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U.S. weapons manufacturers profit from ME conflict
IDF says it may not be responsible for Qana deaths
The Israelis never cease to amaze in their excuses and rationalizations and justifications. When they bombed the U.N. base at Qana in 1996 it was muc ...
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Bush must begin a diplomatic effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, once and for all - Judith Kipper
A historic chance to lead the way - Judith Kipper
Max Boot: Let Israel Take Off the Gloves
In Mideast tumult, Iran's clout rises
End U.S.-Iranian Nuclear Standoff by Ending Double Standards
The Qana Massacre
Annan warns UN of threat to authority
US and France clash on peace bid
C-Span Airing Of L.A. Conference Shows Mainstreaming Of 9/11 Truth
Sistani Threatens US over Israeli War on Lebanon
al-Sistani Publicly Warns the U.S. and Israel
"Islamic nations will not forgive the entities that hinder a cease-fire... It is not possible to stand helpless in front of this Israeli aggression o ...
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Arab Summit of 2005 on 'Peace With Israel'
Israeli retaliation kills 56 villagers
MAJOR HEADLINE in WASHINGTON TIMES IS "ISRAELI RETALIATION..." -- hardly what the rest of the world sees and feels.
Feb 2005 - Sunni states fear rise of Shi'ite government
QANA - A Night of Death and Terror for Lebanese Villagers
Israel Is Powerful, Yes. But Not So Invincible
Iran Hangs in Suspense as War Offers New Strength, and Sudden Weakness
Iran rightly understands that it is the real Israeli and U.S. Target and that the political ideological victory may not survive the military onslaught ...
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The Peculiar Disappearance of the War in Iraq
Rice 'new Middle East' comments fuel Arab fury over US policy
Qana Raid Revives ’96 Agony
Spinoza and 'Reasonable Doubt' - NYTimes Op Ed
U.N. Deplores Civilian Deaths, but Cease-Fire Call Is Blocked
Israel Suspends Bombardment of Lebanon - NO
As usual when it comes to the Israelis, they say one thing and do another. As usual when comes to the Americans, they do more than make excuses for a ...
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Couric Shows Her New Powers -- on the Shuttle
Annan warns UN of threat to authority
All-time Low for Blair
UNITED STATES: Why Bush supports Israel’s wars
Israel's Latest Massacre in Qana: Racist Jewish Fundamentalism a Factor
Clueless Condi
Scientist publishes 'escape route' from global warming
Cabinet in open revolt over Blair's Israel policy
My journey on the highway of fear with families who lost everything
The day Israel realised that this was a real war
Roberts and Alito Mislead - Kennedy on the Worries about the New Supreme Court
Rove Blasts Journalists' Role in Politics
It's the Condi Rice Show
In the Belly of the Green Bird by Nir Rosen
Japan in Iraq: Goodbye troops, hello aid
Opinion: It all comes down to the Palestinian problem
UN envoys condemn Israeli Qana attack - Again US and UK Hold UN Back
Syria's military flatters to deceive
Lebanon caught in crossfire
Nasrallah's Other War - Iraq
Expanding War with Israel and US More Isolated and More Fearful
Israel's QANA Massacres - 1996 and 2006
THE ISRAELIS did it in 1996, lied about it, covered it up, badgered the U.N., and with the help of the Americans fired the Secretary-General. Now... ...
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With a thunderous roar
The Israelis appear so ferocious; but in reality they are actually frightened about the future. That fear lies behind the title of this article and t ...
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Security experts hope Seattle attack will shatter U.S. Jews' illusion of safety
Hezbollah Empire
Muslim Denouncing Israel Shoots Jews in Seattle
Growth of national pessimism
Diplomatic jujitsu could help create a new Middle East.
The leader of Lebanon's Druze talks about the Syrian threat.
Dean: Bush's 'imperial presidency' threatens nation, world
Sex and Washington interns
The Tough Bolton Fight Ahead
From the 'War Zone' - Jerusalem
Israel Lobby Debate Grows More Civilized - Harvard Crimson
As the shells fall around them, Hizbullah men await the Israelis
British Cabinet concern over PM's stance
The LETHAL MISTAKES of Bush and Company Now On Display in the Middle East
JFK Assassassination - On Stage in NYC
As Mideast Churns, U.S. Jews and Arabs Alike Swing Into Action
Bush Sees a Chance for Change to Sweep Mideast
A Non "Jewey Jew" Defense of Israel
Arabs watching helplessly
Rice on the Defensive After Rome Summit
"Rice, Go Home," the demonstrators chanted. The placards read: "Hamas Hezbollah, Axis of Justice" and "Israel America, Axis of Evil."
