Word: lebanons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
LONDON: Amnesty International has determined that Israeli artillery forces deliberately shelled a U.N. base last April in southern Lebanon. Israeli Defense Forces have maintained that they were aiming for Hizballah guerrillas nearby but missed their target; former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said again last week that the Israeli military did not know the U.N. position had become a camp of refugees. Despite Peres' claim that "nothing was done intentionally," the Amnesty International report released Wednesday finds that the Israeli Defense Forces had deliberately attacked the Qana compound April 18, killing 91 civilians in violation of international rules...
LONDON: Amnesty International has determined that Israeli artillery forces deliberately shelled a U.N. base last April in southern Lebanon. Israeli Defense Forces have maintained that they were aiming for Hizballah guerrillas nearby but missed their target; former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said again last week that the Israeli military did not know the U.N. position had become a camp of refugees. Despite Peres' claim that "nothing was done intentionally," the Amnesty International report released Wednesday finds that the Israeli Defense Forces had deliberately attacked the Qana compound April 18, killing 91 civilians in violation of international rules...
...exists between Israel and its neighbors is now much less of a threat than it once was to the fledgling Jewish State. What is the commitment to peace worth if the negotiating partners are unwilling or unable to control terrorists operating from their borders, as in the case of Lebanon and Syria...
...them in order to avoid a confrontation with Israel before the November elections." Also Monday, in a move that seemed to validate expectations that he would pursue hardline policies, Netanyahu offered former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon the Infrastructure Ministry. "The appointment of Sharon, who led the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, is bad news for the peace negotiations," says Fischer. "He is known for even harsher hardline views." Netanyahu is making the U.S. visit in part to impress members of Congress, the American Jewish community and Wall Street, where he'll lobby for U.S. investments in Israel. -->