Word: haifa
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...engaged in a “conflict” with the non-state terror organization Hezbollah. “We chose not to fight Lebanon. Hezbollah is our enemy,” she said. Shlein-Michael said the conflict started when Hezbollah launched a long-range missile into Haifa, the third largest city in Israel. “It was a declaration of war in Israel’s point of view,” she said. “They should have anticipated that Israel will feel the need to retaliate forcefully.” “Israel...
...sign that life is returning to normal following the war in northern Israel, the 22nd Annual Haifa Film Festival opened this past weekend to big crowds. When life returns to normal in Gaza, children will be able to attend school without fear. This is the sad state of affairs at the present moment in the Middle East...
Miriam R. Hinman ’08, who was working at an archaeological dig near Haifa in northern Israel, recalled the night after the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, which spurred the conflict...
Susan E. Maya ’08 was studying in Haifa when it was first bombed, and left to stay with relatives in a Tel Aviv suburb...
...Israel and Hizballah are busy decoding each other's messages, which usually come in the form of a missile or air strike. Into the fourth week of fighting, the two combatants have, somewhat surprisingly, certain understandings. "They don't bomb Lebanon's power stations, and we don't bomb Haifa's petrochemical factories," a Hizballah official told TIME late last week. But the status quo could be shaken up if Israeli troops, above, continue to occupy southern Lebanon until an international peacekeeping force can be formed. "If the Israelis don't lift the siege and they allow Lebanon...