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CORRECTED: Israel seizes top Hamas official 
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Israel seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top official of the Hamas militant group, at his home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, his wife and two lawmakers said.Annan urges Israel to lift blockade AP via Yahoo! News - 17 minutes ago
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged Israel on Friday to immediately lift the air and sea blockade on Lebanon so hundreds of thousands of Lebanese caught up in the 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah war can quickly receive aid.Israel seizes top Hamas official: lawmakers Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Israel arrested Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top official of the Hamas militant group, at his home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, his wife and two lawmakers said.Israel arrests top Hamas official - Palestinian lawmakers Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Israel has arrested Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top official of the Hamas militant group, two Palestinian lawmakers said on Saturday.Official urges Israel to lift blockade AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
The U.N.'s deputy humanitarian chief urged Israel on Friday to immediately lift the air and sea blockade on Lebanon to get aid quickly to hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who were caught up in the Israeli-Hezbollah war.In northern Israel, economy a casualty of war The Star-Ledger - 11 minutes ago
ROSH PINAH, Israel -- In the last few days, the crowing of roosters has replaced the crash of rockets as the background noise in this hillside vacation village near the Israel-Lebanon border.Israel: Hezbollah Used Russian Missiles ABC News - Aug 18 9:18 AM
Israel Sends Delegation to Moscow to Complain That Russian-Made Missiles Reached HezbollahIsrael alarm at UN force members BBC News - Aug 18 4:04 AM
Israel voices concern that some nations offering to join the UN's Lebanon force do not recognise Israel's existence.U-N humanitarian official urges Israel to lift blockade of Lebanon KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - 6 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS A top U-N humanitarian official is urging Israel to lift its blockade of Lebanon, and do it now. The U-N says an estimated 400-thousand people returning to...U-N humanitarian official urges Israel to lift blockade of Lebanon WOI-TV Des Moines - 27 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS A top U-N humanitarian official is urging Israel to lift its blockade of Lebanon, and do it now.Lebanese army reaches Israel border MSNBC - Aug 18 6:09 AM
The Lebanese army reached the country s southern border with Israel for the first time Friday, sending a sole jeep on patrol through this village, where Israeli forces pulled out of in 2000, ending an 18-year occupation. Israel denies air strikes on Lebanon's Bekaa Valley People's Daily - 48 minutes ago
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denied reports that Israeli drones and warplanes were flying over Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley Friday night, near the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek, local newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.Israel on Peacekeepers, Hostage Negotiations NPR - Aug 18 2:53 PM
Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, tells which countries Israel would prefer and not prefer on the peacekeeping force in Lebanon, and how the hostage negotiations are proceeding.FRIDAY'S LINKS: 'Wash Post' Reporter Rebuked For Israel Comment, Media and JonBenet, AOL Restates Sales Editor & Publisher - Aug 18 6:01 PM
NEW YORK In today's edition, AOL is restating profits going back as far as six years, a Washington Post reporter is rebuked by top editor Len Downie for speculative comments he made about Israel's Lebanon withdrawal, and Jack Shafer says the press has nothing to be ashamed of in its coverage of the JonBenet Ramsey story.Israel imports 99 percent of its crude oil The Longview News-Journal - 42 minutes ago
QUESTION: To my knowledge, Israel does not produce any oil at all. From whom does Israel import its oil?Candidate Carter splits with dad on Israel-Hezbollah war Reno Gazette-Journal - Aug 18 5:06 PM
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Democratic Senate candidate Jack Carter, son of former President Jimmy Carter, says he doesn't agree with his dad's criticism of Israel's bombing in Lebanon.Q&A: MIDDLE EAST: Both Israel and Hezbollah Committing 'War Crimes' New York Times - Aug 17 3:03 PM
Q&A: MIDDLE EAST: Both Israel and Hezbollah Committing 'War Crimes'.Not all nations welcome in UN force: Israel The Peninsula - Aug 18 5:03 PM
Jerusalem Israel objects to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in a planned United Nations force for southern Lebanon, the country s ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday.Israel disputes UN force make-up News Interactive - Aug 18 1:43 PM
