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  • Ireland to provide relief assistance for Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
    Ireland will provide 1 million euros (1.25 million US dollar) in relief assistance for Lebanon and Palestine to meet the growing humanitarian needs as a result of the current crisis, Irish government announced on Friday.

  • OIC to play more active role in developments in Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 21 12:01 AM
    Iran - Lebanon - OIC Permanent envoys of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the United Nations supported Iran's proposal for the OIC playing a more active role vis-a-vis recent developments in Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Khaled urges SA to back Palestine Open this result in new window
    iafrica.com - Jul 19 11:06 PM
    South Africa could not be a broker in the Israel-Palestine war, but needed to support one side or the other, Palestinian activist and former hijacker Leila Khaled said after meeting the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday.

  • Mauritius condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    AngolaPress - Jul 20 3:23 AM
    Port Louis, Mauritius, 07/20 - Mauritius Wednesday condemned the "disproportionate" use of military force by Israel in Lebanon and Palestine, while respecting the right of any country to defend itself.

  • MAS Bostons American Justice for Palestine and the Middle East Rally Draws Large Crowd Open this result in new window
    Muslim American Society - Jul 21 2:52 PM
    A broad based coalition of more than a thousand people turned out this afternoon outside Bostons City Hall to protest Israels continuing aggression against the civilian population of Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

  • Egyptian Embassy condemns Israel strikes against Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    IPP Media - Jul 19 10:49 PM
    The Egyptian Embassy in Dar es Salaam yesterday joined the international community in condemning in strongest terms Israel military operations against Lebanon and Palestine.

  • RI, KL ready to send troops to Mideast Open this result in new window
    The Jakarta Post - 45 minutes ago
    As Israeli bombs continued to rain down on Palestine and Lebanon, Indonesia and Malaysia said they were ready to send troops to the Middle East as soon as the UN Security Council issued a resolution establishing a peacekeeping force for the region.

  • Ambon youths condemn Israel Open this result in new window
    The Jakarta Post - 50 minutes ago
    AMBON, Maluku: Hundreds of students from Muslim youth movements and universities marched and burned U.S. and Israeli flags Friday to protest Israeli aggression against Palestine and Lebanon.

  • 20,000 to protest Mideast attacks Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 21 2:55 PM
    Tens of thousands of people are expected to march through the Sydney CBD calling for an end to Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. -

  • Protest in Auckland against Israeli actions Open this result in new window
    NZCity - Jul 21 5:26 PM
    Students from Auckland University and members of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign are staging a protest today condemning the actions of Israel. The demonstration will be held in Aotea Square at one o'clock.

  • 20,000 to protest Mideast attacks Open this result in new window
    The West Australian - Jul 21 6:22 PM
    Tens of thousands of people are expected to march through the Sydney CBD calling for an end to Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. The protest is expected to start at Town Hall at midday on Saturday and move along George Street to King Street and into Martin Place.

  • ALI BULAC Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 21 2:17 PM
    Palestine, the Mother of all Problems! In the wake of 9/11, the Palestinian issue is no longer viewed as an international problem but as international security problem.

  • MUSTAFA UNAL Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 21 2:17 PM
    The site of wounded and dead civilians from the Middle East are gut wrenching. Beirut, Southern Lebanon and Palestine are in ashes. Dark smoke from missiles is all over.

  • Solving the Middle East Crisis? Build a Casino in Ramallah! Open this result in new window
    Blogcritics.org - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    The latest crisis in the Middle East has brought out the collective fear of the entire world. Panicked talk of WWIII and Israels alleged over-reaction has brought out the same old arguments and anti-semitic rhetoric, blurring the lines between Israeli policy, the occupation of Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran into a big stew of misunderstanding and assumption. Why do the Jews beat up on

  • Nation wide demonstrations today Open this result in new window
    The Sunday Mail - Jul 21 3:28 PM
    TENS of thousands of people are expected to march through the Sydney CBD today calling for an end to Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. The protest is expected to start at Town Hall at midday and move along George Street to King Street and into Martin Place.

  • Professor, Dr. Ali Al-Hail Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 21 2:14 PM
    So as to grasp an understanding yet, to the recurrent escalation on the Israeli Northern Front (Historical Palestine) with Hezbollah (Party of Allah), which has erupted on Wednesday July 13, the perceived key igniter which is, the Israeli atrocities in Gaza Strip should (if not ought to) be discussed.

