Series of rockets strike towns across the north  —  Hezbollah fired more than 50 rockets at Israel on Monday, including a barrage which landed after 10 P.M. in the northern towns of Safed, Rosh Pina, Tzivon, Sakhnin, Hatzur Haglilit and Peki'in.  —  Five people were wounded in the rocket barrage …

STAND WITH ISRAEL RALLY NYC OVERWHELMING  —  In a word.  Unbelievable.  Tens of thousands of regular folks, all walks of life, came out to Stand with Israel.  And stand they did.  In broiling heat, the young, old, Jewish, Christian, chanted their support for Israel.  It was gorgeous.

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.

Arab world fed up with Hizbullah  —  With the exception of the Palestinians, the Arab world appears to be united in blaming Iran and Syria for the fighting in Lebanon.  Until last week, Arab political analysts and government officials were reluctant to criticize Hizbullah in public.

DR. GOEBBELS, CALL YOUR OFFICE  —  In an obscene attempt to obtain political mileage, the Democrats are claiming that President Bush is responsible for the outbreak of war in the Middle East.  Howard Dean claims that the war would not have occurred if the Democrats had been in power …

Despite Joint Statement on Mideast, Strains Emerge as U.S. Supports Israel's Campaign  —  STRELNA, Russia, July 16 — The Bush administration on Sunday appeared to give Israel tacit approval to cripple Hezbollah, casting the widening conflict in the Middle East in terms of a wider war on terrorism.

Bush: Lean on Syria  —  I cobbled the Bush-Blair exchange on Israel and Lebanon, accidentally caught at the G8 on mike, together fromWaPo and ABC News. … So, the whole blow-up is Syria's fault, for putting Hizbullah up to making mischief.  No reference to Israeli actions in Gaza.

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 …

Best of the Web  —  Shiite Hits Fan  —  Let's look at the bright side, shall we?  There are quite a few countries that have waged war on Israel before (1948, 1967, 1973) but are not doing so now.  Jerusalem is formally at peace with Egypt and Jordan.  Iraq is busy recovering from Saddam Hussein's misrule.