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9:40 AM ET, July 18, 2006

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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Hunker Down With History  —  The greatest mistake Israel could make at the moment is to forget that Israel itself is a mistake.  It is an honest mistake, a well-intentioned mistake, a mistake for which no one is culpable, but the idea of creating a nation of European Jews in an area of Arab Muslims …
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Ynetnews:
3 reserves brigades called up  —  Defense ministry approves draft Monday night.  Reserves to take over in Judea and Samaria, regular forces to move north  —  Hanan Greenberg  —  Defense Minister Amir Peretz approved Monday night the draft of three reserves brigades - infantry and engineers.
New York Times:
Israeli General Says Lebanon Offensive Will Last Weeks  —  JERUSALEM, July 18 — A top Israeli general said today that Israel's offensive in Lebanon would last another few weeks, and he said that the use of large numbers of ground forces had not been ruled out.
Carl / Israel Matzav:
A history lesson  —  At Little Green Footballs this morning, Charles Johnson points to an article in today's Washington Post with the comment, "At the Washington Post, Richard Cohen agrees with Hamas and Hizballah that 'Israel is a mistake.' And he's open to the argument that Israel is a 'crime.'"
Discussion: Soccer Dad
Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:
War in north: Support in New York, condemnation in Berlin
Discussion: Vital Perspective
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Arab world fed up with Hizbullah
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org and TAPPED
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senator Resisting Bush Over Detainees  —  WASHINGTON, July 17 — Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina often plays the contrarian, the conservative Republican willing to poke a stick in the eye of the White House.  —  Now Mr. Graham is playing an even higher-profile variant of that role …
Discussion: Air America Radio
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Bid for Blacks Falters
Discussion: THE NEWS BLOG
Associated Press:
Bond Criticizes, Invites Bush
Discussion: The Democratic Party
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Times to Reduce Page Size and Close a Plant in 2008  —  The New York Times is planning to reduce the size of the newspaper, making it narrower by one and a half inches, and to close its printing operation in Edison, N.J., company officials said yesterday.  —  The changes, to go into effect …
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Jim Bronskill / torontosun.com:
No-fly list to ignore terror ties  —  Belonging to group won't be enough to be deemed air threat  —  OTTAWA — Being a member of a terrorist organization won't necessarily land someone on Canada's no-fly list, The Canadian Press has learned.  —  Proposed criteria would limit inclusion …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Friendly skies: Canada greenlights terrorists for air travel
Mash / Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying:
President Bush Strikes From Behind  —  At the G-8 summit, President Bush grabs German Chancellor Angela Merkel from behind and gives her a quick massage before rushing off.  Chancellor Merkel is not amused.  —  While the Middle East burns, our fearless leader is busy with his frat boy pranks.
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Ynetnews:
Iran to Hizbullah: Curb attacks on Israel  —  Arabic language newspaper reports Iran was warned by European country that Israel is ready to attack targets in Syria in campaign to liquidate Hizbullah; Tehran sends foreign minister to Damascus to demand Hizbullah curtail attacks against Israel
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Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Caught on Candid Camera
Discussion: The Left Coaster and RedState
Rich Karlgaard / Digital Rules:
Where Is The "Netroots Left" On Israel?  —  Missing in action.  —  First a bit of background.  The so-called Netroots Left, led by Markos Moulitsas of the popular Daily Kos, wants to be a player in American politics.  As a test case, the Kossacks are throwing their weight behind political …
Washington Post:
Bush Set to Use First Veto on Stem Cell Bill  —  Despite Divided GOP, President Says He Will Not Ease Restrictions on Federally Funded Research  —  Since his inauguration in 2000, President Bush has gone out of his way to avoid an overt confrontation with Congress.
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
NOT EQUAL:  —  At Tapped, Matt Yglesias writes that Hezbollah's rocket strikes, as compared with Israel's bombing of Lebanon, are "equally indefensible."  Equally?  Hezbollah began the crisis with an act of war that included a cross-border incursion and a kidnapping.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Transformation's Toll  —  "Grotesque" was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's characterization of the charge that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was responsible for the current Middle East conflagration.  She is correct, up to a point.  This point: Hezbollah and Hamas were alive and toxic long before March 2003.
David S. Joachim / New York Times:
For CBS's Fall Lineup, Check Inside Your Refrigerator  —  IN September, CBS plans to start using a new place to advertise its fall television lineup: your breakfast.  —  The network plans to announce today that it will place laser imprints of its trademark eye insignia …
southernillinoisan.com:
SOLDIER FULFILLING PROMISE TO DELIVER AFGHANI RUG TO PRESIDENT  —  U.S. Army Lt. Col. Grayson Gile of Marion holds up a rug that he received while serving in Afghanistan as a member of the Combined Joint Special Operation Task Force.  The men that gave it to him asked if he could get the rug …
Discussion: The Anchoress
 
 
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Adam LeBor / Harry's Place:
A Proxy War against Iran
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Israel Invades Lebanon;  —  Ongoing Airstrikes Kill Dozens of Lebanese Civilians;
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Political Romanticism
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Military-Style Assault Kills Dozens in Iraqi Marketplace
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