Stop Bolton Movement
Bolton Confirmation 2.0 - The Stop Bolton Movement
Bolton More Committed To Right-Wing Think Tank Than Stopping Genocide
THE ARCHITECTS OF WAR: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Bolton Is Still Unfit to Serve
Iran planned extensively for Hizbullah's assault on Israel
Anti-US Crusade Will Expand Now - de Borchgrave
How Israel has lost way in its war on Hizbollah
Israel's secret war: the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Palestine
Nassrallah - In Syria, In Iranian Embassy?
Foremost 9/11 Whistleblower Discusses Possibility Attack Was Inside Job
UK Govt Sources Confirm War With Iran Is On
“Bull’s-eye”: 4 U.N. Peacekeepers killed in Israel’s Targeted Assassination
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah - NYTimes Page 1
Two days ago MER focused on the extraordinary statement issued by the 'Royal Court' in Saudi Arabia. Today the statement made its way to the front pag ...
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The 'Arab system' is dying in Lebanon - David Hirst
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah
On a Red Cross mission of mercy when Israeli air force came calling
On a Red Cross mission of mercy when Israeli air force came calling By Robert Fisk 07/28/06 "The Independent" -- -- It was supposed to be a routine ...
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Blair to tell Bush: we need a ceasefire
Top Indian civil servant 'was CIA spy'
There are many reasons why Joe must go -- and now.
Did Israel Attack the U.N. 'Accidentally on Purpose'?
Israel and Lebanon: a long and bitter entanglement
Time won't help Israel disarm Hizbullah
Israel says it has 'green light' for war on Hezbollah
Pakistan Greatly Expand Nuclear Weapons Program
This was the top lead story on page 1 of The Washington Post in late July 2006. But beyond Washington circles the severe contradictions and double st ...
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Beilin Shows His True Colors - This is the Beilin of 'Oslo' and 'Geneva'
US Pushing Hard at UN to Condemn and Isolate Iran
Resurgence of the Neocons
Israel Armed With Full Range of American Weapons
Chomsky: Great Soul of Power
De Borchgrave: Israel’s actions will only spur anti-U.S. crusade
From one of the old-timers, now in his 80s, who understands the 'crazy' neocons and wants to stop them in their tracks before it's too late.
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Toughest Neocons Gunning For Iran Want Condi Sidelined
Iranian Students Volunteer To Fight Israel
Hezbollah was using UN post as 'shield'
'Hezbollah has never been a terrorist organization.'
US Blocks Security Council Statement Condemning Israel for UN Deaths
Martin Luther King - Time to Break The Silence (Vietnam)
TIME TO TAME SYRIA - Begin-Sadat Center
The big push from the propagandists and the 'think-tanks' and the intelligence operatives is on -- the real targets are Syria and Iran!--------------- ...
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Bush Press Office - Setting The Record Straight
Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Foreign Policy Is Succeeding
And at the very end this White House Press Release endorses one of the leading neocons, Max Boot, who in a L.A. Times Op Ed a few days ago loudly call ...
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Max Boot: Let Israel Take Off the Gloves
Max Boot: Bush Didn't Start the Mideast Fire
Let Israel Take The Gloves Off - Max Boot
Arguing for Israel to attack Syria, and thus probably provoke a war with Iran, this Op Ed by neocon Max Boot was in a quiet way actually endorsed in a ...
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U.S. responsible for Israel’s “escalating war crimes”
U.S. sends Israel bunker buster bombs to kill Nasrallah
What's really going on here is preparations for taking down Iran. The U.S. is rushing the very latest high-tech deep-penetration bombs to Israel and ...
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Pakistan building major nuclear reactor – Report
This was actually the top front page story in the Washington Post a few days ago; but with everything else going on it received not much attention in ...
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Zeev Schiff Tells Israelis They Must Destroy Hezbollah and Deter All
Bush's low poll numbers add up to GOP trouble
No modern political party has weathered a midterm election with a president as low in the polls as George W. Bush. It is a reality of midterm electio ...
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Skits, Laughs, and a Piano Concert from Condi at Yearly Asian Foreign Minister Extravaganza
Republican Senator Coleman's Pop Arrested for Car Sex
Video - In Middle East conflict, other crises, conservative media find signs of Biblical prophecy of Armageddon
US Vetos Mid East Ceasefire - Undermines Rome Conference - Endorses Israeli Blitzkreig
Letters expose EU divide on Solana Middle East role
Israel’s status must weather new challenge
sSmoke Signals from Bint Jbeil Send a Warning to Israel
Smoke signals from the battle of Bint Jbeil send a warning to Israel By Robert Fisk 06/27/06 "The Independent" -- -- Qlaya, Southern Lebanon -- Is i ...
