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Siniora: Lebanon will be last country to make peace with Israel

Aug. 30, 2006 -Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora claims that Lebanon would be the last Arab country to ever sign a peace deal with Israel, and that would only be after Israel would agree to a 2002 Arab League demand that they return all territories conquered in the 1967 Six-Day War, and allow establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Source: Ha'Aretz

Nasrallah: We wouldn't have snatched soldiers if we thought it would spark war

Aug. 28, 2006 - During a Lebanese television interview, Hezbullah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, said that they would not have captured the two Israeli soldiers if he had known how extensive the war would be.

Nasrallah also said he did not believe there would be a second round of fighting with Israel, and stated that Hezbollah would adhere to the cease-fire despite what he called Israeli provocation.

Source:Ha'Aretz (Story no longer on line)

Israeli Soldier Dies After IDF Conducts Raid on Hezbollah Stronghold

Aug. 19, 2006 - Israeli Defense Forces raided a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon today and bombed a bridge to disrupt the rearming of the militants. They claimed that Syria and Iran were smuggling arms. One Israeli soldier was killed. Hezbollah complained that it was a violation of the cease-fire. Israel said they had the right to stop their enemy from rebuilding their arsenal.

But there was no immediate escalation in the fighting, raising hopes for the 6-day-old truce as the United Nations pleaded for nations to contribute to an international peacekeeping force due to patrol southern Lebanon.

Source: Fox

IAF overflights reported in eastern Lebanon

Aug. 18, 2006 - Israeli warplanes and drones flew missions today over Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, near Baalbek, the Hezbollah stronghold.

The IDF confirmed the flights but stressed that the planes did not open fire and in turn had not violated the cease-fire put into action on Monday.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Agreement Already Violated

Aug. 17, 2006 - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday. She told him that the fact the abducted Israel Defense Forces soldiers have not been released constitutes a violation of Security Council Resolution 1701 . Annan agreed that the soldiers should be released. Their release is mentioned in the introduction to Resolution 1701, but not in its obligating operative part.

Livni also told Annan that the international force must have with real military capabilities, and be able to "fulfill the Security Council resolution word for word." She said Israel will not ignore a vacuum in Lebanon.

Source: YNet

Israeli Defense Force will maintain presence in Lebanon

Aug. 16, 2006 - Israel's Deputy Chief of General Staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky said that the IDF will maintain key outposts in Lebanon even after soldiers withdraw from the area. These observation points will be maintained until "the Lebanese government takes responsibility for what happened in the south of the country."

"If fighting breaks out again," said Kaplinsky, "we will never need to run away - we'll know how to deal with it. Our job is to facilitate the conditions for a cease-fire agreement to take hold in the field."

Source: Jerusalem Post
U.N. Cease-Fire Deal Takes Effect in Mideast

Aug. 14, 2006 - Rockets are no longer being launched into Israel, and gunfire has virtually stopped. Thousands of people who fled war zones are returning to their homes on both sides of the border.

Lebanese, Israeli and U.N. officers met on the border Monday to discuss the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army in the region, U.N. spokesman Milos Strugar said.

The next step should be the arrival of a U.N.peacekeeping mission in a few days.

Source: Fox

U.N. Security Council Approves Cease-Fire Resolution

Aug. 12, 2006 - A resolultion to implement a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah has been approved by the U.N. Security Council. It authorized 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon, and calls for the withdrawal of Israeli troops. The timing of the cease-fire was not specified. Israel will be permitted to continue any "defensive" military operations. An unconditional release of the abducted Israeli soldiers is part of the agreement. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played a major role in the diplomacy that led to the resolution. She issued an invitation to other nations to respect the terms of the agreement.

"Today we call upon every state, especially Iran and Syria, to respect the sovereignty of the Lebanese government and the will of the international community," Rice told the council. Iran and Syria back Hezbollah and supply it rockets and other weapons.

The resolution must now be considered by Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah during the next few days. Each party will need to agree for the plan to go into effect.

Source: Fox

Text of the U.N. Draft Resolution

Kissinger: Disarming Hezbollah Key to Mideast Peace

Aug. 10, 2006 - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said that the simple, most important fact about the current crisis between Israel and Hezbollah, is that Hezbollah is must be disarmed. Otherwise, a cease-fire resolution will be worthless, because, he said, "Chaos and tensions in the Middle East will continue."

