Of Trees and Tribunals: Lebanon's Growing Headache

by Matthew RJ Brodsky, American Thinker   The recent border skirmish between Lebanon and Israel in which a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers, and a journalist from the pro-Hezb’allah al-Akhbar newspaper were killed is the most significant clash between the two countries since the 2006 summer war. While at first glance this episode may…

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Lebanese parliament member- 'Iran has hijacked my country'

by Worldnetdaily Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, have taken Lebanon hostage, using the country for political and military gain, charged Samy Gemayel, a Lebanese parliament member. “If Iran wants to escalate the situation in the region it will escalate in our country using Hezbollah’s weapons, using Hezbollah’s power in the region,” said Gemayel, speaking in…

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Nefesh B'Nefesh brings largest number of future soldiers

by Nefesh B’Nefesh Two-hundred thirty-four new Israeli immigrants – including a record-breaking 85 young adults who have committed to joining the IDF – were welcomed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday by Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency. President Shimon Peres warmly greeted the olim as they disembarked from their 12-hour aliya flight from New York,…

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Greenlight for Islamic Supremacism

by Robert Spencer, Front Page Magazine On Tuesday morning, the New York City Landmarks Commission, as expected, voted unanimously to deny landmark status to 45 Park Place, thus clearing the way for the demolition of the building currently there and the construction of the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero. The Commission swept aside calls…

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Israel-Lebanon clashes 'staged provocation'

by Aaron Klein, Worldnetdaily The Israel Defense Forces says it believes allies of the Hezbollah terrorist organization today started a series of clashes along Israel’s northern border, resulting in the deaths of at least three Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist. Sources in the IDF told Worldnetdaily they fear Hezbollah may be trying to create…

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Netanyahu and Barak respond forcefully to border clashes

by Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak responded Tuesday to news of the fatal northern border clashes between the IDF and the Lebanese army, in which an IDF soldier and 4 Lebanese were killed. “I hold the Lebanese government directly responsible for this provocation,” Netanyahu said. He added that Israel…

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