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A Devastating War Between Israel & Hezbollah is on the Horizon

A report said that 60% of the Israeli air force has already been put on full alert.

(JERUSALEM) - While the war of words is escalating around the clock between Israel on the one side and Hezbollah and Syria on the other, analysts in the Middle East and Europe strongly believe that war is inevitable and will break out within a few months.

In this scary context, senior Lebanese sources told the Saudi daily Al-Okaz that Hezbollah has announced emergency readiness in all areas of the country where it operates.

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law escalated in the OPT during the reporting period (11 – 17 March 2010).

(HEBRON) - The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reports the latest military action by Israel's military toward Palestinian civilians. A number of shootings are reported.

Getting Away With Murder

Why do we have two sets of laws and standards for Israel and its Arab and Muslim neighbors?

(ABU DHABI, Dubai) - If anyone had any doubts about the evil and criminal nature of the State of Israel, they should have been cleared after what happened in Dubai.

Fadlallah Accuses US of Terrorizing Nations, Thwarting Peace Process

Originally published in the Daily Star, Lebanon.

(BEIRUT) - Senior Shiite Cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah accused the United States of terrorizing nations, preventing the peace process and working on destabilizing the region.

"The United States' unconditional support for Israel should not be an excuse for its intrusion in Lebanese domestic issues and should be firmly confronted," he said.

Israel is Slaughtering Innocent Children at Gaza

More than 758 Palestinians have died, including 257 children. More than 3,000 Palestinians have also been wounded, and over a third are kids.

(SALEM, Ore.) - War certainly is a bit like golf when it comes to keeping track of casualties; the lower the number the better.

Israel's military might, backed largely by tax dollars from a now-dwindling U.S. economy, has never been the question; indeed it is a tried and true machine capable of annihilating hugh numbers of people.

The IDF is performing its well rehearsed death dance at a feverish pace in Gaza.

Militants in Lebanon Blaze Rockets Into Israel

The attacks come a day after Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah delivered a fiery speech in Beirut in which he warned Israel not to attack Lebanon.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As many sources predicted, Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza broadened Thursday as at least three rockets were fired into the north of Israel from Lebanon. It isn't clear who was behind the attacks.

David Hartwell, IHS Jane’s Middle East Analyst commented, “The rockets, said by media reports to be Katyusha variants, landed in the vicinity of Nahariyya, an Israeli town eight km from the border with Lebanon. Israeli forces in the area, which have been on high alert since the start of military operations in Gaza, returned mortar fire in response to the attack, which caused only minor casualties.”

Security sources in Lebanon told reporters that the rockets probably were not fired under instructions from the militant group Hezbollah. The group has neither confirmed or denied responsibility for the attacks.

Lebanon Intrusion

In an apparent effort to lend support for the Bush administration’s bellicose policies toward Iran and Syria, the resolution – like a number of previous ones dealing with Lebanon – grossly exaggerated the influence of those two countries on Hezbollah.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. military intervention in Lebanon, and 25 years after a second U.S. military intervention which left hundreds of Americans and thousands of Lebanese dead, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a resolution by a huge bipartisan majority which may lay the groundwork for a third one.

Lebanon Woman Arrested for Animal Neglect

Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller reports that a Lebanon woman has been arrested for multiple counts of animal neglect.

(ALBANY) - A Lebanon woman faces 19 counts of animal neglect stemming from an investigation on her property at 39627 Mount Hope Road in Lebanon.

46-year old Cheryl Ann Hainz-Justice was arrested and taken to the Linn County Jail for 19 counts of Animal Neglect I.

Hainz-Justice was arrested by deputies who began their investigation after a report was turned into the Sheriff's Office on January 27th...