Source: Fox

Israeli, Hezbollah Forces Battle as Diplomats Seek End to Firing

Aug. 8, 2006 - While United Nations delegates struggle to work out the bugs in their peace plan, Israel races against the clock to try to cripple Hezbollah operations and stop the rocket attacks. Lebanon wants to send their army to the south to maintain peace, but will only do so after Israeli forces have left Lebanon. Israel wants to stay until Hezbollah's power is broken.

Lebanon put its offers on the table: pledging up to 15,000 troops to a possible peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon and saying Hezbollah's days of running a state within a state would end. s

Source: Fox

‘12th Imam,’ key facet of Islamic prophecy, fueling Middle East turmoil, experts say

Aug. 7, 2006 - Muslims also believe in a Messiah who is to come. They call him Mahdi, and the Shiite branch of Islam believes he is Mohammed ibn Hasan, the 12th in the line of imams who were descendents of the prophet Mohammed. Mohammed ibn Hasan was born in 868 A.D., and they believe God placed him into hiding until the day of judgment.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been cited by various news sources as not only believing in the eventual return of the Mahdi, but that the return is near and that it is the responsibility of the Iranian government to prepare the country for his return.

Some Muslims believe that Jesus is the Madhi, and when he comes he will prove that Islam is the true religion.

Source: Baptist Press

Iranian cataclysm forecast Aug. 22 - Islamists seeking heaven could spark apocalypse, Princeton expert warns - World Net Daily

Even Russia agrees with US-French draft resolution

Aug 7, 2006 - The five U.N. Security Council nations that have veto power have agreed in advance to support a cease-fire resolution that should be approved on Tuesday.

The French-American draft resolution is considered amenable to Israel since it does not call for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon at this stage, but only after the deployment of a multinational force alongside the Lebanese army.

The resolution also allows Israel to defend itself, and calls for the release of the kidnapped Israelis

Source: YNet News - Reuters

Israeli Airstrikes Target Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon - Fox

Lebanese PM in tears: Help us - YNet News - Reuters

Lebanon PM revises air raid toll - Only ONE death instead of FORTY in latest Israeli attack! - BBC

Israeli Arabs: Finish off Nasrallah - YNet News - Reuters

Israeli Forces Battle Hezbollah in Tyre; Launch Multiple Airstrikes Across Country

Aug 5, 2006 - Fighting has continued in Lebanon and Israel, but negotiations between the U.S. and France are progressing toward a possible U.N. cease-fire resolution that may be proposed early next week. Hezbollah has threatened to target Tel Aviv with missiles, and Israeli naval commandos have conducted ground battles in the southern port city of Tyre.

Source: Fox

Israel hits bridges, expands Lebanon bombing

Aug. 4, 2006 - The battle intensified in Lebanon with numerous Israeli strikes against Hezbollah strongholds. They also bombed highways in the Christian heartland north of Beirut.

The destruction of four bridges on the main north-south coastal highway linking Beirut to Syria further sealed Lebanon from outside links, as the Israeli naval blockade and earlier strikes against roadways have largely closed off other access points.

Source: MSNBC

Israeli commandos clash with Hezbollah
Guerrillas captured in raid on Baalbek; rockets strike deep inside Israel

Aug. 2, 2006 - Intense fighting has continued in the Israeli-Lebanon conflict. Israel captured five Hezbollah guerrillas and killed 10 in the northeastern city of Baalbek, and attacked a Lebanese army base in the southern part of the country.

Hezbollah guerrillas hit back Wednesday, firing a heavy barrage of more than 300 rockets at towns across northern Israel since dawn, Lebanese security officials said, including one that hit the West Bank for the first time.

Source: MSNBC

Israeli Warplanes Pummel Lebanon; Ground Invasion to Expand

Aug. 1, 2006 - The war between Israel and Lebanon continues, with Israeli air strikes against Shiite villages and Hezbollah.

In retaliation, Hezbollah television claimed that 35 Israeli soldiers had been killed or wounded in battles at the Lebanon-Israeli border town of Ainta al-Shaab.

Source: Fox

Israel Agrees To Temporarily Suspend Airstrikes

July 30, 2006 - Israel has suspended air strikes in Lebanon for 48 hours, but continues the offensive on the ground. This action follows a strong reaction by the world and the U.N. for Israel's bombing of a refuge center, killing some 56 or more people, including many women and children.

A presidential statement, approved unanimously by the 15-member [United Nations] council in an emergency session Sunday, expressed "extreme shock and distress" at the Israeli attack early Sunday morning but stopped short of condemning it.

