Herb Keinon
THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 24, 2006 Israel is carefully watching the world's reaction to Iran's continued refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, with some high-level officials arguing it is now clear that when it comes to stopping Iran, Israel "may have to go it alone," The Jerusalem Post has learned.
One senior source said on Tuesday that Iran "flipped the world the bird" by not responding positively to the Western incentive plan to stop uranium enrichment. He expressed frustration that the Russians and Chinese were already saying that Iran's offer of a "new formula" and willingness to enter "serious negotiations" was an opening to keep on talking. "The Iranians know the world will do nothing," he said. "This is similar to the world's attempts to appease Hitler in the 1930s - they are trying to feed the beast." |
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Erica Silverman
Al Ahram Weekly Aug 25, 2006 Scores of buses overflowing with passengers, so tightly packed that bodies are pressed against glass windows, approached the gates of Rafah Terminal along the Gaza-Egypt border Saturday in a desperate bid to exit the Gaza Strip. Luggage and people piled high on top and on trailers dragging behind, some precariously balancing themselves even on metal hitches in between.
Mohamed, 17, clung to the side of one bus by his arms, trying to make his way into Egypt for medical care. One mother grasped the side of a trailer with one arm and her crying little girl with the other as suitcases were rapidly hurled on top of them. |
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Julia Day, radio correspondent
Friday August 25, 2006 MediaGuardian.co.uk |
Ewen MacAskill and Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
Friday August 25, 2006 The Guardian The French president, Jacques Chirac, opened the way for the formation of a 15,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping force for Lebanon last night by promising France would contribute 2,000 troops.
Other European countries, which have been hesitant about offering soldiers, are likely to follow France's lead by making firm commitments at a meeting in Brussels today. |
Last Updated Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:44:32 EDT
CBC News |
Last Updated Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:42:42 EDT
CBC News Unexploded cluster bomb litter homes, gardens and highways in south Lebanon, the United Nations said Friday, as the U.S. State Department investigated whether Israel's use of the American-made weapons violated secret agreements.
Dalya Farran, a spokeswoman for the UN Mine Action Co-ordination Center, said cluster bombs have been found in 285 locations in south Lebanon. "Our teams are still doing surveys and adding new locations every day," Farran said. "We find about 30 new locations per day." |
By Eric Silver in Jerusalem
The Independent Published: 25 August 2006 Lt-Gen Dan Halutz, Israel's chief of staff, admitted for the first time publicly yesterday that there were failings in his country's four-week war against Hizbollah, which ended inconclusively on 14 August.
"The fighting uncovered shortcomings in various areas; logistical, operational and command," he wrote in a letter to his soldiers. "We are committed to a thorough, honest, rapid and complete investigation of all the shortcomings and successes." General Halutz, who is fighting for his professional life as the government comes under increasing pressure to appoint an impartial commission to find out what went wrong, did not exonerate himself. "We have to draw professional lessons, as we are faced with more challenges," he said. "This test concerns us all, from me down to the last soldier." |
By Adam Entous
Reuters August 25, 2006 JERUSALEM - Sixty-three percent of Israelis want Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign in a sharp public rebuke over his handling of the war in Lebanon against Hizbollah, a newspaper poll showed on Friday.
Many Israelis view a U.N.-brokered ceasefire backed by Olmert as a failure for Israel because Hizbollah's leadership was left standing and the two Israeli soldiers, whose capture by Hizbollah on July 12 sparked the war, were still in captivity. |
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