  • IFJ Calls on Israel to Explain Shooting of Al Jazeera News Crew Member in Palestine Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 21 9:02 AM
    BRUSSELS, July 21, 2006 (WAFA)- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called Thursday on the Israeli Army to explain a shooting incident Wednesday in Nablus, in which a news crew of TV satellite channel Al Jazeera was fired upon and a technician injured.

  • SELCUK GULTASLI Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 21 2:18 PM
    The Western world, particularly Europe and the United States, that ignores the plight of the Palestinian people, and that remains mute before the latest events as a mighty nation of Palestine held hostage, behaved exactly the same way in 1948 when the State of Israel was established -- as if these lands consist mostly of vast stretches of desert where nobody lives.

  • Nation wide demonstrations today Open this result in new window
    The Australian - Jul 21 10:14 AM
    TENS of thousands of people are expected to march through the Sydney CBD today calling for an end to Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.

  • The Status of Palestine Open this result in new window
    About.com - Jul 19 8:33 AM
    Using the eight criteria utilized by the international community to determine whether a place is an independent country or not, I have analyzed the current state of Palestine in world...

  • Israeli attack is state terrorism: FM Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Jul 21 11:22 AM
    "The inhuman acts of violence in the Middle East perpetrated by Israeli on innocent civilians of Palestine and Lebanon are state terrorism and religious intolerance " said M Morshed Khan, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh yesterday.

  • REF : No civilised world to stop Israel's brutal war?- - Short memory or ignorance! Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Jul 21 11:26 AM
    REF : No civilised world to stop Israel's brutal war?- The New Nation Editorial Israel quited the gaza 11 months ago.Palestine went back into Gaza strip and invited Hezbolla to start their Jihadi act and killing and kidnapping. poeple those who criticise Israel in Bangladesh should not be of short memory in 1971 war.from 1947 to 1971 east pakistan experienced the genocide and extorsion in the

  • Ahmadinejad asks for emergency OIC meeting Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 21 6:31 AM
    Ahmadinejad - Palestine - OIC Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a phone talk with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked for the convening of an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to seek a way to end Israeli attacks against Lebanon.

  • ICRC Calls on Israeli Army to Leave PRCS Premises in Nablus Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 21 10:03 AM
    GENEVA/TEL AVIV, July 21, 2006 (WAFA)- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on Israeli army to immediately leave Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS) premises in the West Bank City of Nablus.

  • Memo handed over to UN resident representative Open this result in new window
    Daily News - Jul 21 1:31 PM
    COLOMBO: A delegation representing various political parties and organisations handed over yesterday a memorandum to Resident Representative of United Nations in Colombo, requesting the UN Secretary General to summon a special general assembly to take immediate action to stop the indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon and Palestine by Israel.

  • Sheldon Drobny: Israel Complaint Department: Liberal Blogs Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 20 3:17 PM
    A few weeks ago I posted a piece titled Another Legacy of British Colonialism: Israel and Palestine . I could not believe the anti-Israel sentiment in the commentaries that I received. In my next piece I suggested that the anti-Israel sentiment had a very anti-Jewish tone to it for which I was accused of always rationalizing Israel's policies by accusing critics of Israel as anti-Semites.

  • 25 JUMADI-US-SAANI 1427 AH SRINAGAR SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 Open this result in new window
    Greater Kashmir - Jul 21 10:51 AM
    Srinagar: Massive demonstrations were held in different parts of Valley after the Friday prayers against continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Sri Lanka: Eastern Muslims protest against Israel attack on Lebanon Open this result in new window
    TamilNet - Jul 21 5:29 AM
    Large number of Muslim people participated in a demonstration held Friday after Jumma prayers in Oluvil village in the Amparai district condemning the indiscriminate aerial and ground attack on Lebanon and Palestine by the State of Israel. Hundreds of Muslims went in a procession from the premises of Oluvil Jumma Mosque to Oluvil playgrounds and burnt the national flags of the United States of

  • Views Complicated By Dual Loyalties Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
    NAHARIYA, Israel, July 21 -- Along with almost every other resident of this seaside city, where more than 80 rockets have landed in the past week, the four old friends now spend their days in an underground bomb shelter, playing cards with their children and arguing about what the future holds.

  • Israeli Troops Feel Sense of Moral Clarity Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
    NEAR THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER, July 21 -- Lt. Col. Yosef Vilnai is a big, bluff man from Israel's coastal plain who was called up for reserve duty last week as the army he joined four decades ago went to war in Lebanon. His elation in fighting this new war, one with a clear front line and firm...

