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Saudi urges US to restrain Israel 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 1:45 PM
Saudi Arabia urged the United States to prevail on Israel to change the policy of "war" and "kidnappings" it is practicing in the Palestinian territories.Israel's public watchdog orders Lebanon inquiry AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 9:10 AM
Israel's top government watchdog has launched an investigation into the war in Lebanon as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected mounting public calls for a sweeping probe into the 34-day offensive.Qatar hails Lebanese for 'first Arab victory' over Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 9:36 AM
Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has hailed Lebanese "resistance" for the first Arab "victory" against Israel, saying it could improve prospects for peace in the Middle East.Israel launches official probe into Lebanon war AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 9:07 AM
Israel has launched an inquiry into the conduct of the Jewish state's month-long war against the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon as the government faced mounting domestic criticism.Israel okays flights to survey Lebanese oil spill: UN AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 8:58 AM
Israel has given approval for aerial UN surveillance missions over the Lebanese coast to determine the scope of a massive oil spill caused by Israeli bombing, the United Nations has said.South Africa calls on Israel to free Hamas officials AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 8:50 AM
South Africa has slammed Israel for detaining deputy Palestinian prime minister Nassereddin al-Shaer and another senior Hamas official and called for the release of all Palestinian leaders.'Get rid of Israel': leading Egyptian opposition figure AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 8:43 AM
A leading Egyptian opposition figure has called on Arabs to "take up the noble cause" of eliminating Israel, while praising Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.Israel humbled for the first time in Mideast: Iran FM AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 5:43 AM
Israel has been humbled for the first time in nearly six decades in the Middle East during its recent 34-day conflict against Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mattaki has said.Israel's north reels from environmental cost of war AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 5:15 AM
A week after Hezbollah rockets stopped raining down on northern Israel, the acrid smell of smoke still hangs over many parts of the Galilee hills -- a reminder of the heavy environmental cost of the war.Indonesia says Israel cannot rebuff peacekeeper offer AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 10:53 PM
Indonesia says Israel is not in a position to rebuff its offer to send up to 1,000 troops as part of a UN peacekeeping force to be deployed in Lebanon.Larry C. Johnson: Uncomfortable Truths about Israel HuffingtonPost - Aug 21 8:18 AM
What would we be saying if Hizbullah kidnapped the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and launched a daring raid inside Israel to disrupt a U.S. effort to resupply the Israeli Defense Force? We would be up in arms over their provocation and would be convening the UN Security Council to recommend new sanctions. Hell, we'd probably have the National Security Council in session and be ready to dispatch Israel's Olmert Asks Italy to Lead Force in Lebanon (Update2) Bloomberg.com - Aug 21 7:34 AM
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked Italy to lead a United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon to help enforce the week-old cease-fire between Israel and the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah.Non-Jewish pro-Israel students steel selves for a tough semester JTA - Aug 21 4:11 PM
WASHINGTON Aug. 21 (JTA) A cadre of students hit the pro-Israel books early this summer, studying techniques ahead of what is promising to be one of Israel s toughest seasons on campus in the wake of the Lebanon war.PM lashes out at Israel s hostility to peacekeepers New Straits Times - Aug 21 5:56 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has criticised Israel for being hostile to the country s proposal to send troops to enforce a United Nations ceasefire in Southern Lebanon.Mark Israel: The ethical puzzler Guardian Unlimited - Aug 21 4:06 PM
Mark Israel knows what the man meant who said life isn't one darn thing after another, but the same darn thing over and over. Resolving - or at any rate documenting - some of the apparently irresolvable ethical problems faced by researchers in the social sciences is his stock-in-trade.Israel faces criticism from its own ranks: calls for inquiry Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
TONY EASTLEY: In Israel, hundreds of reservist soldiers have published an open letter criticising the conduct of the war in Lebanon.Israel seizes senior West Bank lawmaker AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 4:23 PM
Israeli forces seized a senior Palestinian legislator Sunday in the latest move in a 7-week-old crackdown on the ruling Hamas movement, drawing angry accusations from Palestinian leaders that Israel is undermining their efforts to form a unity government.Prime minister s pro-Israel stance lures some Canadian Jews to Tories JTA - Aug 21 2:26 PM