ISRAEL'S ambassador to the United Nations told the BBC Friday they would have difficulty accepting nations that do not recognise the Jewish state as part of a peacekeeping force in Lebanon.U-N humanitarian official urges Israel to lift blockade of Lebanon KBCI Boise - 10 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS A top U-N humanitarian official is urging Israel to lift its blockade of Lebanon, and do it now. The U-N says an estimated 400-thousand people returning to the bombed out suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon are in need of humanitarian aid.War Stirs Worry in Israel Over State of Military Washington Post - 24 minutes ago
JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 -- Sgt. Lior Rahamin's Israeli reserve unit had not trained in two years. When its members were called up for the Lebanon war, they didn't have straps for their guns, spare ammunition, flak jackets or more than one good radio. There were other shortages: Twice their operations...Candidate Carter splits with dad on Israel-Hezbollah war KATC3 - 53 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS Former President Jimmy Carter and his son are in disagreement about the former president's take on the conflict between Israel and Lebanon.Peretz: Israel surprised by Lebanese resistance force ArabicNews.com - Aug 18 4:05 PM
Under fire for unleashing full-scale war on Lebanon for almost five weeks, Israel's defense minister Amir Peretz admitted that Israel had underestimated Lebanese resistance forces, Israeli newspaper said on Thursday.Envoy condemns Israel's crimes in Lebanon ArabicNews.com - Aug 18 4:05 PM
Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad-Reza Sheybani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, yesterday condemned Israel's crimes in Lebanon.Israel Vazquez Ready for Anything La Prensa San Diego - Aug 18 3:19 PM
LAS VEGAS, Nev . Israel Vazquez, winner of eight in a row, can hardly wait to defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title against WBC bantamweight champion Johnny Gonzalez Sept. 16.Testing Time for Israel?s Leaders New York Times - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
Public dissatisfaction with the monthlong Lebanon war could prove politically costly to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and defense minister Amir Peretz.Conflict threatens Israel's wine harvest / Upper Galilee grapes are almost ripe San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
Just as in Napa Valley, the wine grapes in Israel's Upper Galilee region are rapidly approaching ripeness. In a typical year, the Chardonnay would be harvested before the end of August. But this is no typical year. Winemaker Lewis Pasco of Israel's... Tension Builds On Israel-Gaza Border NBC 5 Chicago - Aug 18 1:22 PM
While the Lebanese side remained calm, there was tension in Gaza near the border with Israel where two shootings were reported Friday.Syrians want Israel out of Golan Heights Gulf News - Aug 18 3:08 PM
Beirut: Pressure is mounting on Bashar Al Assad, the Syrian president, to follow Hezbollah's example and consider force to eject Israel from Syrian land that it has occupied for nearly 40 years.Israel opposed to some prospective UN force members: BBC TurkishPress.com - Aug 18 11:47 AM
LONDON - Israel's ambassador to the United Nations told the BBC Friday they would have difficulty accepting nations that do not recognise the Jewish state as part of a peacekeeping force in Lebanon.War Crimes: The case against Israel Pravda - Aug 18 12:55 PM
The State of Israel is hereby accused of committing War Crimes in the conflict with Hezbollah IN Lebanon (July 12 th to August 12 th 2006). We present and document four counts where the Geneva Convention has been seriously breached.Pakistani envoy criticises Israel Gulf News - Aug 18 3:08 PM
Dubai: Pakistan s Foreign Minister on Friday sharply criticised Israel for what he described as the indiscriminate loss of life and disproportionate response in Lebanon, saying that his country was very disappointed. View of common fears drives US-Israel policy Boston Globe - Aug 18 1:13 AM
WASHINGTON -- Six days after Israel unleashed its military in Lebanon, hoping to decapitate the militant group Hezbollah, a senior US policymaker in Washington described the administration's feelings about the war. Couching the conflict as a proxy battle in a larger US-led struggle against Iran, Hezbollah's backer, he told a reporter: ``Hopefully, we will win."Top UN officials head for Lebanon, Israel to assess truce The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 18 11:57 AM
Two high-level UN envoys left for Lebanon and Israel on Friday to assess implementation of the new truce pact ahead of a trip next week by UN chief Kofi Annan. The trip came as the United Nations and the US urgently appealed to Europe to provide peacekeepers for Lebanon, anxious that the force should have the legitimacy needed to carry out its mission.Lebanese army takes border villages as Israel pulls back AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 17 9:43 AM
