by Hana Levi Julian Arutz Sheva August 9, 2006 The security cabinet gave the IDF the go-ahead on Wednesday to broaden ground operations and take control of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River. Thousands of troops and reservists stand ready. The vote was unanimous, with three abstentions. Meanwhile, at least 40,000 IDF soldiers waited […]

By: Louis Rene Beres Jewish Press Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Humanitarian international law continues to correctly require that every use of force by an army or insurgent force meet the test of “proportionality.” Going back to the basic legal principle that “the means that can be used to injure an enemy are not unlimited,” proportionality […]

By Ryan Jones Jerusalem Newswire August 08, 2006 Thousands of Israelis continue to suffer in cramped and stuffy bomb shelters across northern Israel, their plight almost completely ignored by an international community seemingly obsessed with the current hardships of Lebanese civilians. Nowhere is the situation worse than in the Hula Valley town of Kiryat Shmona, […]

by Tzippora Hess Arutz Sheva Aug 08, ’06 / 14 Av 5766 Any psychologist can tell you that it is much harder to cope with uncertain circumstances than with the most difficult familiar situation, challenging though it may be. So why, in these very uncertain times, are so many residents of the north choosing to […]

Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 4, 2006 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525803697&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull The good news is that Israel has not lost the war. We can win. As the IDF’s long awaited ground assault is demonstrating, on a tactical level, the IDF has been able to learn on the go, and learn well. The bad news is that Israel’s […]

By: Steven Plaut Jewish Press August 2, 2006 In 1967 Israel defeated the combined armies of the Arab world in six days. We will soon be approaching a month’s worth of fighting between Israel and an Islamic militia without a clear Israeli victory in sight. And the main reason for this has been Israel’s belief […]

by Hana Levi Julian and Hillel Fendel Arutz Sheva August 7, 2006 IDF censors released information that three IDF paratroopers were killed in action Monday during battles with Hizbullah terrorists in the southern Lebanese village of Bint Jbeil. One soldier, 22-year-old Staff Sergeant Malko (Moshe) Ambao of Lod was killed Monday morning in a fierce […]

ZOA Lebanese army helping Hezbollah fight Israel New York – Senior Lebanese government officials have come out strongly supporting Hezbollah, including President Emile Lahoud, who has said, “Hezbollah enjoys utmost prestige in Lebanon … Hezbollah maintains Arab honor … of course [Hezbollah’s leader] Nasrallah has my respect” (‘Meet the Press,’ July 30). Lebanese special envoy […]

by Hana Levi Julian Arutz Sheva August 6, 2006 Three Israelis were killed and scores more wounded in a rocket barrage that slammed into Haifa a few minutes before 8:00 pm Sunday evening. Victims continued to arrive at Haifa hospitals, hours after the attack in which 160 people were treated for physical injuries and psychological […]

JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 2, 2006 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292057294&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Reservists on their way to operations in Lebanon were complaining that they were going without proper equipment, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday. According to some of the soldiers, security officers guarding border communities had been given better equipment than they had received. The reservists said that […]