TORONTO, Aug. 21 (JTA) Speaking recently at a large pro-Israel rally in Toronto, prominent Canadian filmmaker Robert Lantos voiced his frustration with Canada s Liberal Party.Israel sours on troop contributors The Age - Aug 21 12:24 PM
Israel says countries which do not recognise it should be excluded from peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, amid faltering efforts to persuade countries to send troops to enforce a fragile UN-brokered truce. -With guns now silent, public in Israel turns on its leaders JTA - Aug 21 1:41 PM
JERUSALEM, Aug. 21 (JTA) Public anger is mounting over the way Israel s government and generals conducted the war in Lebanon, as reserve soldiers returning from the front tell their stories and demand a thorough shake-up.Indonesia says Israel has no right to reject troops from Indonesia Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 21 11:54 AM
_ Indonesia said Monday Israel has no right to reject U.N. peacekeepers being sent to Lebanon from countries, which have no diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.Israel failed in Lebanon, top Iranian tells SA The Star - 18 minutes ago
Israel was humbled for the first time in nearly six decades during its recent 34-day conflict against Lebanon. This was stated yesterday by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mattaki.Film Festivals Ban Israel Israel National News - 32 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) The recent Locarno Film Festival dropped Israel as the co-sponsor of one of the programs because of the retaliatory bombing against Hizbullah targets in Lebanon. Lebanese and other Arabs filmmakers protested Israel's participation in the Swiss event.ANALYSIS - Hizbollah eyes recovery, not new war with Israel Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 21 9:17 AM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hizbollah may have declared victory against Israel and lives to fight another day, but with Lebanon in ruins and thousands of families homeless it may not risk provoking such a war again any time soon.Reservists in Israel Protest Conduct of Lebanon War New York Times - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
The reservists said that their training was inadequate and they called for a national inquiry into how the war was waged.Danger doesn't deter Jews from moving to Israel San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 21 3:48 AM
The recent bloodletting in the Middle East threw Evan Goldstein into a fog of questions about his safety should he immigrate to Israel. But then his reasons became clear. Israelis "need to see that there are people who believe in Israel's right to... Incitement in Lebanon: Israel Used Radioactive Bombs Israel National News - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) A Lebanese scientist has accused Israel of using radioactivity material in its retaliatory bombing attacks on Hizbullah terrorists targets.No Talks With Syria As Long As It Supports Terror, Israel Says Crosswalk.com - Aug 21 8:33 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com ) - Israeli planes flew over the Mediterranean coastline of Lebanon and its border with Syria on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel has no intention of negotiating with Syria as long as it supports terrorist groups.Israel Allows UN Survey of Lebanon Oil Slick Planet Ark - Aug 21 5:26 PM
BEIRUT - Israel gave UN environmental experts permission on Monday for an aerial survey of an oil slick that has spread along Lebanon's coast since Israel bombed a power station there five weeks ago.Israel Rejects Presence of Some Peacekeepers KABC-TV Los Angeles - Aug 21 12:11 PM
Officials say Israel's Prime Minister has rejected the presence of peacekeeping troops from countries that don't have diplomatic relations with Israel.Truce Teeters As Israel Buzzes Lebanon CBS 2 New York - Aug 21 7:17 AM
Israeli warplanes roared over Lebanon's northern Mediterranean coast and along its border with Syria on Monday, after the Lebanese defense minister warned rogue Palestinian rocket teams against attacking Israel and provoking retaliation that could unravel an already shaky cease-fire.Saudi urges US to restrain Israel TurkishPress.com - Aug 21 2:03 PM
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia urged the United States on Monday to prevail on Israel to change the policy of "war" and "kidnappings" it is practicing in the Palestinian territories.25% of Palestinian MPs detained by Israel Guardian Unlimited - Aug 21 8:06 AM
Israel and Middle East: Almost a quarter of members of Palestinian parliament arrested as part of Israel's campaign to free captured soldier.Government studies options to sue Israel for war crimes The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 21 1:26 PM
The Lebanese state has started to study the possible legal procedures to sue Israel and its political and military leaders within the international legal arena for crimes committed by Israel against Lebanon. Justice Minister Charles Rizk headed a meeting with some of Lebanon's top magistrates and legal experts Monday.Israel Will Try to Prevent Weapons Reaching Hezbollah (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Aug 20 10:33 PM