Lebanese soldiers have begun taking control of the war-battered south for the first time in four decades, moving across the Litani river to shore up a UN truce ending a month of deadly conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.Wake up call for Iranian Communities around the World: War waged by Israel in Lebanon is prelude to war on Iran Payvand Iran News - Aug 18 8:42 AM
The horrific US and UK supported war waged by Israel against Lebanon under the pretext of self defense for the capture of two soldiers by Hezbollah is setting the stage for a US/Israeli military assault on Iran that would lead to a major conflagration in the Middle East and beyond. Only the global antiwar movement and urgent action by a united Iranian community can stop such an aggression. Lebanon army reaches Israel border Aljazeera - Aug 18 7:57 AM
The Lebanese army has reached the country's southern border with Israel for the first time, sending a sole jeep on patrol through Kfar Kila, a village from which Israeli forces withdrew in 2000 and ended an 18-year occupation.Hezbollah Rockets Crash into Haifa; Israel Pounds Lebanon WTOL News 11 - Aug 18 12:58 PM
HAIFA, ISRAEL (AP) -- A barrage of Hezbollah rockets crashed into Haifa on Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding more than 40, officials said, in the heaviest attack on the port city since fighting with the Lebanese-based militia began nearly four weeks ago.Lebanese army reaches border with Israel for first time in decades KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Aug 18 8:08 AM
The Lebanese army reached the country's southern border with Israel for the first time in decades, sending a lone jeep on patrol FridayState bars insurance bias against Israel The Jewish Advocate - Aug 18 8:34 AM
The battle that has raged between Israel and Hezbollah over the past month didn t deter many American Jews from traveling to the country, and it didn t deter the Massachusetts legislature from passing a bill that protects their right to do so without being penalized by life insurance companies.Abbas says Palestinian factions to halt violence against Israel WOI-TV Des Moines - Aug 18 8:50 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip A few days after Hezbollah (hez-BUH'-lah) rocket attacks on Israel stopped, other militant groups may be ready to follow suit.Letter to USA Senator Santorum (R-PA) - for his support of war crimes of Israel News From Bangladesh - Aug 18 11:25 AM
FYI: This letter was sent to Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of Senate Republican Conference, on August 16. ================================== While I appreciate receiving your letter of August 2, '06, I am quite dismayed with your selective amnesia regarding Israeli violations of human rights and its crimes against civilians in Lebanon and Gaza. If Israel cared about its captured Israel volunteering Something Jewish - Aug 18 1:35 PM
Despite recent conflict in the Middle East, a record number of young Liberal Jews have decided to spend a year in Israel doing volunteer work.Israel justice minister to resign over sex charge AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 18 12:09 PM
Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon is to resign, a spokesman said, one day after the attorney general decided to indict him over accusations of sexual harassment.Israel downplayed Hezbollah's arsenal AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 17 4:11 AM
Israel's defense minister, his credentials already in question before the just-ended war in Lebanon, says the military downplayed the extent of the Hezbollah guerrilla group's missile threat when he took office, according to a newspaper report Thursday.'Israel Lobby' Authors To Speak at DC Press Club Forum [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 18 1:43 PM
On Monday, August 28, the Council on American-Islamic Relations will host a panel discussion on "The Israel Lobby and the U.S. Response to the War in Lebanon" at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.France to Lead UN Troops in Lebanon as Israel Transfers Control Bloomberg.com - Aug 17 3:48 PM
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- French President Jacques Chirac said his country will lead an expanded United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon as Israel's military transferred control of 50 percent of southern Lebanon to the UN.WHS teens reflect on visits Israel Town Online - Aug 18 10:44 AM
Three Westborough juniors experienced the Israel-Lebanon conflict that ended with a ceasefire Monday in a much more personal way than most Americans when they spent several weeks in Israel this summer.Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza Tiscali - Aug 18 7:13 AM
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched air strikes against Palestinian targets across the Gaza Strip on Sunday and said it would continue an open-ended offensive after rebuffing a cease-fire proposed by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.Tearful families bury Qana victims of Israel raids AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 18 10:42 AM
Women holding portraits of lost loved ones stood tearfully in the southern Lebanese town of Qana as men buried the victims, including 16 children, of last month's Israeli raids.The Advocate - Matan Fishman, 15, of Israel, celebrates with his teammates last night after singing Hatikvah, the Stamford Advocate - Aug 18 5:44 AM
