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...humanitarian disaster appears to be unfolding among the hills and valleys of south Lebanon, where for five days Israel has hammered home a devastating onslaught against Lebanon's Hizballah guerrillas, a campaign that Israel says must end with the crushing of the Shi'ite group's military capabilities...
...contest their adversaries. In some ways, his political evolution is a reflection of a societal move away from multiparty approaches and toward unilateralism, a feeling that Israel must take matters into its own hands and has no choice but to fight. In Gaza and now in Lebanon, he has approved harsh responses, like the bombing of a Gaza power plant, despite critics who denounced it as collective punishment. While defending such moves as necessary, Peretz insisted on Sunday, as civilian deaths in Lebanon rose well past 100, that "the moral code of the Israeli nation does not allow...
...Beirut inside out. The city's usually snarled traffic is almost gone and the blaring noise of car horns is absent. Conversely, parks that are rarely used are now full of people - those who have fled the bombings in the south, east, north, and, well, pretty much everywhere in Lebanon...
...about their business. The owner of a hardware store told me that people were stocking up on batteries. He thought the war had nothing to do with Hizballah or Israel's security. According to him, this was a war for the hearts and minds of tourists. Once Israel destroyed Lebanon's entire infrastructure, that would be the end of its tourist industry, he says. All the people coming to Lebanon would instead flock to Israel. I try to keep from showing too much skepticism...
...religious radicals, including the founders of Hamas and Hizballah. And new forms of warfare challenge Israeli capabilities. In 1948, 1967 and 1973, Israel defeated all comers in traditional battle. But it is now fighting an asymmetrical war against small cells who hide among civilians in Gaza and southern Lebanon. It is hard to wage such a war without alienating those you want on your side. Insurgents commit an atrocity--and wait for the ruling power to overreact, kill civilians and give the cycle of hatred another twist...