Source: Fox

Israel strikes Lebanon targets despite pause - MSNBC

Outrage Misplaced? - Important information about Hezbollah placing civilians in the targeted building as human shields - Hal Lindsey

Results of IDF's Kana inquiry released - 28 deaths - Jerusalem Post

IDF will continue to honor human shields - IMRF

Israel Rejects U.N. Request for Temporary Cease-Fire

July 29, 3006 - On Firday Jan Egeland, the U.N. humanitarian chief, asked Israel to observe a three-day truce to allow evacuation of trapped civilians and the import of food and medical supplies. Avi Pazner, an Israeli government spokesman, said it is not necessary because Israel has already opened humanitarian corridors to and from Lebanon. He added:

The problem is completely different. It is Hezbollah who is deliberately preventing the transfer of medical aid and of food to the population of southern Lebanon in order to create a humanitarian crisis...

Source: Fox

Bush Asks Syria To Help Broker Peace Between Israel, Hezbollah

July 28, 2006 - President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, at a White House Conference, asked Syria to join in the effort to bring about peace in the current war between Israel and Hezbollah. They also expressed hopes that the U.N. could pass a resolution about the war by next week.

The two leaders also told reporters they were going to pursue a U.N. Security Council resolution to create a multinational force to aid the Lebanese government in taking control of Hezbollah guerillas and bring peace to the region.

Source: Fox

Iran: We Don't Support Hezbollah

Israel: Hezbollah Will Never Be the Same

JULY 27 - Decisions were made in Israel to call up thousands of additional reserve forces, but not to significantly expand the ground offensive in Lebanon.

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz vowed that Hezbollah will "not return to what it was," and that Israel "will not allow the Hezbollah flag to be flown on the borders of Israel."

Source: Fox

Al-Qaida Calls for Holy War Against Israel

July 27, 2006 - Ayman al-Zawahri, second in command to Osama bin Laden called on Muslims to fight a Holy War against Israel. He said that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and Palestinian militants would not be ended with "cease-fires or agreements."

"It is a jihad (holy war) for the sake of God and will last until (our) religion prevails ... from Spain to Iraq," al-Zawahri said. "We will attack everywhere." Spain was controlled by Arab Muslims for more than seven centuries until they were driven from power in 1492.

Source: My Way

Al-Zawahri: 'All the World Is a Battlefield' - NewsMax (Story no longer on line)

U.S., EU, Arab leaders fail to reach truce deal

July 26, 2006 - Meeting in Rome, representatives of the U.S., European nations, and Arabs could not agree on a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States favored urgently ending the fighting but said there cannot be a return to a “status quo” of political uncertainty and instability in Lebanon.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the solution to the Mideast crisis should involve Iran and Syria. He also called for the formation of a multinational force to help Lebanon assert its authority and implement U.N. resolutions that would disarm Hezbollah.

Source: MSNBC

Israeli forces close in on key Hizbollah stronghold

(Story no longer on line)

Israeli Ground Troops Move Farther Into Lebanon; Israeli Chopper Crashes

July 24, 2006 - Israeli troops entered the Lebanese town of Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon.

Nearly constant gunfire and explosions could be heard in southern Lebanon from the Israeli side of the border, and large plumes of gray smoke rose over the area. Hezbollah guerrillas were firing mortars into northern Israeli and anti-tank missiles at Israeli forces... It said at least one Israeli tank was hit by incessant Hezbollah fire and that 10 soldiers were wounded in the fighting. The army denied Arab media reports that five tanks were destroyed.

Source: Reuters & Fox

Hezbollah rejects Annan’s plan to end violence

July 22, 2006 - On Thursday UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced both sides for the violence and proposed a plan for Hezbollah to release the two soldiers in exchange for a cease-fire and deployment of a stabilization force. Hezbollah deputy Nawar Sahali responded by saying,

“We will only accept an unconditional ceasefire followed by indirect negotiations for a prisoner swap.”

He also accused Annan “of defending Israel ... and taking its side.” Annan had said that Israel was within its rights of self-defence to launch the attack, but had denounced Israel’s “disproportionate use of force and collective punishment of the Lebanese people.

Source: Khajeel Times

Rice outlines strategy for peace

July 21, 2006 - This weekend Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be meeting in Rome with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and others to discuss how to create conditions for "stability and lasting peace." She will not be meeting with Syria or Hezbollah. She said, "Syria knows what it needs to do and Hizbullah is the source of the problem."