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Israel will maintain its sea and air blockade on Lebanon to prevent weapons reaching the Hezbollah group after staging a raid three days ago to stop an arms smuggling operation, a United Nations envoy said.Soccer / UEFA matches may return to Israel soon Haaretz Daily - Aug 21 4:07 PM
The Israel Football Association (IFA) is confident that European soccer's governing body UEFA will lift its ban on European club and international matches being played in Israel within the next few days.Israel insists UN forces come from approved nations Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 21 6:58 AM
ISRAEL has declared that countries that do not recognise it should be excluded from peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, amid faltering efforts to persuade nations to send troops to enforce the fragile truce. -Lebanon prime minister condemns Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 10:08 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said Israel would not accept the presence of peacekeepers in Lebanon from countries that don't have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state, officials said.Israel's vice premier says time is not right to resume peace talks with Syria Boston Herald - Aug 21 5:39 AM
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ruled out a resumption of negotiations with Syria at this time, saying Damascus must first end its support for militant groups. Olmert spoke...Pakistan will not establish ties with Israel Yahoo! India News - Aug 21 10:09 AM
Islamabad, Aug 21 (DPA) Pakistan said Monday it would not establish diplomatic ties with Israel until the solution of the Middle East problem and creation of an independent Palestinian state.War protest grows in Israel UPI - Aug 21 12:23 PM
JERUSALEM, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Israel's top officials are coming under growing public pressure to resign in the wake of the war in Lebanon, it was reported Monday.Qatar hails Lebanese for 'first Arab victory' over Israel AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 21 7:53 AM
Visiting Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has hailed the Lebanese people and the "resistance" for achieving the Arab world's first "victory" against Israel.Bush Proposes Extending Loans to Israel Israel National News - Aug 21 5:27 PM
(IsraelNN.com) American President George W. Bush has proposed to Congress extending by three years the option for Israel to use $9 billion in loan guarantees.Riling Hamas, Israel seizes another official Boston Globe - Aug 21 1:12 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli forces seized a senior Palestinian legislator yesterday in the latest move in a seven-week-old crackdown against the ruling Hamas movement, drawing angry accusations from Palestinian leaders that Israel is undermining their efforts to form a unity government.Despite fragile cease fire, Israel draws U.S. travelers Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Aug 21 9:25 AM
Even Hezbollah missiles couldn't keep Hilda Goodman and her husband from canceling a trip to Israel they planned 13 years ago -- when their grandson was born.Israel grabs another key Palestinian legislator St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Aug 21 1:23 AM
Israeli forces seized a senior Palestinian legislator Sunday in the latest move of a 7-week-old crackdown against the ruling Hamas movement. The snatching of Mahmoud al-Ramahi drew accusations from Palestinian leaders that Israel was undermining their efforts to form a unity government.Israel defiant on Lebanon raid, prepares for 'next round' AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 9:01 AM
Israel warned that it would keep up raids against Hezbollah to prevent the Shiite militia from getting weapons from abroad and said it would prepare for the "next round" of war.Israel wary of makeup of force Boston Globe - Aug 21 1:12 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel objected yesterday to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in the nascent peacekeeping force for Lebanon, even as a UN envoy said that the Lebanese Army had fielded only 3,000 troops, about one-fifth of the force it plans to enforce the cease-fire in the south.Israel Will Prevent Arms Reaching Hezbollah, Maintain Blockade Bloomberg.com - Aug 20 8:03 PM
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Israel will maintain its sea and air blockade on Lebanon to prevent weapons reaching the Hezbollah group after the monthlong conflict, a United Nations envoy said.Lebanon leaders warn Hezbollah, Israel over truce The Columbus Dispatch - Aug 21 4:59 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora accused Israel of "crimes against humanity" during a tour of a devastated Beirut suburb yesterday, while the Lebanese defense minister warned of harsh punishment for Hezbollah militants who violate the fragile, week-old truce that ended a month of combat.Israel kills 3 Hizbollah fighters in Lebanon raid Tiscali - Aug 21 12:13 PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft and commandos raided a Hizbollah bastion in eastern Lebanon and killed three guerrillas on Saturday in the first big attack since a truce halted Israel s 34-day war with the Shi ite Muslim group.Israel Insists Lebanon Raid is Justified Washington Post - Aug 20 8:25 AM