Matan Fishman, 15, of Israel, celebrates with his teammates last night after singing Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, during the closing ceremonies for the Maccabi Games at the Jewish Community Center in Stamford.Locals share thoughts on Israel-Hezbollah conflict Purdue Exponent - Aug 18 8:46 AM
The United Nations imposed a cease-fire Monday in hopes of ending the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. While the cease-fire is the first step in resolution, Philip Schlossberg, executive director of Hillel, said the conflict will continue to heat up again.On balance, Israel won this round The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Aug 17 1:00 AM
For the past four decades, Israelis have not been able to taste true, flat-out military victory in their multiple conflicts with their neighbors. Gone are the heady days of 1967, when Israel unconditionally vanquished its Arab enemies.Syed Hamid: Israel should have no role in determining Lebanon peacekeeping force The Star Online - Aug 18 1:22 AM
SEPANG: Israel should have no role in deciding which countries make up the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force that is expected to be deployed to Lebanon within days, the head of largest Islamic organization of countries said Friday.Former Egyptian consul in Israel almost killed by brother Middle East Times - Aug 18 12:26 AM
CAIRO -- A former Egyptian consul in Israel told Thursday how he had narrowly escaped an attempt to kill him in a Cairo street, with the would-be assassin being his younger brother.Israel's U.N. Envoy: UNIFIL Countries Must Recognize Israel Israel National News - Aug 18 7:27 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Countries that send troops to be a part of the United Nations international force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) must recognize the Jewish state, Israel's United Nations Ambassador Danny Gillerman told the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) Friday.Lebanese army reach southern border with Israel Hamilton Spectator - Aug 18 5:17 AM
Soldiers from Lebanon's army have reached the southern border with Israel. They are the vanguard of a planned force of 30-thousand soldiers and U-N peacekeepers.Peres calls upon American Jews to help Israel NDTV - Aug 17 10:54 PM
Israel's deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres has asked for financial help from American Jews to rebuild areas and infrastructure damaged by Hezbollah's rockets.Abbas says Palestinian militants agree to halt violence, Israel bombs Gaza CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Aug 17 6:23 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday militant groups promised to suspend attacks on Israel in hopes of ending a nearly two-month-long Israeli crackdown in the Gaza Strip.'Israel can only lose once' WorldNetDaily - Aug 17 10:14 PM
During one of Israel's many wars, Golda Meir offered this famous and tragic observation: "The Arabs can fight, and lose, and return to fight another day. Israel can only lose once." Golda's assessment became a truism of the Middle East up until now.Washington Post Editor Rebukes His Reporter for Television Comments on Israel The New York Sun - Aug 18 12:16 AM
The executive editor of the Washington Post, Leonard Downie Jr., has rebuked one of his Pulitzer-Prize winning reporters for suggesting on television that Israel was purposely leaving Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon "because as long as they're being rocketed, they can continue to have a sort of moral equivalency in their operations." The action came as Mayor Koch and the Committee for Accuracy in Israel Hands Control of Southern Lebanon Areas to UN (Update3) Bloomberg.com - Aug 17 8:35 AM
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's military transferred control of 50 percent of southern Lebanon to a United Nations force as Lebanese soldiers entered the region three days after a cease- fire halted fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.Palestinians agree to renew truce with Israel Haaretz Daily - Aug 17 11:50 PM
Palestinian militant groups have agreed to reinstate their temporary cease-fire deal with Israel, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday.Israel's debacle, courtesy of Bush Salon.com - Aug 18 6:19 PM
With U.S. support, Israeli unilateralism was unfurled. The nation's security has never been so endangered, or its moral authority so tarnished. Ruling Raises Bar in Lobbyists' Case Washington Post - 58 minutes ago
The federal judge who last week refused to throw out charges of conspiring to violate the 1917 Espionage Act against two former pro-Israel lobbyists simultaneously made it much more difficult for the government to prove its case against them, attorneys for the defendants and First Amendment...U.N. Urges Europe to Join Mideast Effort Washington Post - 24 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 18 -- The United Nations pressed Italy and other European countries Friday to commit troops to lead a vanguard U.N. peacekeeping force of 3,500 that it hopes to deploy in southern Lebanon by Aug. 28 to help enforce a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.Movie star donates 400 Playstations to Israel The Inquirer - Aug 17 11:09 PM
