Tag Archives: Lebanon

Israel is far from the only country in the mideast building #walls

AL ARABIYA Lebanon builds wall near Palestinian refugee camp by AFP November 22, 2016 Lebanon is building wall near the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp to prevent extremists from infiltrating, a military source said Monday. The overcrowded and impoverished Ain … Continue reading

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“Israeli military demonstrated on Tuesday that it takes seriously Hezbollah’s repeated threats to “take over the Galilee” with massive drill aimed at evacuating civilians under attack near Lebanon border”

DEFENSE NEWS Israel Heeds Hezbollah Threats, Drills Mass Evacuation of Civilians Near Border by Barbara Opall-Rome September 13, 2016 …Described as “the biggest drill of its kind until now,” Col. Eyal Forman, chief medical officer in the Israel Defense Forces … Continue reading

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Ten Years Since the First Iran-Israel War. Today Hezbollah possesses, thanks to Iran, as many as 150,000 rockets and missiles

WASHINGTON EXAMINER The next war, they all assume by Eric Rozenman August 18, 2016 Israel last month marked the 10th anniversary of the first Hezbollah war. Newspapers and television featured analysts noting a decade of quiet along the Israeli-Lebanese border. … Continue reading

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“Arab world’s anti-Israel pathology prompted the Sunni states to rescue Hezbollah from the consequences of its own folly 10 years ago” ensuring Hezbollah would save Assad

COMMENTARY How Israel-Hatred Helped Ruin Syria by Evelyn Gordon July 15, 2016 Israel-hatred isn’t the only reason for the Mideast’s current meltdown, but it has undoubtedly played a significant role. As an example, consider how Lebanon was rebuilt after Hezbollah’s … Continue reading

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The Israel-Iran War that Israel Lost: “The misnamed Second Lebanon War was a two-front war. It was a coordinated assault on Israel by two Iranian-controlled terror armies”

FRONT PAGE MAG The First Iran War by Caroline Glick July 13, 2016 July 12, 2006 was the first day of what has become known as the Second Lebanon War. The name of the war, like most of the lessons … Continue reading

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“The good news is that Israel has the capacity to adapt and forge constructive strategies for weakening and dividing our enemies. The bad news is that we insist on obsessing over ourselves”

JERUSALEM POST Liberman’s first challenge by Caroline B. Glick May 26, 2016 …As the states around us collapse or struggle to survive, our media and our security brass spend the better part of their time telling us that Israeli society … Continue reading

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“When Sharon went to war in Lebanon, he partnered with Christian Phalange militia and the Shiite movement”

ALGEMEINER Former Hezbollah Operative Says Group’s New Military Chief Calls Israel ‘Strategic Partner’ by Ruthie Blum May 18, 2016 A former Hezbollah operative who is active on social media wrote on Twitter that the newly appointed “chief of staff” of … Continue reading

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“The persecution of Jews in Arab lands had not ceased since the rise of Muhammad who, in 626 C.E., enslaved, expelled or beheaded the three leading Jewish tribes of the Arabian Peninsula”

ISRAEL HAYOM Forgotten Jewish refugees by Yoram Ettinger April 8, 2016 …The CIA assessed that “a second Jewish Holocaust in less than 10 years” would be the response to the establishment of a Jewish state. In fact, 820,000 Jews were expelled … Continue reading

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22-nation Arab League designates Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Duh.

JERUSALEM POST Lebanese foreign minister denounces Arab League’s designation of Hezbollah as terror group by Staff March 13, 2016 Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said on Sunday that the Arab League’s motion last Friday to list Hezbollah as a terror … Continue reading

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Hezbollah smuggles Russian missiles into Lebanon, violating Iranian pledge

JERUSALEM POST Israeli intel prompts Russia to freeze missile delivery to Iran By Yasser Okbi and Maariv Hashavua March 5, 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended the transfer of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran in light of Tehran’s violation … Continue reading

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