The UN Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted on 11 August 2006 after the Israel-Lebanon war 2006 against Hizballah, was meant to bring a more stable and secure situation on the Lebanon-Israel border… Continue reading
Israel views the firing from Lebanon on an Israel Defense Force patrol, which was operating along the Lebanese border in coordination with UNIFIL, as a severe violation of… Continue reading
Lt. Col. Dov Harari, 45, from Netanya, batallion commander of the eastern Lebanese sector was killed in a surprise Lebanese cross-border attack… Continue reading
Here’s what happened this morning along the so-called Blue Line, the internationally recognized UN-codified border between Israel and Lebanon. Israeli soldiers were… Continue reading
The border tensions brewing between Lebanon and Israel in recent weeks boiled over Tuesday, Aug. 3 into a heavy exchange of fire between troops on both sides of the border… Continue reading
The international community continues probing the Mavi Marmara flotilla and its outcome, and the UN has appointed two committees to investigate… Continue reading
Yasser Qashlaq, chairman of the Free Palestine Movement and organizer of the Lebanese flotilla to the Gaza Strip, said the ships would leave within a few days… Continue reading
During the four years since the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, Hezbollah has been rearming itself in direct violation of UN Resolution 1701… Continue reading
Fadlallah’s legacy sparks debate between reformists and conservatives following the top Lebanese Shi’ite cleric’s death… Continue reading
According to “Lebanese sources” international pressure is being exerted on the Lebanese government and the organizers of the flotilla to prevent the ships from setting sail… Continue reading
Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh one of Shiite Islam’s main religious figures, died Sunday after a long illness. He was not a voice of moderation at all… Continue reading
More flotillas to the Gaza Strip were being organized accompanied by intensive propaganda, although it is not clear which will actually sail… Continue reading
The aid flotilla planned to set sail from Lebanon is supported by Syria and Hezbollah, but the Lebanese government is working towards canceling the planned flotillas to Gaza in order to calm down recent tensions in the area… Continue reading
It’s no secret that the Syrian government is highly involved in supporting terrorist groups such as the Hizballah in Lebanon. The latest plan of the Hizballah/Syrian threat to Israel is a massive fortified wall designed as an obstacle against any Israeli tank forces heading… Continue reading
The Jewish community in Beirut keeps shrinking due to emigration and mortality. But the few Jews who remain hope to strengthen their ties by… Continue reading
The Obama Administration has developed a new concept as an excuse for not taking action against a radical and aggressive action. Israel has charged on the basis of intelligence information that Syria has been shipping long-range missiles to Hizballah… Continue reading
Since the February 2005 assassination of Hariri and the establishment of the UN-mandated inquiry into the killing, the primary public focus of the investigation has been on Damascus. Then, in May 2009 Der Spiegel published an article that reported in great detail on how Hizballah operatives participated in the murder, and how… Continue reading
While the Obama Administration is fiddling over the construction of apartments in Jerusalem, the Middle East is burning. Yet these other issues don’t attract the attention—and certainly not the action—required… Continue reading
Het is het tweede deel in een serie artikelen die vanuit historisch oogpunt de redenen en bedoelingen wil weergeven die een rol hebben gespeeld in de ondergang van Libanon… Continue reading
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