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Thoughts of Armageddon rising 24 August 2006
By Saul Landau
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has long promoted an image of Israel as militarily and morally superior to its Arab enemies. The month long encounter with Hezbollah may have shaken that image, writes Landau.
Lebanon, Israel, and the “greater west Asian crisis” 18 August 2006
By Fred Halliday
The Lebanon war is one component of the crisis of a new geopolitical region - "greater west Asia" - whose dangers are comparable to those of Europe in 1914, says Fred Halliday.
Peace as Menace 18 August 2006
By Boris Kagarlitsky
34 days of Israeli bombing destroyed more than just Lebanon’s roads and bridges. They also devastated Lebanese democracy, writes Kagarlitsky.
In time of war: reason amid rockets 11 August 2006
By Fred Halliday
The violent conflict in the middle east makes it ever more urgent to listen to voices of universalism and human solidarity in the spirit of Isaac Deutscher and Hannah Arendt, says Fred Halliday.
Report from Lebanon
By Walden Bello
Bello visited Beirut while the bombs were still falling, as part of a civil society-Parliamentary delegation. His Lebanon journal recounts the feelings of the people he meets there, whose sorrow for the dead is mixed with pride at the perceived military and moral defeat of Israel.
Statement on the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon 14 August 2006
Internaitonal Civil Society and Parliamentary Peace Mission
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APPPEAL: What we expect from Europe European United Left / Nordic Green Left Group in the European Parliament
Resolución limitada y posiblemente ineficaz 8 August 2006
By Mariano Aguirre
Aguirre analyses the draft UN resolution on the conflict in Lebanon and finds that it will be difficult to accommodate all the sides - Lebanon, Israel, and the main mediators, US and France. The UN should reach a n agreement and approve a resolution calling for an immediate cessation of fighting, but such an outcome is not very realistic, writes Aguirre.
The Lebanon War and the Failed UN Resolution 7 August 2006
By Phyllis Bennis
The draft UN resolution on the Lebanon crisis is very much Washington's resolution, playing into its drive to build unrivalled US global empire, that requires a militarised, expansionist Israel to play that same role on a regional level in the Middle East, writes Bennis.
Peace in the Middle East? End the occupation! 3 August 2006
By Saul Landau
The media barrage of carnage reports from Lebanon and, to a much smaller effect, Israel, obscures causes and possible solutions to the new Middle East war: Palestine, not terrorism, remains the central conflictive issue in the area, says Landau.
India hamstrung on Israel 2 August 2006
By Praful Bidwai
There is a major rift between Indian government and segments of the public over Israel's actions in Lebanon and Gaza strip, writes Bidwai.
What Can Israel Achieve? 1 August 2006
By Immanuel Wallerstein
Israel's current military campaign is a direct parallel to Bush's invasion of Iraq, heading for similar directions - the US towards a humiliating withdrawal from Iraq, Israel towards a humiliating truce arrangement, writes Wallerstein.
Los derechos en Oriente Medio 1 August 2006
By Mariano Aguirre
A key, almost forgotten question in the conflict in Lebanon and Gaza is the violation of International Humanitarian Law that explicitly prohibits attacks on civilian population. Israel, and to much smaller extent Hezbollah, have been violating this rule continuously. Aguirre makes the case.
A disastrous model 29 July 2006
By Praful Bidwai
Those advocating armed attacks on Pakistan in response to the Mumbai bombings wish to emulate Israel's aggression. That is the worst model India could follow, says Bidwai.
Israel's "new Middle East" 27 July 2006
By Tanya Reinhart
Although it was presented as a response to the Hezbollah attack, there are all indications that Israel has been planning massive war on Lebanon for a long time, and was only waiting for the 'international conditions to ripen'. Israel's plans fit well with those of its sponsor - establishing the full US domination in the Middle East.
Look Beyond the Fighting
By Boris Kagarlitsky 27 July 2006
The growth of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Palestinian territories is a result of economic and social problems. Regional conflict is inevitable as long as religious and ethnic differences are used as a basis for the division of labour in the region, argues Kagarlitsky.
Washington's latest Middle East war 25 July 2006
By Phyllis Bennis
Bennis looks at the wider implications of Israel’s “disproportionate act of war” on Lebanon. She argues that Israel’s attempt at military dominance is in keeping with the neo-con goal of a redrawn political map of the Middle East. But with Hezbollah gaining support, the conflict is damaging pro- US Arab governments, and will have knock-on effects on the situation in Iraq and Palastine. In response, the anti-war movement should redouble its advocacy for a just peace in the whole Middle East.
A Lebanese fragment: two days with Hizbollah 20 July 2006
By Fred Halliday
An in-depth encounter with Hizbollah in the group's Lebanese heartlands gives Fred Halliday an unmatched insight into the “party of God's” long-term thinking and strategy.
Lurching Toward Regional War in the Middle East 18 July 2006
By Richard Falk
Israel’s moves towards an all-out war in Gaza and Lebanon suggest that it is using the Hamas/Hizbollah incidents as pretexts for a political restructuring of the entire region in partnership with the US, writes Falk.
Israel viola el derecho internacional en El Líbano
Deutche Welle, 18 de julio de 2006
Israel’s military campaign against Lebanon violates international law, says Jochen Hippler, especially as Hezbollah’ military power is nowhere near that of Israel.
La campaña militar de Israel contra El Líbano viola, indudablemente, el derecho internacional, asegura el experto alemán Jochen Hippler, para quien "el potencial bélico de Hisbollah no es una amenaza real para Israel".
The Gaza/Lebanon Crises: Escalating Occupation & Danger of New Border Fighting 12 July 2006
By Phyllis Bennis
The Israeli assaults on Gaza and Lebanon are political, not just humanitarian, says Bennis. They violate the Fourth Geneva Convention in seeking to collectively punish whole populations, and the attack on
Lebanon risks a serious escalation, were Syria to become involved. Only a new, international (not U.S.-sponsored) diplomatic process based on international law and human rights can form the basis for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region.
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