Source: Jerusalem Post

Tony Snow: White House Actively Pursuing End to Mideast Turmoil

July 21, 2006 - White House Press Secretary Tony Snow says that a great deal of diplomacy has been going on behind the scenes with the countries of the Middle East. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice went to the United Nations to confer with foreign policy leaders of other nations, and is now planning to visit the Middle East next week. Snow says the U.S. is opposed to a quick cease-fire without built-in steps for longer-term stability in both Israel and Lebanon.

"You're not going to see a return to the kind of diplomacy, I think, that we've seen before where you try to negotiate an end to the violence that leaves the parties in place and where you have status quo ante," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Thursday.

Source: Fox

Army preparing to call up thousands of reservists 16 hurt, 4 moderately, in Katyusha strike on Haifa - Ha'Aretz (Story no longer on line)

Israeli Troops Battle Hezbollah Guerrillas in Lebanon

July 20, 2006 - While Israeli soldiers have entered Lebanon to fight Hezbollah guerrillas, residents of southern Lebanon have been warned to "immediatly" flee the area.

Source: Fox

4 soldiers injured in helicopter crash near northern border - Jerusalem Post

IDF forces gathering in North for possible ground incursion - Jerusalem Post

House Votes to Support Israel's Confrontation in Lebanon

July 20, 2006 - The House of Representatives voted 410-8 to support Israel in its confrontation with Hezbollah guerrillas. The resolultion also condemns enemies of the Jewish state.

Source: Fox

White House Defends Stance on Mideast Crisis - Fox

U.S.: Iranians witnessed N. Korea missile test

July 20, 2006 - Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill, who is also the chief U.S. negotiator with North Korea, said that one or more Iranians were on hand to witness North Korea's multiple missile tests on the 4th of July. This fact deepens U.S. concerns about growing ties between the two countries.

But U.S. officials have long said that Iran and North Korea have been collaborating and have expressed serious concerns that cash-strapped Pyongyang was keen to sell missiles and possibly also nuclear material.

Source: CNN

Terror's Nuclear Nexus - Front Page Magazine

"If America Wants to Ignite World War Three ... We Welcome It" - Wiz Bang Blog

Russia Blasts Scale of Israeli Actions in Lebanon

July 20, 2006 - Russian officials say Israel is going too far in its anti-terrorist response.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Russia affirms the need to fight terrorism and called for the immediate release of Israeli hostages, but added that "the unprecedented scale of the casualties and destruction" in Lebanon indicate that Israel is using too much force.

Source: Fox

Nasrallah Will Give Tel Aviv Residents One Hour to Flee

July 19, 2006 - Claiming the right to retaliate for Israel's bombing of Beiruit, the Palestinian Authority-based news agency Ma'an says that Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah will give residents of Tel Aviv a one hour warning before attacking the city.

"As soon as the delay ends, hundreds of heavy missiles will start landing in the city, which has been divided into squares in order to let damage reach every inch of the city. An estimated 500 missiles are expected to land in Tel Aviv in a short period of time."

Source: Arutz Sheva - Israel National News

Israeli Ground Troops Enter Lebanon

July 19, 2006 - Israel has sent military troops into southern Lebanon in a search for tunnels and weapons.

Despite the diplomatic activity, Israel is in no hurry to end its offensive, which it sees as a unique opportunity to crush Hezbollah.

Source: A.P. MyWay

Israeli Troops Battle Hezbollah Guerrillas - CBN (Story no longer on line)

Israel claims Iran link to crisis

July 18, 2006 - Today Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the killing of Israeli soldiers and the capture of two of them was co-ordinated with Tehran.

Mr Olmert said the timing of the incident was not an accident, and the international community at the G8 summit in Russia had fallen for it - discussing Lebanon rather than Iran's nuclear programme.

Source: BBC

IDF needs another week to alleviate Hizbullah threat
Forty to fifty percent of
Hizbullah's military capability has been destroyed

July 18, 2006 - The Israeli Defense Force has cut Hizbullah's military threat almost in half during the first week of retaliation, and hopes to have at least one more week to finish the job. The G8 nations' essential support for Israel, and condemnation of Hizbullah and Hamas, should allow Israel the time it needs to eliminate the terrorist threat.

Operations in Lebanon, the Post has learned, are costing Israel NIS 50-100 million a day.

