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Lebanon-Israel Border Clash Kills 4 Soldiers

Kevin Spak — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:12:32 CDT

Three Lebanese soldiers, one Israeli soldier, and a Lebanese journalist were killed as Israeli and Lebanese troops fired on each other near the border today in their most serious confrontation since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The clash began when Israeli troops tried to remove a tree near or across the...

Israel Used Heavy Force, Expecting Bigger Fight

Harry Kimball — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:23:34 CDT

Israel used overwhelming force in its recent fight with Hamas because it feared a repeat of the heavy losses sustained in its 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Washington Post reports. Israeli military planners expected Palestinians in Gaza to put up a stronger fight, but it never materialized. The...

Bashir Is Deceitful Propaganda

Kevin Spak — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:09:00 CST

Waltz With Bashir is a beautifully made movie, and Gideon Levy will be rooting for writer/director Ari Folman to win the first Israeli Oscar tomorrow night, along with the rest of the country. “However, it must also be noted that the film is infuriating, disturbing outrageous, and deceptive,” he writes...

Waltz With Bashir Has Echoes of Gaza

Kevin Spak — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:23:45 CST

Israel’s Gaza assault is slipping from US front pages, yet ironically, Waltz With Bashir , an Israeli animated film about the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war, is taking America by storm, earning mountains of critical praise and a Golden Globe. The parallels between that atrocity and the current conflict are striking, Gary Kamiya...

Israel's Only Option: Destroy Hamas Entirely

Jason Farago — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:48:25 CST

There are only two possible outcomes of the war in Gaza, writes Charles Krauthammer: the complete destruction of Hamas or an internationally supervised truce à la Lebanon. Under immense diplomatic pressure, Israel is hinting it will accept the French-Egyptian ceasefire plan. That would be "a terrible mistake," writes the Washington...

Israel Attacks Serve as Reminder of Might

Matt Cantor — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:49:00 CST

Israel’s overwhelming strikes on Hamas are in part an effort to flex the country’s muscles and strike fear in the hearts of its enemies, Ethan Bronner writes in the New York Times. “There has been a nagging sense of uncertainty in the last couple years of whether anyone is really...

Freed Terrorists Enjoy Hero's Welcome

Peter Fearon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:36:00 CDT

Freed terrorist Samir Qantar, who bludgeoned a 4-year-old child to death with the butt of his rifle in a raid on an Israeli community, was given a red-carpet and rose-petals hero's welcome yesterday by Lebanese president Michel Suleiman and Hezbollah leaders , reports the Times of London. Qantar, who has been...

Israel Releases 5 Prisoners, 200 Bodies in Hezbollah Deal

Kevin Spak — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:39:00 CDT

Israel released five Lebanese prisoners and nearly 200 bodies today, the New York Times reports, completing a deal with Hezbollah that netted the Jewish state the bodies of two of its captured soldiers. The most notable prisoner was Samir Kuntar, who had spent more than three decades in Israeli prison...

Hezbollah Returns Bodies of 2 Israeli Soldiers

Jason Farago — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:53:29 CDT

Hezbollah handed over the corpses of two slain Israeli soldiers in an exchange at the Lebanon-Israel border this morning, Reuters reports. The soldiers' capture sparked the 2006 war that killed 1,200 in Lebanon and 159 Israelis. Once the remains are identified, Israel will free five Lebanese prisoners, including one...