negotiate for the release of two soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah militants on July 12 sparked the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said yesterday.Israel pounds Lebanon hours before UN truce Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 6:43 PM
Israeli warplanes and ground forces pounded southern Lebanon on Monday, pressing an offensive against Hizbollah guerrillas before a U.N.-brokered ceasefire designed to end the month-long war was due to begin at 0500 GMT.Israel launches expanded assault leading up to U.N.-backed cease-fire JTA - Aug 13 10:26 AM
JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (JTA) Consider it the storm before the possible calm. Israel launched a massive military sweep of southern Lebanon over the weekend in what appeared to be an 11th-hour assault against the toughest Hezbollah strongholds before a U.N.-brokered cease-fire was due to take effect.Israel pounds Lebanon hours before UN truce Tiscali - Aug 13 5:35 PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel launched air strikes on southern Lebanon on Monday, pressing an offensive against Hizbollah in the hours before a U.N.-brokered ceasefire designed to end the month-long war takes effect at 0500 GMT.Israel approves UN text on Lebanon but maintains offensive New Straits Times - Aug 13 12:11 PM
Israel has approved a UN resolution on ending the month-long Lebanon war but pressed on with deadly bombing raids, flattening homes and bridges and setting petrol stations ablaze A senior Israeli government official told AFP that 24 cabinet ministers voted in favor of UN Security Council resolution 1701 and one abstained.Israel adapts as it counts economic cost of war The Age - Aug 13 12:30 PM
BANK of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said war with Hezbollah will cut the nation's economic growth rate by 1 percentage point this year.Ben Haim suspended by Israel BBC News - Aug 13 4:35 AM
Bolton's Tal Ben Haim is sent home by the Israel coach after refusing to take part in a training session, citing an injury.Lebanon war a 'total defeat' for Israel: Iran IranMania.com - Aug 13 5:45 PM
LONDON, August 14 (IranMania) - According to an AFP report, the war in Lebanon has resulted in "total defeat" for Israel, Iran said.Venezuela Won't Push for Israel Boycott WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Aug 13 2:25 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela said Sunday that it does not back an OPEC oil boycott to protest Israel's military offensive in Lebanon but warned the conflict would continue "pressuring" world oil prices.An oil boycott by Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries against Western countries for supporting Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war was responsible for sparking Israel approves UN cease-fire resolution Business Recorder - Aug 13 4:32 PM
JERUSALEM (August 14 2006): Israel endorsed a UN resolution on Sunday calling for an end to the month-long war in Lebanon but said it still reserved the right to fire in self-defence.Israel Disregards UN Warning, Another 20 Killed Zaman Online - Aug 13 2:12 PM
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Friday calling for a "full cessation of hostilities" in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.Israel looking for coup de grace before ceasefire AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 12:34 PM
Israel wants to strike the final blow against Hezbollah to break the back of the Lebanese militia before a ceasefire approved by the UN Security Council is enforced, commentators said.Israel steps up pressure hours before ceasefire Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 13 7:58 AM
And still the shells fall Israeli artillery guns fire into southern Lebanon from a position in northern Israel. Photo: AP FIGHTING and killing intensified in Lebanon at the weekend despite a United Nations-brokered truce due to take effect today, with Israel escalating its ground offensive and killing at least 20 more Lebanese civilians with air strikes on cars and homes.Rice hopes Israel assault will end in a 'a day or so' AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 12:48 PM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Israeli television she hoped Israel would halt its expanded ground assault deep inside south Lebanon in "a day or so."Israel accepts UN ceasefire resolution INQ7.net - Aug 13 10:18 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel endorsed a UN resolution Sunday calling for an end to the month-long war in Lebanon but said it still reserved the right to fire in self-defense.U.N.'s Annan: Israel and Lebanon to cease fire on Monday Market Watch - Aug 12 11:35 PM
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah have agreed to cease fire Monday morning, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, quoted by the Associated Press. SA Zionists call for peace in Israel Independent Online - Aug 13 4:10 PM
Hundreds of members of the South African Zionist Federation have marched through the streets of Glenhazel to express their support for Israel and to call for peace in the Gulf state.Israel Suffers Highest 1-Day Toll of War ABC News - Aug 12 9:33 PM
Israeli Army Says 19 Soldiers Killed in Lebanon, Israel's Highest 1-Day Toll in the WarRice tells Israel TV she expects cease-fire in 'a day or so' USA Today - Aug 12 11:41 AM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that she hoped the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas would end in "a day or so."SAN FRANCISCO / Rally meets counter-rally over Israel's actions San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 13 3:44 AM
Faeza Khan was among thousands of protesters in San Francisco on Saturday who decried U.S. Mideast policy and Israel's military actions in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. The demonstrators were countered at the Civic Center by a smaller group... Contemporary Artists from Israel at MARCO in Spain Art Daily - Aug 13 3:14 PM
Inside Out: Contemporary Artists from Israel. VIGO, SPAIN.-Israel, Lebanon Cease-Fire Starts Tomorrow, United Nations Says Bloomberg.com - Aug 12 8:50 PM
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Israel and Lebanon agreed to a cease-fire which will take effect tomorrow morning, potentially bringing a halt to a month of fighting that has killed about 1,000 people, most civilians.Israel, Lebanon, formally agree to UN ceasefire Calcutta News - Aug 13 11:10 AM
Israel and Lebanon have both formally agreed to the UN resolution embracing terms for a ceasefire between the warring parties.Israel approves UN ceasefire CBC - Aug 13 6:20 AM
Israel's cabinet approved a UN ceasefire resolution on Sunday, as the countdown began towards a cessation of hostilities early on Monday morning.Israel agrees to ceasefire The Hindu - Aug 13 12:18 PM
DUBAI: Israel on Sunday agreed to a ceasefire after its troops failed to overrun Hizbollah fighters in southern Lebanon during combat that lasted more than a month. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert approved the U.N. Security Council ...No quick pullout, says Israel Gulf News - Aug 13 2:34 PM
Dubai: Heavy fighting raged in south Lebanon yesterday despite the UN truce resolution, to which Israel and Lebanon agreed. Israel said yesterday it will not pull its troops out of south Lebanon until a UN force and Lebanese army units move in.Tripling Forces, Israel Expands Push in Lebanon New York Times - Aug 12 10:33 AM
As Israel poured troops and tanks into southern Lebanon, the country s cabinet prepared to consider a U.N. resolution calling for a cease-fire.Israel Says it Will Accept UN Cease-fire Voice of America - Aug 13 5:50 AM
Israel's cabinet has agreed to accept a U.N. mediated cease-fire aimed at ending the fighting in Lebanon. The cease-fire is scheduled to take effect at 5:00 UTC Monday. Israel says 19 soldiers were killed and five others are missing in overnight fighting.