Source:Jerusalem Post

Is this the start of World War III?

July 17, 2006 - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that the current Middle East crisis the beginning of "World War III." Meanwhile Rush Limbaugh said on the radio, "It's been World War III sinde 9/11."

Sources: Jerusalem Post, Rush Limbaugh

Israel: Long-Range Missile Destroyed

July 17, 2006 - Israeli aircraft bombed a truch in Lebanon carrying at least long-range missile that would have be capable of striking Tel Aviv, 80 miles south of the border between Israel and Lebanon.

Source: Breitbart.com - Associated Press

Continued Hezbolla Rocket Attacks In Haifa and other Israeli Cities

July 17, 2006 - A rocket struck a Haifa apartment building, collapsing the top two floors and killing six people.

Elsewhere, rockets landed in Tiberias and adjacent Lake Kinneret beaches, Acre and Safed as well. In addition, rockets were fired for the first time on communities in the southern Golan Heights.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Israeli troops briefly enter southern Lebanon - MSNBC

The Hand That Feeds the Fire - Behind The Crisis: How Iran is wielding its influence to wage a stealthy war against Israel and America. - Newsweek

Hate Thy Neighbor Understanding the new and lethal logic of violence in the Middle East--and what the world can do to find peace - Time

Arab League split on support for Hezbollah - chron.com

Hezbollah Rockets Hit Nazareth - The Conservative Voice

Israel, Hezbollah Trade Fierce Rocket Attacks - Haifa missile was manufactured in Syria and patterned after an Iranian Fajr-3 type.

The missile contained a large amount of explosives and hundreds of metal ball bearings "capable of piercing a steel door," said local police Cmdr. Dan Ronen.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Olmert hopes for "eternal covenant" with Arabs

July 17, 2006 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel tried to avoid confrontations by withdrawing from occupied areas. He said he hoped an "eternal covenant" could soon be signed between Israel and its neighbors.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Hezbollah rockets kill 8 in Haifa

July 16, 2006 - Hezbollah militants have fired more than 450 rockets into Israel during the past few days. Their targets are in several Israeli towns and cities, the largest being Haifa, Israel's northern seaport. Overnight 8 Israelis were killed in Haifa by some of the rockets. The attacks prompted new airstrikes in Beirut by Israel.

Source: CNN

Report: Israel gives Syria ultimatum

July 15, 2006 - According to London's Al-Hayat Arabic language newspaper, Israel has given Syria "72 hours to stop Hizbullah’s activity along the Lebanon-Israel border and bring about the release the two kidnapped IDF soldiers." If Syria does not cooperate, Israel may attack Syrian targets.

The source said that Israel has indicated that it “will not end its military activity until a new situation is created that will prevent Syria and Iran from using terror organizations, such as Hamas and Hizbullah, to threaten its security.”

Source: YNet

Syria says fully backs Hizbullah against Israel - YNet

Ahmadinejad: Strike on Syria would be considered attack on whole Islamic world - WorldNetDaily

US and Russia differ on Mid-East - BBC

Israel: Iranian troops helped Hezbollah attack - MSNBC

Hezbollah Aircraft Attacks Israeli Warship Off Beirut

July 14, 2006 - An Israeli warship was attacked by an unmanned Hezbollah aircraft rigged with explosives, setting it on fire. Four Israeli sailors are missing.

"You wanted an open war and we are ready for an open war," Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a taped statement. He vowed to strike even deeper into Israel with rockets.

Source: Fox

Hezbollah missile hits Navy ship off Beirut coast - Not a drone, but an Iranian C-802 missile caused the damage - Ha'Aretz

Syria calls for Hizbullah cease fire

July 14, 2006 - In an interview with the BBC Syria's ambassador to London said, "Syria is not interested in joining the battle." He called on Hizbullah to come to an arrangement that would include exchanging prisoners.

Saudi Arabia also criticized Hizbullah of engaging in "uncalculated adventures" that could precipitate a new Middle East crisis.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Hezbollah ready for 'war on every level' - CNN

Report: Syrians shoot at Israel - WorldNetDaily

Rockets hit Israeli city of Haifa- BBC
Israeli Jets Bomb Main Road Between Beirut and Damascus - Fox

July 13, 2006 - Israel's seaport city of Haifa has been struck by two rockets. Hezbollah, the radical Islamic group that has two representatives in the Lebanese government, denied responsibility, but they had made threats to strike Haifa just hours before the event.

