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Alan Dershowitz / Los Angeles Times:
'Civilian Casualty'? It Depends — Those who supports terrorists are not entirely innocent. — THE NEWS IS filled these days with reports of civilian casualties, comparative civilian body counts and criticism of Israel, along with Hezbollah, for causing the deaths, injuries and "collective punishment" of civilians.
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Captain's Quarters, Jay Currie, Unfogged, Crooked Timber, Kenneth Anderson's Law … and Old War Dogs
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Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israel Hastily Musters Its Citizen Army — Roy Bass emerged from the Mediterranean waves at noon Friday for a Popsicle break when, surfboard in hand, he heard his cell phone ringing on the beach. It was a recorded message: "An emergency draft has been activated."
Ynetnews:
IDF to residents of Southern Lebanon: Leave today — (VIDEO) In message to 13 southern Lebanon towns, broadcast by Arab radio stations, residents informed their lives in danger, told to move north of Litani river. CO Galilee Division: We'll expand operations if we must — Hanan Greenberg
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Counterterrorism Blog, The Belmont Club, Israel Matzav, Blue Crab Boulevard and TigerHawk
New York Times:
U.S. Plan Seeks to Wedge Syria Away From Iran — WASHINGTON, July 22 — As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Israel on Sunday, Bush administration officials say they recognize Syria is central to any plans to resolve the crisis in the Middle East, and they are seeking ways …
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Israel Will Accept a Disarmed Hezbollah — Envoy Talks of Future As a 'Political Group' — The United States, Israel, the United Nations and the European Union have reluctantly concluded that despite punishing military attacks, Hezbollah is likely to survive as a political player in Lebanon …
Sharon Roffe-Ofir / Ynetnews:
Israel building prison for Lebanese captives — Exclusive: IDF starts building detention compound to be used for holding Hizbullah members that will be captured during fighting in north. Officials: Project attests to government's plans for large-scale ground incursion in Lebanon
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:Bush: Rice trip will focus on Hezbollah
Discussion:
Michelle Malkin
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Troops Ready, but Israel Bets on Air Power — JERUSALEM, July 22 — On Israeli intelligence maps of southern Lebanon, the stronghold of the Hezbollah militia, there are numerals in circles that overlap many villages. One is marked "8," others "7" or fewer.
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
For Hezbollah, survival may mean victory — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges that Israeli troops can sweep across south Lebanon. But if he and his militants can survive and keep fighting, he will cement his image as the unlikely new hero of Arab nationalism.
CNN:
Israeli military seizes Lebanese town — Attacks rain down from both sides of border — AVIVIM, Israel (CNN) — Denying that it plans a full-scale ground invasion, the Israeli military entered the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras on Saturday to establish its "first foothold" …
Avi Issacharoff / Haaretz:
Fatah: Hamas ready to accept deal on ceasefire, release of Shalit — Senior Fatah sources in Gaza said on Saturday that Hamas is ready to accept a deal that involves freeing abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, a joint cease-fire and an end to IDF actions in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel Matzav
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Tunku Varadarajan / Opinion Journal:
The Romance of Economics — Milton and Rose Friedman: Dinner with Keynes? Yes. War with Iraq? They disagree. — PALO ALTO, Calif.—One doesn't interview a man like Milton Friedman—the Nobel laureate in economics in 1976 and among the five or six most consequential thinkers of the 20th century …
Warren Hoge / New York Times:
Bolton's Ways Foil Goals, Envoys Say — UNITED NATIONS, July 22 — In recent months, as one international crisis followed another, John R. Bolton has fulfilled the role of the United Nations' most influential ambassador at full strength, firmly articulating the position of the United States …
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
HEZBOLLAH'S PLAN....Why did Hezbollah conduct the cross-border raid last week that resulted in the capture of two Israeli soldiers? What did Hezbollah's leader, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, think he was going to accomplish? I've read quite a few variations on the explanation offered here by Adam Shatz:
CBS News:
Buckley: Bush Not A True Conservative — In Exclusive Interview, Buckley Criticizes President For Interventionist Policies — (CBS) President Bush ran for office as a "compassionate conservative." And he continues to nurture his conservative base — even issuing his first veto this week against embryonic stem cell research.
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
400,000 Frozen Embryos — But only 128 'snowflakes' have been adopted. Will the stem-cell veto hurt the GOP? — July 21, 2006 - There's no daylight between President Bush and what any Democrat is saying about the Middle East conflict. Polls show that Americans sympathize with Israel …
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