Israel's Invasion, Syria's War  —  ISRAEL'S incursion into Lebanon after the kidnapping on Wednesday of two Israeli soldiers by the militant group Hezbollah is far more than another flare-up on a tense border.  It must also be seen as a spinoff of a general counterattack against American …

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.

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 …

Necessary Steps for Israel  —  Confronting State Sponsors of Terror Is the Only Option  —  JERUSALEM — For the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel is facing hostilities on two fronts.  The exceedingly volatile situation is liable to embroil other Middle Eastern states …

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.