Posted on August 15th, 2010 by Marian Houk
An Associated Press report this morning indicates that the Israeli Defense Forces have launched a new information offensive against Hizballah. The IDF has taken journalists to the the northern “border” [though there is no agreed border as yet] between Israel and Lebanon, and shown what the IDF claims is evidence that “Hezbollah is moving fighters [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Lebanon, UN Peacekeeping
Posted on August 13th, 2010 by Marian Houk
After noting that he usually tries “not to get worked up about reports of imminent war in the Middle East”, Iranian-born Israeli analyst Meir Javendanvar has just written, on the Real Clear World website, that “this time I really can’t shake the feeling that something ominous is about to happen, involving Hezbollah. It will either [...]
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Filed under: Hariri Commission of Inquiry, Israel, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria
Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Marian Houk
There is a silly and irritating — and also dangerous — debate going on about cutting off American military aid to the Lebanese Army in the wake of its firefight with IDF forces who insisted on going ahead with “routine maintenance” along the Blue Line separating the two country’s armies, despite advice and strong requests [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon, Sanctions, USA
Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Marian Houk
lsraeli political and security analyst Shlomo Brom, [Brig-Gen {Res}], of the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, INSS, has just written that: “Underlying this incident is the dispute between Israel and Lebanon over the demarcation of the Blue Line separating Lebanon and Israel, as well as Lebanon’s political reality. In its unilateral withdrawal from [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon, UN Peacekeeping, United Nations
Posted on August 6th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Here is another example of Israeli extreme imprecision about the nature of the demarcation between its territory and Lebanese, in a Haaretz editorial whose sub-headline says: “The government and IDF must understand that not every time is right for demonstrating Israeli sovereignty right up to the last millimeter, certainly not when tension is rising on [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine & Palestinians, UN Peacekeeping
Posted on August 5th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Via Angry Arab: “The uncovering of wide network of Israeli spies in Lebanon is the biggest espionage story in the history of the Middle East conflict”… Angry Arab [As'ad AbuKhalil] also wrote in the same post that “People are really concerned about the prospects of an Arab-Israeli war. A friend called me from South Lebanon [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon
Posted on August 5th, 2010 by Marian Houk
This is what the UN likes best – holding meetings… [This one was, unsurprisingly, "constructive"]. That, and calling on both sides to exercise “maximum restraint” [safely, after the most senior officials in the U.S. administration already used the exact same language]… Here is a statement issued today by the UNIFIL spokesperson in Naqoura, Lebanon: “UNIFIL [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon, UN Peacekeeping, USA
Posted on August 4th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Here is a statement from the UNIFIL spokesperson in Lebanon today: “Following the exchange of fire between the Lebanese army and the Israeli army across the Blue Line in El Adeisse yesterday, the UNIFIL investigators were on the ground and commenced investigations. The investigations are still ongoing and the findings will be intimated on conclusion [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Lebanon
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
All through the day, SMS announcements have been summarizing the latest developments: the Israeli Defense Forces have clashed with the Lebanese Army. This may be the first clash between these two military forces, ever. Three Lebanese soldiers and one Lebanese journalist have been killed. One IDF officer has also been killed, and another is in [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Lebanon
Posted on June 29th, 2010 by Marian Houk
2010.05.07 On 7 May, the Turkish relief organization IHH posted these remarks on its website [in a post entitled "Israel Is Acting Like Pirates"]: “Bulent Yildirim, President of IHH, said ‘If they harass the flotilla, what is left to separate the state of Israel from the pirates of Somalia?’ noting that the convoy will not [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Cyprus, Egypt, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Lebanon, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