  • Top Stories Open this result in new window
    An Phoblacht - Jul 21 7:39 AM
    Nearly 300 people have already died as a result of Israeli military attacks in Lebanon and Palestine and many more will die unless Israel ceases the massacre we are witnessing.

  • Syrian citizens protest against Israel's atrocities in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 21 2:46 AM
    Syria - Israel - Rally Thousands of Syrians held a sit-in in Damascus Thursday evening to protest to the ongoing savage atrocities of the Zionist regime in Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Indonesian militants prepare to fight Israel Open this result in new window
    The Jakarta Post - Jul 20 9:39 PM
    At least 81 Indonesians have declared an intention to go to Lebanon and Palestine to join Hizbollah guerrillas in armed conflict against Israel.

  • Ballots and Bullets Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 21 5:46 PM
    We wanted to use both elections and force to transform the Middle East. Hamas and Hezbollah, it turns out, had the same idea.

  • Similar aggressors subjugating Palestine, Kashmir Open this result in new window
    Greater Kashmir - Jul 20 11:20 AM
    Srinagar, July 20: In the first ever reaction to Israeli raid on Lebanon, Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference has called for a bandh on Saturday against what the amalgams chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani termed naked aggression.

  • UNIFIL SchmuNIFIL Open this result in new window
    Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Jul 21 4:00 PM
    Mideast Crisis: Secretary General Kofi Annan says "an expanded peacekeeping force" in Lebanon "would help stabilize the situation." But the United Nations already had a force there that stood by as Hezbollah attacked.

  • AAO urges Blair to interfere to stop Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    Middle East Online - Jul 20 4:07 AM
    Auchi stresses that the UK has a role to play in convincing US to shift policy, help stop killing of innocent civilians.

  • The pullout did not end Israeli attacks in Gaza Open this result in new window
    Cape Argus - Jul 21 5:30 AM
    The media assumption is that in withdrawing from Gaza in September 2005, Israel ended its conflict with at least that portion of Palestine and gave up "what the Palestinians supposedly wanted".

  • ONLY BUSH HAS THE POWER TO STOP THE KILLING Open this result in new window
    Richard Reeves via Yahoo! News - Jul 21 3:25 PM
    PARIS -- Yo, Bush. You're not doing so well these days. Watch those open microphones.

  • Protest Israel's Invasion Of Palestine And Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Jul 18 2:35 PM
    Protest Against Israel's Invasion Of Palestine And Lebanon!! "Remember the solidarity shown to Palestine here and everywhere... and remember also that there is a cause to which many people have committed themselves, difficulties and terrible obstacles notwithstanding.

  • Ed Kosner: Israel's Secret Weapon Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 20 9:32 AM
    Just as I was leaving Beirut on a Newsweek trip nearly thirty years ago, armored personnel carriers began taking positions at intersections in that beautiful city--the first sign of the civil war that soon engulfed the country. That fight was between Christians and Palestine Liberation Organization zealots backed by Lebanese Muslims. Soon, Syria intervened--initially behind the Christians!

  • Democrats Have Failed Us - Republicans A Disaster Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Jul 20 6:50 PM
    Today's Democracy Now featured a re-invigorated Ralph Nader speaking out against Israeli genocidal aggression on Palestine and Lebanon.

  • Al Awda Condemns Israeli Offensive on Palestine, Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 18 1:47 PM
    SAN FRANCESCO, July 18, 2006 (WAFA) - Al Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, condemned the Israeli aggression being waged against the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

  • Hezbollah wins hearts in Gaza Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 21 4:58 PM
    While Israel fights militants on its northern border with Lebanon, its other fight - in Gaza - continues, Lucy Williamson reports.

  • UK protests over Israeli attacks Open this result in new window
    BBC News - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
    Peace demonstrations against Israeli attacks on Lebanon are being held across the UK this weekend.

  • Geelani calls for strike in Kashmir against Israeli offensive Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Jul 20 9:23 PM
    Srinagar, July 20: Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Thursday called for a general strike against the Israeli assault on Palestine and Lebanon.

  • Indonesia urges UN to step in to end conflict in Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    Channel NewsAsia - Jul 18 5:41 AM
    JAKARTA : Indonesia wants the United Nations to step in and play a bigger role in ending the conflict in Lebanon and Palestine. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the world body to sponsor a ceasefire agreement and dispatch a peacekeeping force to the two countries.

