Word: hizballah
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...governments," reads a front-page editorial this morning in the Hebrew-language newspaper Ma'ariv. That's significant praise, given the concerns within Israel that greeted the cabinet formed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert is clearly the man on the spot in the current outbreak of hostilities with Hizballah and the ongoing operations in Gaza. But perhaps the most surprising aspect of the current crisis is that a one-time member of Peace Now, a champion of social welfare issues and a negotiated two-state solution, is the man sending fighter jets over Beirut. Defense Minister Amir Peretz, once...
...seems almost giddily impressed with the IDF's ultramodern technological surveillance mechanisms. Some have questioned whether he directs the generals or they direct him. But his working relationships, both with the generals and with Prime Minister Olmert, appear to be good. And Peretz has matched tough rhetoric - "We expected Hizballah to break the rules, and now we intend to break them," he told reporters last week - with a willingness to fire back at critics. "Hizballah's growing strength did not begin when Amir Peretz showed up," he told Israel's Yedioth Aronoth newspaper. "This happened when all those now giving...
...Still, this crisis began with two security breakdowns on his watch - the army's failure to prevent militants from taking Israeli soldiers captive twice in a three-week span - and the military operation has not gone entirely smoothly. The IDF has been surprised by the potency of some of Hizballah's weapons, including a sophisticated missile that hit a navy ship on Saturday. More rockets killed eight people in Haifa on Sunday, and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah has promised more "surprises...
...Lauding the resolve of the Israeli public, Peretz is seeking to do as much damage as possible to Hizballah's weapons capabilities and to establish a militant-free buffer zone across Israel's northern border. The IDF is continuing to pound Hizballah's positions and infrastructure and, it seems, trying to kill Nasrallah himself. Peretz said a few days ago that Nasrallah "is going to get it in such a way that he is never going to forget the name Amir Peretz." But just how he is remembered depends on whether the onetime dove can use military force to deliver...
...Israeli bombs to fall. Almost immediately, the sky erupted with what sounded like antiaircraft fire but turned out to be red and green fireworks garishly flashing over the hot, dark city. The Shi'ite residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, pummeled all day by the Israeli assault, were celebrating Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah's declaration of war with Israel...