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War for Israel
Remember the Gaza Beach Party Massacre - Just a month ago?
Lebanon: Bin Laden wins, and we lose
Stop Playing Politics With the War on Lebanon - Zogby
Major Loser Will Be The Israeli People - Benviniste
"[A]re we living in the last days?"
O'Reilly again falsely claimed NY Times editorial board "sitting ... out" Israel-Hezbollah conflict to avoid "alienat[ing] their liberal Jewish base"
Analysis: For Israel, the conflict in Lebanon is a must-win situation
Poll Shows Skepticism in U.S. Over Peace in Mideast
Poll: World Doesn't Respect Bush
Dean Calls Iraqi PM an 'Anti-Semite'
Israel Plans to Occupy Strip Inside Lebanon
Arabs Disavow and Abandon Hezbollah
French Oppose NATO Force for Southern Lebanon
With America watching, Israel needs a knockout
Israelis Target UN and Kill Four Observers
The pros and cons of an int'l force in Lebanon
Iran Also Calls for Ceasefire - charge US and Israel trying to recarve the map of the Middle East together
'Israel's Influence' - Radio Program in Washington on 21 June 2006, Diane Rehm
UK Govt Sources Confirm War With Iran Is On
A Review of Stephen Zunes ‘The Israel Lobby: How Powerful is it Really?’
The Jews-Only Lobby: A Review of ‘The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy’.
The Jews Stirring up War Against Iran.
Greg Palast, the left wing of the Lobby - Israel Shamir
Standing Up For CANADA, Not ISRAEL
Saskatoon, SK, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 Standing up for Canada? By David Orchard > For two weeks, tiny Lebanon has been pounded by bombs, shells and h ...
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Israel's "new Middle East"
Israel's "new Middle East"* Tanya Reinhart Beirut is burning, hundreds of Lebanese die, hundreds of thousands lose all they ever owned and become re ...
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No decisions made at Rome summit
FGM Still Practiced
ROME Conference Fails - US Blocks Ceasefire
Israel's war with Hizbollah part of wider U.S. plan
Iran warns the west: ignore us at your peril
The UN's feeble response to the Lebanon crisis shows that it can no longer protect civilians
KPFA - REPORT FROM BEIRUT - The Silence of the good people of the United States is deafening! How can they not do anything?
WHY IS ISRAEL DESTROYING LEBANON?
Israel can gain nothing more from this war than a bloody reputation. It is the right time to stop
Israel will not win security by crushing Lebanon
Cartoonist likens Olmert to Nazi
Were Israeli Soldiers Really Captures in Lebanon? Did Israel Set This All Up?
1946 Bombing of the King David Hotel
Palestinian terrorists prepare to target U.S.
China eyes stronger military against threats
ROME Summit - Urgent...but not so Really Urgent
About the 1946 King David Hotel Bombing and Other Zionist Plans to Bomb British Parliament
Israelis to Enforce NO GO ZONE in Southern Lebanon
Ralliers try to storm secretary of state, Fatah officials lead chants of 'Down with America'
Today's Fatah rally follows a WND exclusive interview last week in which Abu Nasser, second-in-command of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorist gro ...
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After Meeting With Saudis Who Made Bold Statement Mubarak Says No
Palestinians Try to agree to Israeli Terms
Bush's Lethal Mistakes Erupt in the Middle East
WAR in America Within the Media - O'Reilly Called Nazi
Iran warns the west: ignore us at your peril
Pentagon Papers Author Daniel Ellsberg Says 9/11 Deserves Further Investigation
Alex Jones' TerrorStorm Has Arrived!
Sibel Edmunds - Foremost 9/11 Whistleblower Discusses Possibility Attack Was Inside Job
Israel Wants NATO-Led International Force to Protect Northern Border
Who's Who? Middle East Crisis - Sky News
GAZA - Now Forgotten War
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS MAPS from Sky News
UN AID Chief Backs Away From Israel Criticism and Targets 'Cowardly' Hezbollah
BRITAIN’S FOREIGN SECRETARY CAUTIONS IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO PUT TROOPS IN LEBANON
Saudi 'Royal Court' Publicly Warns US and Israel
This is a most unusual statement coming from the Saudis, and in public!