  • For Polish Jews, a reign of terror Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 21 8:44 AM
    Fear

  • Brides of Palestine Open this result in new window
    Salon.com - Jul 19 8:41 PM
    Last week hundreds of Palestinian women formed a suicide bomb squad. Are female suicide bombers really different from males?

  • James Zogby: Willful Fantasies and Reality in Today's Mideast Conflict Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
    Reading US, Israeli and Arab commentaries and analyses of the current conflicts raging in the Middle East is a disturbing exercise. Israelis are reading off of the same script they wrote decades ago. In 1982, for example, they convinced themselves that by using overwhelming force they would, as General Eitan put it, once and for all "crush the head and break the fingers" of the Palestinian

  • Israel's War Is America's War, Too Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Jul 21 5:25 PM
    Unlike all the other wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the recent conflict is not Mideast business as usual. According to The Weekly Standard , radical Islam is waging a war against democracy ... and consequently, against America.

  • Select an Edition: Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Jul 20 11:55 AM
    Geneva / Tel Aviv (ICRC) - During a military operation in Nablus that began on the night of 18 July, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) occupied the premises of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), blocking the entrance and hindering the movement of ambulances, patients and staff.

  • UNIFIL SchmuNIFIL Open this result in new window
    Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 21 4:00 PM
    Commentary from Investor's Business Daily

  • HOT NEWS Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 20 2:15 PM
    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call on Wednesday to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss the continuing Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Palestine aimed at civilians and infrastructure.

  • The failure of Israeli unilateralism Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 21 6:59 AM
    Ten months after Israel's disengagement from Gaza, the escalating crisis throughout the Middle East demonstrates the resounding failure of this policy.

  • Muslims in Asia protest Israeli attacks Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 21 5:12 AM
    Thousands of Muslims in Asia held angry protests Friday against Israel's bombardment of Lebanon, denouncing the Jewish state and demanding the United Nations take action to halt the violence.

  • Chronology of Lebanon-Israel conflict from English service Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 20 9:53 AM
    Chronology of Lebanon-Israel Conflict Chronology of Lebanon-Israel Conflict in brief: After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, 110,000 Palestinians fled or emigrated from Palestine to take refuge in Lebanon.

  • 'More scary than the Gulf War' Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 21 12:59 PM
    Haifa resident Ron Carman has been forced into bomb shelters in the past - but this time is more threatening, he says.

  • Mauritanian party condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    AngolaPress - Jul 18 7:51 AM
    Nouakchott, Mauritania, 07/18 - Mauritania`s former ruling party, now the Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR), has strongly condemned Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.

  • PRCS Condemns Israeli Attacks on Health Organisations Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 20 1:47 PM
    RAMALLAH, July 20, 2006 (WAFA)- Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) condemns the Israeli targeting of the health organizations and medical staff as well as the series of Israelis attacks at medical staff and particularly at PRCS staff.

  • Solidarity calling Open this result in new window
    Al-Ahram Weekly - Jul 20 12:18 PM
    First it was Palestine. Then it was Iraq. And now it's Lebanon. Egyptian demonstrators couldn't but add the latter to their already weighty list of Arab countries they used to show solidarity with.

  • Living in fear in Haifa Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 21 11:43 AM
    Why residents feel more under threat from Hezbollah than in the Gulf War.

  • Thousands of anti-war protesters gather Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
    Several thousand people have gathered in the centre of Sydney, calling on the world to 'give peace a chance' in the Middle East. -

  • 'Halt attacks' call Open this result in new window
    Gulf Daily News - Jul 20 2:49 PM
    CAIRO: His Majesty King Hamad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday strongly condemned the brutal Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. They called on both sides to return to the negotiating table to resolve the dispute and find a final solution for the current flare-up.

  • The resistance will go on Open this result in new window
    Al-Ahram Weekly - Jul 20 12:18 PM
    In his second televised speech since the outbreak of Israel's barbaric attacks on Lebanon, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned that if the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine was defeated at the hands of Israel, "the Arab world -- governments and peoples -- will be humiliated forever and the Zionists will reign supreme."

  • India condemns arrest of Palestinian Ministers and Legislators Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 20 8:03 AM
    India - Palestine - Condemnation India on Thursday strongly condemned the arrest of Palestinian ministers and legislators by the Zionist regime's armed forces and called upon the Israeli regime to release them immediately.

  • World Watches Lebanon, Noose Tightens On Palestine Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Jul 19 2:19 PM
    Since around 5am this morning the Israeli army has surrounded the Mukatah (local government building) in Nablus with close to 100 military vehicles. Israeli soldiers have occupied buildings nearby and they are shooting into the Mukatah.

