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...erupted once more--and no one knows how bad and destabilizing it may get. Israel's ferocious response to Hizballah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, which came a little more than two weeks after Palestinian militants from Hamas seized an Israeli corporal and smuggled him into the Gaza Strip, has produced the worst Arab-Israeli cross-border conflict since Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982. The great bulk of the pain last week was felt in Lebanon, as Israel bombarded the country, including sites in Beirut, killing more than 100 Lebanese by Saturday evening, almost all civilians. Hizballah...
...intended to send a broader message too, at a time when Israel has largely given up on trying to negotiate for peace and security and instead is trying to establish them on its own. The strongest argument made by domestic critics of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last year was that the country's enemies would think it was weak and frightened and thus would be encouraged to strike out. Olmert's dual counterblasts are aimed at changing that impression--among those who believe it--to make the idea of attacking Israel prohibitively scary to the other side...
...very reason Pancho Villa cherished it as a hideaway in the early 1900s, the West Texas town of Lajitas, a stretch of 25,000 desolate acres on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Mexican border, hardly seems the ideal spot for an idyll. But lay down a strip of asphalt long enough for a Lear to land, then build a rich dude's dude ranch loaded with Old West ambiance--and, voilą, Lajitas, the Ultimate Hideout, is born. The resort stands as a paean to cowboy culture, attracting wealthy city slickers and adventure seekers...
...much as ever. Israel broke off political talks with Yasser Arafat on a settlement in 2001 when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was elected, while President Bush has shunned the active Middle East diplomacy practiced by most of his predecessors. But despite Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip a year ago, Israeli and U.S. policies of shunning negotiations have not produced much new hope of lasting progress. In fact, Palestinian voters six months ago ousted the late Yasser Arafat's secular Fatah group from power and elected a Hamas government - which, like Hizballah, is backed by Iran...
...abduction of an Israeli soldier in an operation praised by Hamas last month that triggered the new tensions in the region, including major Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip where the missing soldier is believed to be held. And the Israeli siege of Gaza has led to serious worries in Cairo that Palestinian refugees may stream across the border into Egypt, presenting President Hosni Mubarak's regime with another internal political crisis...