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Operation "Grapes of Wrath," which was continuing at the end of last week, is a series of coordinated Israeli raids against Hizballah, the Iranian-backed militia that has been fighting the Israelis in south Lebanon since 1982. The crisis was touched off by two recent Hizballah rocket attacks on northern...
In circumstances like these, the White House would typically urge all sides to show restraint. Not this time. Peres has a reputation for softness on security, and he faces a nasty election fight with the hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu on May 29. The U.S. supports Peres, who has led the peace...
Israel says it will continue until Hizballah signals it has had enough. Hizballah, however, may not cave in so easily. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the party's leader, has pledged to retaliate in a way that will "astonish Peres."
QANA, LEBANON: The Israeli army is moving tanks and troops toward the Lebanese border to head off a possible retaliation for an artillery attack which killed at least 105 refugees in South Lebanon. Israeli gunners, firing at Hizballah guerrillas, hit civilians who had taken refuge at a U.N. camp. Israeli...
JERUSALEM: TIME's Johanna McGeary says the attacks on Hizballah guerrillas in Lebanon are largely a result of political pressure Israeli Prime Minister Peres faces as the May 29 parliamentary elections near. "Peres' perceived weakness is that he is not tough enough," says McGeary. "He now has the opportunity, given...