  • Moscow Communists Protest Israeli Occupation of Palestine Open this result in new window
    Mosnews - Jul 20 3:55 AM
    Activists of the Russian Communist Party have gathered near the Israeli embassy in Moscow on Thursday to protest the armed conflict in the Middle East.

  • Multilingual debate: Mid-East crisis Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 21 10:13 AM
    Readers from the BBC's language sites have been discussing whether the international community is doing enough to help find a resolution in the region.

  • S Africa-Trade unions /WRD South African trade unions call for global solidarity against Israeli genocide Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 20 5:30 AM
    The president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) announced on Wednesday that his congress would mobilize its national and international partners to stop the "genocide" in Palestine.

  • UK-wide protests against Israel Open this result in new window
    PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 32 minutes ago
    Protests against Israeli attacks on Lebanon will take place across the UK as the British Government continues to resist pressure to back an immediate ceasefire and Israel looks set to escalate the conflict.

  • Cairo draws the line Open this result in new window
    Al-Ahram Weekly - Jul 20 12:18 PM
    It is no secret to the leaders of either Hamas or Hizbullah that Cairo has for long been impatient with what it perceives as their radical approach in handling relations between Israel on the one hand and Palestine and Lebanon on the other.

  • 3.30pm Saturday July 22, 2006 Open this result in new window
    The New Zealand Herald - 54 minutes ago
    There have been arrests during a protest march in Auckland against Israeli military actions in Lebanon.

  • Anti-war protesters gather Open this result in new window
    The Australian - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
    SEVERAL thousand people have gathered in the centre of Sydney, calling on the world to "give peace a chance" in the Middle East.

  • Colorado Muslims to pray, rally today Open this result in new window
    Rocky Mountain News - Jul 21 11:54 AM
    A prominent U.S. Muslim activist will lead local Muslims in prayer and kick off a rally outside the Colorado Muslim Society in Denver today.

  • Arab hackers strike Gozo Curia Open this result in new window
    Malta Star - Jul 20 10:30 AM
    Anyone who logged on to the Gozo Churchs official website late on Wednesday evening was in for a big surprise hackers that claim to be Arabs enraged at Isreals attacks on Palestine and Lebanon managed to take over the website and deface it with anti-Israeli slogans.

  • Call to condemn attack on Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Daily News - Jul 20 1:32 PM
    COLOMBO: A group comprising parliamentarians, representatives of political parties, trade unions and various organisations met at Western Province Governor Alawi Mowlana's office and decided to request the President and the Government to condemn the Israeli government for the atrocities it has committed in Lebanon and occupied Palestine.

  • Eugene Jarecki: We and They Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 21 11:17 AM
    My mother rang early this morning. "Your movie's on the cover of Time !" she exclaimed. Why We Fight , my film about the forces that drive American war-making has just come out on DVD, and my mom knows that every bit of coverage the film gets keeps Americans thinking about the question of its title. So with excitement I ran to pick up a copy, only to discover my mom didn't have it quite

  • Middle East Director of the World Policy Institute, New School for Social Research Open this result in new window
    The Globalist - Jul 21 5:11 PM
    Alon Ben-Meir is the Middle East Director of the World Policy Institute at the New School for Social Research, and a professor of International Relations and Middle-Eastern studies at the Center for Global Studies at NYU and at the New School.

  • Israel Pledges Humanitarian Corridor Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    Israel has told the U.N. Security Council it is opening a two-way humanitarian corridor into and out of Lebanon. The Israeli pledge came in response to increasingly sharp international criticism for its military offensive in Lebanon.

  • Senior cleric criticizes Islamic states' silence in ongoing Zionist aggressions Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 20 5:31 AM
    Iran - Lebanon - Cleric A senior cleric here Thursday criticized leaders of Islamic states for their insensitivity to the crimes now being committed by the Zionist regime in Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Govt reviewing leagislators' suggestion to to suspend Myanmar Open this result in new window
    The Jakarta Post - 44 minutes ago
    The government is considering a proposal from lawmakers to call for Myanmar's suspension from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at next week's meetings in Kuala Lumpur.

  • Huge 'anti-Zionist' rally in Tehran Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - Jul 20 7:01 AM
    LONDON, July 20 (IranMania) - Thousands of Tehranis staged a rally in the Iranian capital to condemn the atrocities of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine and Lebanon, IRNA said.