JERUSALEM, Aug. 20-- Israel Sunday insisted its raid into Lebanon was justified despite Lebanese condemnation of the Saturday attack as a violation of the cease-fire, and the Lebanese defense minister warned militias not to give Israel a pretext to strike again.Egypt: Arabs Should Destroy Israel India Daily - Aug 21 12:54 PM
Arabs should take up the cause of destroying Israel, the leader of leftist Egyptian opposition group Karama Arab, Hamdeen Sabahy, said Aug. 21. The Karama party holds 2 seats in the 454-member Egyptian parliament.Mansour: Israel Continued its Cruel Campaign of Military Warfare in OPT Palestine News Agency - Aug 21 12:47 PM
NEW YORK, August 21, 2006 (WAFA)- Israel has continued with its reckless and cruel campaign of military warfare against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem, in grave violation of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law, said Monday Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad Last week, the UN adopted a resolution that put an end to the war between Israel and Al Jazeera - Aug 21 10:50 AM
resistance fighters, after over 1,000 innocent people have died. The 1701 Resolution also authorized up to 15,000 UN peacekeepers to help 15,000 Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon when Israel withdraws its forces from the region.Israel raid in Lebanon shows need for fast UNIFIL deployment: US AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 9:02 AM
Israel's raid on Lebanon demonstrates the need for a rapid deploment of an expanded UN force in southern Lebanon, the White House said.Keep truce, Hizballah, Israel told Detroit Free Press - Aug 21 12:01 AM
BEIRUT -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Saniora accused Israel of crimes against humanity during a tour of a devastated Beirut suburb on Sunday, and the Lebanese defense minister warned of harsh punishment for Hizballah militants who violate the fragile, week-old truce that ended a month of combat.Call for United Action to Prevent a Catastrophic US-Israel War against Iran Payvand Iran News - Aug 21 8:11 AM
The US and UK supported war waged by Israel against Lebanon has been the prelude to an imminent massive military attack against Iran. Urgent mass action by Iranian people in and outside the country and million strong protests by the antiwar movement around the world, in particular in the US and UK, are absolutely imperative to stop a US pre-emptive strike on Iran in the coming weeks and months. 'Israel Lobby' Authors To Speak At Dc Press Club Forum-Mearsheimer, Walt to discuss lobby's impact on U.S. response to News From Bangladesh - Aug 21 11:28 AM
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/18/06) - On Monday, August 28, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) 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. The panel will feature Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of a recent Harvard University paper titled "The Israel Lobby."Israel thrusts across border Tiscali - Aug 21 11:28 AM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel thrust into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and pounded towns and villages, meeting fierce resistance from Hizbollah guerrillas who reportedly killed three soldiers.Israel objects to some in peacekeeping force Contra Costa Times - Aug 21 3:09 AM
Israel on Sunday objected to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in the nascent peacekeeping force for Lebanon, even as a U.N. envoy said the Lebanese army had fielded only 3,000 troops, about one-fifth of the force it needs to enforce the cease-fire in the south.Report: Israel Freed Five Lebanon Captives Israel National News - Aug 21 3:27 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Israel has freed five Lebanon civilians who were arrested during clashes in southern Lebanon between the IDF and Hizbullah terrorist guerillas, according to Lebanese media.Minsk notes increase in ex-citizens wishing to return from Israel Interfax - Aug 21 7:04 AM
MINSK. Aug 21 (Interfax) - The passport and visa service of the main department of interior affairs at the Minsk city executive committee has noted an increase in applications of former Minsk residents who want to return to Belarus from Israel.Israel raises objection to makeup of U.N. force NorthJersey.com - Aug 21 3:44 AM
JERUSALEM -- Israel objected Sunday to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in the nascent peacekeeping force for Lebanon, even as a U.N. envoy said the Lebanese army had fielded only 3,000 troops, about one-fifth of the force it plans to enforce the cease-fire in the south.Relations with Israel called key The Arizona Republic - Aug 20 11:55 PM
JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday objected to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in the proposed peacekeeping force for Lebanon.Israel warns Fatah could vanish from Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 7:41 AM
Israel's internal security service warned that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's moderate Fatah movement could disintegrate in the Gaza Strip and lead to a "Lebanon-like reality" there.UN Envoys Hold Talks in Israel Voice of America - Aug 21 3:35 AM
