"It will be called the massacre of Marwaheen. All the civilians killed by the Israelis had been ordered to abandon their homes in the border village by the Israelis themselves a few hours earlier. Leave, they were told by loudspeaker; and leave they did, 20 of them in a convoy of civilian cars. That's when the Israeli jets arrived to bomb them, killing 20 Lebanese, at least nine of them children. The local fire brigade could not put out the fires as they all burned alive in the inferno. " Independent
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"In Lebanon as in Gaza, it is not Israel's right to protect its civilian population from terrorist aggression that is at issue. It is the way Israel goes about exercising that right...military leaders remain addicted to the notion that, whatever they have a right to do, they have a right to overdo" Observer
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"Yes, Hamas had no right to take an Israeli soldier captive, nor was Hezbollah justified in seizing two Israeli soldiers and killing eight others. But Israel has now killed more than 50 Lebanese civilians, and it is destroying the civilian infrastructure of that country, along with Gaza’s. These aren’t defensive acts. These are acts of aggression."Matthew Rothschild
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Israel hits Gaza house, Saturday, 15 July
AP Photo
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"So to suggest that Israel is looking for a solution here, to suggest that it’s playing for peace, is to be as cynical as those imbeciles who claim Israel is being “humanitarian” by raining leaflets of evacuation warnings before dropping its tonnage of barbarism in civilian zones. When rogue goes against rogue, and a rogue-in-chief stands by from his Roman-themed colonnades a Potomac away, a just solution is not only not being sought; it’s a virtual impossibility." Pierre Tristam
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Some of the thousands fleeing areas in Lebanon
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"Olmert lacks what the people of Israel like, which is someone who knows how to kill Arabs," Baltiansky said. "It sounds harsh, but Sharon knew when and how to kill Arabs, and when to talk to them" IHT
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Strikes on Haifa, and other Israeli cities, civilians killed...
Olmert says:
"There will be far-reaching consequences in our relations on the northern border and in the area in general." Newsday
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The Israeli warship is attacked, Iran is blamed... the soldiers are kidnapped by Hizbullah, Israel says they might be transferred to Iran ...Tiberias hit, Iran blamed...Haifa hit, Iran blamed, Israel says there are even Iranian revolutionary guards in Lebanon...and Iran probably has Hoffa... a close second held by blame on Syria..
Forbes
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"Next, we’re going to have the Iranian campaign.... This is the last hurrah"
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Toronto Star
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Kuwait Times, Kuwait
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BBC photos of the effects of this war
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Nazzal...Every now and then the head lifts..but tears are heavy to hold up.
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