STAR OF the silver screen, Adam Sandler has been doing his part in charity fund raising for the victims of the Israel-Lebanon war. He is sending 400 play stations to Israel.Israel justice minister to resign over harassment charge AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 18 4:07 AM
Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon is to resign from the cabinet, a spokesman said, one day after the attorney general decided to indict the minister over accusations of sexual harassment.Israel vs Hizbollah: Round Two Bangkok Post - Aug 17 6:15 PM
The cease-fire in southern Lebanon will not hold. Israel will probably lose more soldiers killed in combat in the next month than in the past month (104). Ehud Olmert will probably no longer be prime minister of Israel by the end of this year.Villagers Cheer as Lebanese Army Marches Into the South New York Times - Aug 18 6:03 PM
The Lebanese army reached the country?s southern border with Israel for the first time in decades.Israel launches Lebanon inquiry BBC News - Aug 17 5:19 AM
Israel sets up a commission to investigate how the military campaign in Lebanon was conducted.Peres: Israel may leave Lebanon in weeks AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 16 7:00 PM
Israel will withdraw its forces from Lebanon once the Lebanese army and an international peacekeeping force are deployed in Hezbollah's stronghold near the border with Israel, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Wednesday.U.N. appeals to Europe for peacekeepers USA Today - Aug 18 5:12 PM
The United Nations appealed to European countries Friday to contribute to an expanded peacekeeping force in Lebanon that would have a balance of European and Muslim troops so that Israel and Lebanon will view it as legitimate.Iran's supreme leader hails Hizbollah resistance to Israel Borneo Bulletin - Aug 17 11:39 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a message to Hizbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday, described the group's resistance against Israel's military onslaught a "victory" for Islam.Envoy condemns Israel's crimes in Lebanon IranMania.com - Aug 17 10:45 PM
LONDON, August 18 (IranMania) - According to an IRNA report, Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad-Reza Sheybani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, condemned Israel's crimes in Lebanon.Czech Jewish organisations announce collection to help Israel Prague Daily Monitor - Aug 17 11:10 PM
Prague, Aug 17 (CTK) - The Federation of Jewish Communities and the Prague Jewish Community have launched a fund-raising campaign to help the people who have been afflicted by the military conflict in Israel, the organisers told CTK today.Israel wants U.N. to help monitor border AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 16 5:51 PM
Israel wants an expanded U.N. force to help monitor the Lebanese border to prevent Iran and Syria from replenishing Hezbollah's weapons, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Wednesday.Israel Hands Control of Southern Lebanon Areas to UN (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Aug 17 4:43 AM
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Israel transferred control of 50 percent of southern Lebanon to a United Nations force as Lebanese soldiers entered the region three days after a cease-fire halted fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.With guns silent, wartime unity unravels in Israel International Herald Tribune - Aug 18 4:27 AM
Israeli leadesr are facing fierce, even vitriolic criticism in a country accustomed to swift and decisive battlefield triumphs against Arab enemies.UN wants European troops in Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 18 4:23 PM
The United Nations appealed on Friday for Europeans to contribute to a U.N. force in Lebanon so a balance would be created between Western and Muslim troops acceptable to Israel and Lebanon.Hamas Officials: Israel Trying to Kill Meshaal Israel National News - Aug 18 12:57 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas officials claim Israel is planning to assassinate Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal, who lives in Damascus, Syria. The officials say that the Mossad sent agents to Damascus in July disguised as foreign volunteers.Israel: Hezbollah used Russian missiles AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 18 9:04 AM
Israeli officials said Friday that a senior delegation went to Moscow this week to complain that Russian-made anti-tank missiles were used by Hezbollah guerrillas in their 34-day conflict with Israeli forces in Lebanon.Koor Industries Announces Successful Completion of Public Debenture Offering in Israel SYS-CON Media - Aug 17 5:21 PM
Koor Industries Ltd. ('Koor', 'Company') a leading Israeli holding company announced today that pursuant to the Company's prospectus published in Israel dated August 13, 2006, the company has successfully completed a public offering of debentures in Israel.Trans-Israel Highway goes after truant contractor Haaretz Daily - Aug 17 5:05 PM