US Wants 'Enduring Peace' Rice Says Publicly
Saudis Pledge for Lebanon and Palestinians
King Fears Full-Scale War
Saudis Issue Statement Warning Israel and the World
Worried Rice Sneaks In and Out of Ramallah
How interesting what American 'diplomacy' now amounts to in the Middle East. First an 'unannounced' visit to Beirut. Then lengthy friendly meetings ...
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Chomsky in Beirut, May 2006
World-renowned intellectuals publish open letter to make it clear that world is not ignoring what is happening in the Middle East.
Israeli Filmakers Support Palestinians and Lebanese
In an open letter to those who plan to attend the Arab Film Biennial in Paris, which is scheduled to open this coming Saturday, dozens of Israeli film ...
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Truly Inconvenient Truths - What we’re loath to talk about when we talk about Israel and Lebanon - 'The Israel Lobby'
How Washington speaks to Muslims
Suez: End of empire
How Suez made Nasser an Arab icon
Report from a Palestine Center briefing with Ambassador Hussein Hassouna
American Jews seem to be more united in their backing for Israel than at any time since the Six Day War
Era of Arab Unity Ended Says Qaddafi
Jewish, Israeli targets in US put on heightened alert
Deir Yassin massacre
King David Hotel bombing
Remember the King David Hotel
George Galloway on the King David Hotel Celebration in Jerusalem
Terrorism By Another Name
Peace prize winner 'could kill' Bush
What a world we now live in, the President of the United States being so hated by so many including a Nobel 'Peace Prize' Winner who wants to kill him ...
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Marine Corps looking for MySpace buddies
Desolation won't bring any peace
Cheney: Fighting In Middle East Is Reason To Vote Republican...
Huf Post Spoof Video Interview with President Cheney
EU Proposes International Force
Syrians Warns Of War If Israel Invades Lebanon
Palestinians Call For 'Day of Rage' and Boycotting Rice
NYTimes 2006 Interactive Election Guide
King David Hotel Fiasco - Israel Starts Disintegrating
Israel and US Want U.N. and NATO to protect and fight for Israel
Rice tells Lebanonese What's Next in the Middle East and for their country.
Kerry knocks Bush on handling of Mideast conflict
Reassessing the Hariri Assassination
The predictable condemners - Alan Dershowitz
Chomsky Outlines on CBC the realities of the US role in the Israeli-Palestinian 'Peace Process'
Book - The Hidden History of Zionism - Ralph Schoenman
Books Online About Israel and Palestine
Israelis Prepare South Lebanon, and Lebanese State, for their hegemony in tandem with USA
Lebanon Chapter - The Hidden History of Zionism
Pakistan Panorama: Notes from a Pakistani warrior in Lebanon
10,000 gather in LA to support Israel
Israel Attacks its Christian “Friends” in Lebanon
The End Is Near, but... William Blum
The End Is Near, but first, this commercial. By William Blum 07/23/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- There are times when I think that this tire ...
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CHOMSKY - US Is A Terrorist State
Iran: Time Running Out
Exploded memories - King David Hotel, 60 Years Later
A gripping diary of one week in the life and death of Beirut
Lengthy Interview with Nasrallah One Day After Report of His Death in Bunker
Famed Dr. Mahathir Hosts AFP’s Piper in Kuala Lumpur
US Gives Israel Seal of Approval
Hezbollah Sleeper Cells Worldwide May Be Ready Report Israelis
Analysis: Staunch support for Israel hinders diplomacy
Bush No Conservative - Bill Buckley Himself Speaks Up
ISRAEL’S MOSSAD CAUGHT RED-HANDED IN MURDER NETWORK IN LEBANON
Turk Army Prepares to go into Northern Iraq and Kurdistan
Top British WMD Officials Killed Not Suicide
Clinton's Harlem Office Backfires On Harlem Natives
SIX Keys to Middle East Peace - a la TIME Magazine and Condi Rice
Backstage at the Crisis - Inside the St. Petersburg Summit
Iran and the Middle East Crisis - TIME Magazine
Our city is being torn by these two brutal foes
Joe Conason: Middle East Crisis Blows Up Bush’s Illusions
Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel: Everything You Need To Know
Bush's Fecal World - Susan Block
FAQ about Camp David II
Zionism 101
Elegy for Beirut
Ralph Nader on Halting the Horror in Lebanon
Israeli Outlaws in America - The Case of Rafi Eitan
The controversy over Sharon's Damning Quote that Israel and Jews Control America
Israelis and Israel Lobby Challenge Damning Sharon Quote
Israel Lobby in Action - THE NATION
Sharon to Peres: "Don't worry about American pressure; we control America"