Israel was not able to disarm Hizbollah in the anticipated time frame of around three weeks and Hizbollah is still able to fire missiles into northern Israel in substantial numbers
Whatever the outcome of the Lebanon war that started on 12 July 2006, one key result of the first four weeks is apparent: that in one important sense, Israel is
Each of the near-daily columns in this series over the past three weeks have focused on the Lebanon war, albeit with some mention of its connections with Gaza, Iraq and
The failure of the Rome summit on 26 July 2006 and the unwillingness of the United States to press for anything more than a minor pause in Israel's
The forty-eight-hour pause in Israeli air raids over Lebanon announced in the aftermath of the Qana massacre on 30 July 2006 has been far from complete, but there was still
In seeking to analyse and understand the factors behind the current war in the middle east, the near-daily columns in this series over the past two weeks have initially focused
The failure of the emergency Rome summit on the middle east on 26 July to call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon has been taken by the Ehud Olmert government
While most western media attention has been focusing on the Lebanon war that erupted on 12 July 2006, there has been a marked escalation in violence in both Afghanistan and
Israel's war in Lebanon is being conducted with unstinting United States support. This suggests that a long war is in prospect.
It is a move that belongs to
Two weeks into the war in Lebanon, the United States is reported in the Israeli press to be giving the Ehud Olmert government at least another week to pursue its
The fast pace of events over the past nine days makes it increasingly essential from the Israeli government's point of view to destroy Hizbollah's capacity to
To most Israelis, the bitter conflict now playing out in Lebanon is an essential requirement for Israel's security. It may be the sixth war Israel has fought in