Work on the southern section of the Trans-Israel Highway ground to a halt this week. The Trans-Israel Highway Company confiscated guarantees worth NIS 13 million from Dan Rolider on the grounds that the contractor allegedly violated its contract to carry out excavations and bridge work.Israel arrests Palestinian deputy premier Aljazeera - 32 minutes ago
Israeli soldiers have detained the Palestinian deputy prime minister, the latest step in a continuing crackdown against the ruling Hamas party.Businessmen to Sue Israel Over Losses in Lebanon Zawya - Aug 17 11:18 PM
18 August 2006 RIYADH -- Saudi businessmen, who have incurred a loss of over $14 billion in Lebanon as a result of Israeli bombardment, are considering legal action against Israel for war damages.Roundup: Arab press expects more dangerous Mideast after Israel- Hezbollah conflict People's Daily - Aug 17 5:10 PM
Despite a Monday truce that ended a 34-day-long conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Arab press expects a more dangerous and uncertain Middle East after the Lebanon crisis.Israel nabs Palestinian Hamas deputy PM The Nation - 12 minutes ago
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli troops early Saturday morning arrested Palestinian deputy prime minister and Hamas member Nasseredine al-Shaer in the latest move against the Islamist group, Palestinians and Israeli sources reported.Lebanese troops poised to deploy as Israel begins pullback AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 16 4:11 PM
Lebanon was poised to start deploying government troops to Hezbollah's longtime bastion in the south after Israel announced its forces had began pulling back following its month-long conflict with the Shiite militant group. Israel This Week Features Exclusive Interviews With Top Experts and Leaders Who Defend Israel Against Anti-Semitic [Press Release] PR Web - Aug 18 12:10 AM
Introducing "Israel This Week," a new information web site that provides relevant and accurate information intended to counter anti-Semitic allegations and media bias against Israel. The site features exclusive audio interviews. It is produced in cooperation with Newsroom Confidential, a one-hour weekly news program that airs Sunday nights on NewsTalk KRLA 870 AM in Los Angeles. (PRWEB Aug 18, Palestinian factions agree on ceasefire with Israel: Abbas People's Daily - Aug 17 5:10 PM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday that Palestinian militant groups had agreed on a ceasefire with Israel to end the almost-eight-week-old violence in the Gaza Strip.Turkey says it forced Iran planes down AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 18 2:03 PM
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Friday that it had forced two Syria-bound Iranian planes to land and be searched for rockets and other military equipment during the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.Peace in Gaza hinges on both militants and Israel - Abbas Pretoria News - Aug 17 9:16 PM
Gaza - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said armed groups had agreed to stop firing rockets into Israel from Gaza, but militants said such a move would be dependent on Israel halting its offensive.Businessmen to Sue Israel Over Losses in Lebanon Arab News - Aug 17 4:12 PM
RIYADH, 18 August 2006 Saudi businessmen, who have incurred a loss of over $14 billion in Lebanon as a result of Israeli bombardment, are considering legal action against Israel for war damages.Israel wants UN to patrol Syrian border for weapons Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 16 1:52 PM
Israel's foreign minister on Wednesday urged U.N. peacekeepers to enforce an arms embargo to prevent Hizbollah guerrillas from getting weapons from their backers in Iran and Syria.Israel arrests Palestinian deputy PM IBN live - 7 minutes ago
Early on Saturday, Israeli troops burst into the home of Palestinian deputy prime minister and took him away.West Bank Pullout On Hold CBS News - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
Israel's prime minister has put withdrawal plans on hold after the recent war with Hezbollah. Meanwhile, the United Nations peacekeeping force's future is also uncertain: France will only commit 200 more troops, saying UNIFIL's mandate is unclear.Criticism of Lebanon war rises in Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 16 1:27 PM
Israel's defense minister appointed a former army chief of staff on Wednesday to investigate the military's handling of the 34-day war in Lebanon as public criticism intensified that the offensive was poorly planned, unsuccessful and not worth its cost in human lives.Abbas says Palestinian factions to halt violence against Israel Fort Wayne News Channel 15 - Aug 17 2:33 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip A few days after Hezbollah (hez-BUH'-lah) rocket attacks on Israel stopped, other militant groups may be ready to follow suit. Palestinian President...Peres Says Israel Allowed Arab Flights Washington Post - Aug 16 12:40 PM
WASHINGTON -- Israel's deputy prime minister, Shimon Peres, disclosed Wednesday that planes from Arab countries were permitted to fly over Israel during the war on their way to Lebanon to deliver food and medicine.