Word: hizballah
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...Sept. 18 interview, King Abdullah II of Jordan claimed that "the Lebanese war dramatically opened all eyes to the fact that if we don't solve the Palestinian issue, the future looks pretty bleak for the Middle East." The Lebanese war had nothing to do with the Palestinian issue. Hizballah's leaders, and their masters in Iran, are seeking to destroy Israel. Any solution of the Palestinian issue that falls short of Israel's destruction will leave many Muslim elements unsatisfied; they will strike again, only with better and more lethal weapons next time. Abdullah knows that truth...
What is the source of his extraordinary calm? Yes, he's in a relatively good place right now, with his Hizballah proxies basking in a military draw with Israel. Yes, the U.S. is bogged down in a brutal war in Iraq. But Ahmadinejad is still unpopular at home, the Iranian economy is battered, and his major foes, Israel and the U.S., far outgun...
...much minded. Besides, Iranians are no dummies. Millions of middle-class Iranians travel to Turkey on vacation and see the shiny cars, international banks and consumer bounty that come along with a policy of accommodation. They want that for themselves. Sadly, their government wants to share its bounty with Hizballah...
SHIMON PERES, Israeli Vice Premier, on lessons learned from the war with Hizballah. In a speech to a London think tank, he argued that Israel must re-evaluate its tactics, saying that sustained economic growth may work where "neither force nor diplomacy...
...report referred to a Palestinian minister who took Israel to task for not recognizing Arabs as equals and for seeking military solutions instead of political ones. What political solutions did he have in mind? The Palestinians elected Hamas to lead them, and the heroes of the Lebanese are their Hizballah warlords. Both Hamas and Hizballah are loudly and proudly dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Steve David Richboro, Pennsylvania...