memeorandum: Israel's Existence at Stake (Charles Krauthammer/Real Clear Politics)

12:05 PM ET, July 14, 2006

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New York Times:

Israel Blockades Lebanon; Wide Strikes by Hezbollah — BEIRUT, Lebanon, Friday, July 14 — Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut's international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah loosed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed …

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Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:

Israel's Existence at Stake — WASHINGTON — Next June will mark the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War. For four decades we have been told that the cause of the anger, violence and terror against Israel is its occupation of the territories seized in that war. End the occupation and the "cycle of violence'' ceases.

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David Ignatius / Washington Post:

Behind the Crisis, A Push Toward War — After Hezbollah guerrillas captured Israeli soldiers Wednesday, a furious Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz warned that the Israeli army would "turn back the clock in Lebanon by 20 years." Unfortunately, that statement was truer than he may have intended.

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Haaretz:
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Michael Oren / Washington Post:
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Robert Tracinski / Real Clear Politics:
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Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
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David Horovitz / Jerusalem Post:
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Reuters:
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Business Wire:

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Reuters:
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DEBKAfile:

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