Israel has responded by bombing the Beirut Lebanon airport for a second time, and by bombing the road that links Beirut with Damascus, the capital of Syria

Analysis: Hoping the ripples reach Teheran - Jerusalem Post

Russia condemns Israeli attacks - Jerusalem Post

US says Israel has right to defend itself - Reuters

U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution on Mideast - CNN

U.S. stands alone in defending Israel - MSNBC

Iran warns Israel of 'fierce response'- Ahmadinejad: Strike on Syria would be considered attack on whole Islamic world - WorldNetDaily

Iran President: Attack on Syria Is an Attack on Islam - NewsMax

Brink of War: Lebanon Launches Retaliatory Assault on Israel

July 13, 2006 - Israel has targeted two Lebanese town with missile attacks. Hezbollah warned that the major port city of Haifa would be targeted Israel strikes Beirut.

A strike on Haifa, Israel's third largest city, would be the deepest ever into Israel by Hezbollah guerrillas and would sharply escalate the violence amid Israel's fierce bombing campaign in Lebanon...

Source: Fox

Israel imposes Lebanon blockade - BBC

Israeli warplanes attack Beirut airport - Associated Press

Bush defends Israel actions, Russia condemns attacks - Reuters

WAR LOOMS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON

3 IDF soldiers killed on Israel's northern border

July 12, 2006 - Hezbollah raiders from Lebanon killed three Israeli soldiers and kidnapped two others. Four other soldiers were killed when their tank drove over a bomb while they were looking for the kidnapped soldiers.

On Lebanese territory the IDF conducted a ground chase after the kidnappers of the two soldiers, who were taken by Hezbollah members during the heavy fire. Simultaneously, Lebanese territory is being bombed using tanks, shells, planes and missile ships.

Source: YnetNews

PM Olmert declares Hezbollah attack 'act of war' by Lebanon - Jerusalem Post

IDF issuing callup orders for reservists - Jerusalem Post

Iran's President Warns Israel Over Gaza

July 7, 2006 - At an Anti-Israel rally in Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "fake regime," and warned that the Israeli invasion of Gaza could cause a violent world-wide backlash.

"They should not let things reach a point where an explosion occurs in the Islamic world," he said. "If an explosion occurs, then it will not be limited to geographical boundaries." He says, "It will also burn all those who created [Israel] over the past 60 years."

Source: Voice of America

Soldier's Kidnappers Set Deadline for Israel to Release Palestinian Prisoners

July 3, 2006 - A FAX claiming to be from Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees and the Army of Islam, was sent to news agencies today. It said,

"We give the Zionist enemy until 6:00 tomorrow morning, Tuesday, July 4... If the enemy does not respond to our humanitarian demands ... then the enemy must bear all the consequences of the future results."

Source: Fox

Israel attacks Palestinian leader's HQ

July 2, 2006 - Israel sent an unmistakable message to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh , that the Palestinians must release captured Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit. Missiles from Israeli aircraft struck the Prime Minister's offices. The attack took place during the early hours of the morning, while the offices were not occupied.

Source: Yahoo (Story no longer on line)

Israeli Warplanes Launch Strike on Palestinian Interior Ministry

Hamas Deputy PM Among 64 Officials Arrested by Israel

June 30, 2006 - Israeli military forces have entered Gaza in search of captured soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit. In the process they have arrested at least 64 ministers and lawmakers from Hamas party.

On Wednesday, Israeli warplanes also buzzed the summer home of Syria's president, Bashar Assad, whose regime harbors the hard-line Hamas leaders who Israel says ordered the kidnapping.

Source: Fox

IAF: Aerial flight over Assad's palace

Israel-Lebanon War Links

Special Report: Israel and the Middle East - Guardian U.K.

Prophecy Central: The War of Gog and Magog

Scripture and articles about the war of Ezekiel 38 and 39

The Magog Invasion

Chuck Missler's analysis of strategic trends.

The Who's Who of Gog-Magog

Article by Jack Kinsella

Israel Under Fire - For Zion's Sake

A look at some of the myths and facts following Hezbollah's attack on Israel.

The Hand That Feeds the Fire - Newsweek

Behind The Crisis: How Iran is wielding its influence to wage a stealthy war against Israel and America.

Hate Thy Neighbor -TIME

Understanding the new and lethal logic of violence in the Middle East--and what the world can do to find peace

Lebanon Historically Linked to the Bible - CBN