  • Robert Weissman: American Jews Call for Ceasefire in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 21 9:02 AM
    The Israel bombing campaign in Lebanon and Gaza could not go on without American support. Some time in the next week or more, after a nod from the Israeli military, the Bush administration may step in to arrange a ceasefire. But for now, the United States is an enabler of the violence. The Guardian reports that the United States has blocked efforts for an immediate halt to the fighting,

  • First group of Russian nationals arrive in Moscow from Palestine Open this result in new window
    Itar-Tass - Jul 17 9:08 PM
    MOSCOW, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - An IL-62 aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry has brought the first group of evacuated Russian and CIS nationals to Moscow from Palestine, an Emergencies Ministry official told Itar-Tass.

  • Anti-war protesters gather Open this result in new window
    The Advertiser - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
    SEVERAL thousand people have gathered in the centre of Sydney, calling on the world to "give peace a chance" in the Middle East. Protesters carrying Australian and Lebanese flags and placards have converged on Town Hall and blocked off George Street, in Sydney's CBD.

  • Germany: Iranian letter attacks Israel Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Jul 21 9:03 AM
    A letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the German chancellor made statements about Israel and the Holocaust that are "not acceptable," the government said Friday.

  • Protestors arrested Open this result in new window
    NZCity - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
    There have been arrests during a protest march in Auckland against Israeli military actions in Lebanon. More than 200 people are taking part in the march. One protester got on the awning above the footpath at the US Consulate, tore down the American flag and started waving the Palestinian one.

  • Metro roundup: North Little League 9/10s in state tourney quarterfinals Open this result in new window
    Terre Haute Tribune Star - 35 minutes ago
    PITTSBORO The North Terfre Haute 9-and-10-year-old All-Star Little League team completed pool play in the state tournament with a 2-1 record Friday after thumping Peru 19-3.

  • Zebra-crossing victims were young, not elderly Open this result in new window
    Bangkok Post - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
    Before Francois Lamy (Postbag, July 20) gets on his high horse about Thai motorists he should get the facts straight. The young British man (28 years old) and his Norwegian girlfriend (20 years old) can hardly be called "elderly".

  • The Mideast death dance Open this result in new window
    Salon.com - Jul 19 2:59 PM
    Hamas and Hezbollah, Lebanon and Palestine, Syria and Iran, the U.S. and Israel: Unless these four pairs of actors turn away from their failed policies, the Middle East will sink further into violence and despair.

  • Salim Lone: The UN charter is on its last legs Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Jul 21 4:34 PM
    Salim Lone: The UN's feeble response to the Lebanon crisis shows that it can no longer protect civilians.

  • Sheldon Drobny: Subject: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD FROM A JEWISH "TERRORIST" Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 21 7:17 AM
    Again I received 95% negative comments from my last post. I clearly stated in my post that I am passionate about the historical plight of the Jews. I never said I supported everything that Israel has done as a country. But I do believe that if there was no oil in the Middle East, there would not be a 58 year war. Not one negative comment was preceded by "I understand your point, but........"

  • Two Cents Open this result in new window
    The Auburn Citizen - 1 hour, 0 minute ago
    All that money spent for consulting engineers on the road to nowhere would have been better spent for the city to help the taxpayers to lower the tax bill.

  • Bangladesh terms Israeli aggression in Lebanon 'state terrorism' Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Jul 20 4:14 AM
    By Nazrul Islam, Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday condemned Israeli attacks on Lebanon and urged the world community to come forward to restrain the "state terrorism of Israeli aggression" on Lebanon and the people of Palestine.

  • Lebanon: Two Nigerians Confirmed Killed, Protests in Kaduna, Kano Open this result in new window
    This Day - Jul 21 6:12 PM
    Two Nigerians, whose identities were not disclosed at press time, have become victims of the exchange of artillery fire between Israeli authorities and Hezbolah forces in Lebanon.

  • Muslims in Asia Protest Israeli Attacks Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 21 5:31 AM
    Thousands of Muslims in Asia Protest Israeli Attacks on Lebanon, Demand U.N. Intervention

  • Israel falls into a dangerous trap Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 21 12:26 PM
    With the wisdom of Solomon, Israeli leaders would have held off responding to provocation, writes Akiva Eldar. -

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    Arab News - Jul 21 4:13 PM
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    Independent - Jul 21 4:20 PM
    The Archbishop of Canterbury has led calls for Tony Blair and George Bush to demand an immediate ceasefire by Israel and Hizbollah.