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...although it’s actually quite striking, even in today’s asymmetric warfare, how much people on opposite sides are speaking the same language. You saw that in the conflict in Lebanon last summer, where both Hezbollah and the Israelis were citing UN Security Council resolutions, and were claiming that tactics used on the other side were “disproportionate” or “not necessary.” They had very different understandings of what those words meant, and they were citing very different Security Council resolutions, but they were all playing...
...justified the destruction that followed. “There is nothing that explains or excuses huge loss of life in that manner,” Abercrombie-Winstanley said. Adding that she was not going to “second guess” Israel’s decisions, she blamed Hezbollah for the start of the conflict. She described Israel’s actions as part of a “long-standing record of very strong responses.” Shabb disagreed with Abercrombie-Winstanley’s classification of Israel’s actions. “I thought...
...between Israel and Hezbollah is over—Israeli troops pulled out of southern Lebanon on the first of the month, as promised—but there is no end in sight to the war between Israel and Hamas, the militant Islamic organization responsible for years of suicide bombings in Israel and for the June 25 kidnapping of Israeli solider Gilad Shalit, which precipitated the most recent conflict in the Middle East...
...single army in the world will be able to dismantle our resistance. No army in the world will be able to make us drop the weapons from our hands:” So bragged Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as he addressed a cheering audience of hundreds of thousands of supporters in southern Beirut.Nasrallah’s appearance at Hezbollah’s victory rally illustrates the importance of a continued international commitment to restoring stability to the region, a commitment that has fallen on deaf ears since the United Nations (UN) brokered ceasefire came into effect this...
...secretary under the Clinton administration and a member of the council, told The Crimson that the meeting addressed several issues, including “Ahmadinejad’s skepticism of the reality of the Holocaust, Iran’s nuclear programs, Lebanon and Iran’s support for Hezbollah, Iraq, and human rights.” “It was my impression that Ahmadinejad was not very interested in hearing anything but the sound of his own voice,” Carter said. “He gave responses that to me seemed practiced and non-convincing...