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John Lovejoy, LEBANON...
...unpopular Prime Minister" - conceding the truth of opinion polls that give him the lowest approval ratings of any Prime Minister in the nation's history. He bears the onus of the living in the shadow of Ariel Sharon, of failing to snatch victory in last year's Lebanon war - a conflict that saw Hizballah Katyushas raining down on Israeli territory - of leading the nation as the specter of a nuclear-armed Iran rises to the east and of presiding over a government plagued by corruption, financial, ethical and criminal scandals. It is a time of "complete disillusionment, an implosion...
...people who were always kept out of power, who have no access to the new wealth, who have no protection, who are not patronized by the establishment." He styles himself a nagid or gvir, a traditional Jewish philanthropist-leader who uses his wealth for the public good. During the Lebanon War, when the government was slow to shelter hundreds of thousands of Israelis who fled the Katyusha fire in the north, Gaydamak erected a tent city that housed thousands of families. Last fall, when the town Sderot was facing regular Qassam rocket fire from Gaza, Gaydamak paid to bus thousands...
...Lebanon 58% negative...
...unit are Sikhs, members of a religious group native to the plains of Punjab, who wear their long hair covered at all times, usually with a turban. Sikh soldiers are renowned in British Empire military lore for their bravery and fighting skills, although so far in South Lebanon, those attributes have not been tested. The 15th Punjab reports that it hasn't had a single encounter with armed Hizballah elements, despite constant patrols in the 12-village area for which it is responsible. Does this mean Hizballah has given up southern Lebanon? Probably not. The group itself admitted that...