Two senior United Nations diplomats are in Israel, continuing efforts to ensure the ceasefire now in effect in Lebanon does not unravel. Israel's prime minister has asked Italy to lead the U.N. force in Lebanon.Israel raid violates cease-fire, UN says International Herald Tribune - Aug 20 6:34 AM
Israel's weekend commando raid on a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon has put a fragile truce to its biggest test yet.Pakistan will not establish ties with Israel The Times of India - Aug 21 8:40 AM
Pakistan said that it would not establish diplomatic ties with Israel until the solution of the Middle East problem and creation of an independent Palestinian state.Israel Buzzes Lebanon, Truce Teeters CBS News - 8 minutes ago
Israeli warplanes roared over Lebanon's northern coast and along the Syrian border. Lebanon is also warning Syrian-backed Palestinians to stop firing rockets, endangering the fragile true, while few countries are volunteering for the U.N. mission.Israel defiant on Lebanon raid AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 5:22 AM
Israel warned that disarming Hezbollah remained key to keeping a fragile truce in Lebanon, and vowed to keep up raids to prevent the Shiite militia from getting weapons from abroad.UN Envoys Hold Talks in Israel Elite TV - Aug 21 6:51 AM
Israeli newspapers report that U.N. envoys Terje Roed-Larson and Vijay Nambiar are holding talks with Israeli officials about a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah.India should balance ties with Israel, Arab nations: experts New Kerala - Aug 21 10:14 AM
New Delhi, Aug 21 : India needs to maintain an "equilibrium" between its relationship with Israel and its ties with the oil-rich Arab countries as the region will continue to be indispensable to the country's energy security and strategic interests, experts said.Israel launches official probe into Lebanon war TurkishPress.com - Aug 21 7:18 AM
JERUSALEM - Israel's State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss Monday opened an inquiry into the conduct of the Lebanon war against the Shiite militia Hezbollah.Lebanon warns against inciting Israel USA Today - Aug 20 4:23 AM
Lebanon's defense minister warned Sunday that any group that breaks the Middle East cease-fire will be dealt with harshly. Also, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora toured the rubble of south Beirut and called Israel's bombing campaign a "crime against humanity."Israel to prevent full Lebanon border deployment AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 5:39 AM
Israel will prevent the Lebanese army from deploying along the volatile border in areas currently held by Israeli troops until the arrival of an international force in the area, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said.Israel plans to control the UN peace keeping force - Olmert calls on Italy to lead Lebanon force India Daily - Aug 21 8:08 AM
Israel on Sunday night called on Italy to lead an international force in south Lebanon and to send troops to oversee border crossings from Syria through which it alleges Hizbollah is continuing to receive arms supplies.PM Calls On UN To Act Against Israel For Violating Truce Bernama - Aug 21 4:15 AM
BACHOK, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Monday called on the United Nations (UN) to take immediate action against Israel which clearly violated the ceasefire brokered by the world body in Lebanon.Israel seizes West Bank lawmaker Miami Herald - Aug 21 12:26 AM
Israeli forces seized a senior Palestinian legislator Sunday in the latest move of a seven-week-old crackdown against the ruling Hamas movement, drawing angry accusations from Palestinian leaders that Israel is undermining their efforts to form a unity government.IFCJ Recognizes Aid of American Christians in No. Israel Crosswalk.com - Aug 21 12:03 AM
There was no quiet before the storm. There is no quiet after the storm. There is just storm. Those who think otherwise have not experienced the situation in northern Israel, near the Lebanese border.Israel is committed to blocking arms and killing Nasrallah International Herald Tribune - Aug 20 7:27 AM
Despite a cease-fire agreement, Israel intends to do its best to keep Iran and Syria from rearming Hezbollah and to kill the militia's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, says a senior Israeli commander.Lebanese PM accuses Israel of crimes against humanity AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 4:41 AM
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity during its month-long offensive on his country.After rockets, Israel wineries hopeful on new vintage Reuters - Aug 21 5:18 AM
ZICHRON YAAKOV, Israel (Reuters) - Before the Lebanon cease-fire, the owner of a northern Israeli winery was thinking about getting flak jackets and helmets for staff so that grapes could be harvested under floodlights at night.Jacob Blaustein Institute Profiles Hizbollah Destruction, Displacement in Israel [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Aug 21 1:46 PM
The extensive damage to lives and property in northern Israel wrought by Hizbollah's barrage of rocket attacks is documented in a new study published by the American Jewish Committee's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI). It presents the first comprehensive profile of Israel's displaced population and the impact of the war on them and calls upon the international Israel returns prisoners News 24 South Africa - Aug 21 8:15 AM
Israel has handed over to UN peacekeepers five Lebanese men who were captured during a raid on the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek.President Receives Japanese Ambassador to Israel Palestine News Agency - Aug 21 9:02 AM
RAMALLAH, August 21, 2006 (WAFA) - President Mahmoud Abbas received Monday, in the Presidential HQ in Ramallah, the Japanese Ambassador to Israel, Jun Yokota, who paid a farewell visit.by Joshua Brilliant UPI Israel Correspondent Jerusalem (UPI) Aug 18, 2006 Space War - Aug 20 6:14 PM
Analysis: 'So who won the war?' TV footage showing Lebanese armored personnel carriers landing in Tyre and soldiers in camouflage uniforms moving south suggested that perhaps some good might yet emerge from the month long war with Israel.Reservists in Israel hit at leaders International Herald Tribune - Aug 21 1:28 PM
A group of reservist soldiers, angry about the conduct of the war in Lebanon, carried out a protest Monday, demanding the resignations of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and the army chief of staff, Lieutenant General Dan Halutz.Bush welcomes Israel as 51st State of the USA Pravda - Aug 21 4:40 AM
Israel bombs the Lebanon back in the Middle Ages, assisted by the USA, and all other countries can pay the prize for it.South African Arabs Press for Cut in Ties with Israel Israel National News - Aug 21 9:57 AM
(IsraelNN.com) South African Arabs, working through the Palestine Solidarity Committee, demonstrated outside the American consulate in Johannesburg Sunday to rally support to cut diplomatic ties with Israel.Investors Gung-Ho on Israel The New York Sun - Aug 21 1:46 AM
With rockets recently flying over Israel, leaving death and destruction in their wake, and the Israeli-Lebanese truce on extremely shaky ground, why, you might wonder, would anyone want to invest in the Jewish state? "Because there are some world class companies there and Israel is a survivor," Allan Nichols, Morningstar's international analyst, tells me. Indeed, the Israeli stock market has Lebanese Analysis: Both Israel and Hizbullah Lost War Israel National News - Aug 21 8:57 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Hizbullah terrorists and Israel both lost in the war on northern Israel and retaliation against terrorist targets in Lebanon, according to an analysis in the Lebanese newspaper Daily Star . "Hizbullah does not want at this stage a resumption of violence" because of the Israel attacks that resulted from the terrorist organization's rocket attacks and kidnapping of IDF soldier, wrote Israel Insists Lebanese Flights Stop at Jordan For Security Check Israel National News - Aug 21 9:12 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Israel has insisted that Lebanon's Middle East Airlines route its flights through Jordan for security checks, according to industry sources quoted by Reuters News Agency . The head of the Qatar government said his flight had to be approved by Israel before it could land.Israel Frustrated by Mideast Peace Process KYW News Radio 1060 - Aug 21 2:37 AM
The process of getting peacekeepers into Lebanon is growing more complicated. Israel is concerned about the slow pace at which the international peacekeeping force is being organized and the delay this is causing to the Lebanese army's deployment along the international border.Israel should return Golan for peace with Syria: minister People's Daily - Aug 21 2:40 AM
Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter said on Monday that in return for a genuine peace with Syria, it would be legitimate for Israel to give back Golan Heights, Army Radio reported.Israel urged to give up Golan Heights Aljazeera - Aug 21 12:12 AM
Israel should resume negotiations with Syria and, in exchange for peace, give up the Golan Heights, an Israeli cabinet minister has said.Israel unapologetic over ceasefire breach Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Aug 21 2:09 AM
TONY EASTLEY: Israel is making no apologies for breaking the UN mandated ceasefire in Lebanon at the weekend.(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-21 13:01 GMT: Malaysia's Abdullah urges UN to take action against Israel for violating truce Interactive Investor - Aug 21 5:31 AM
KUALA LUMPUR (XFN-ASIA) - Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has called on United Nations to take immediate action against Israel for violating the truce which ended the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah, the official Bernama news agency reported.Israel Starts Reexamining Military Missions and Technology Aviation Now - Aug 20 8:46 PM
The fighting in Lebanon is already triggering debate in Israel about the division of missions between its air force and army. The combat also revealed classified technology that Tel Aviv kept under wraps prior to the simultaneous conflicts with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.Official warns militias on attacking Israel Newsday - Aug 20 8:35 PM
Lebanon's defense minister warned yesterday that anyone who violates a week-old truce by firing rockets at Israel will be tried for treason before a military tribunal.