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Latitude: Possible Change in Lebanon's Electoral System Is Move to Address Sectarianism

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Elias Muhanna - Jan. 17 (Opinion) - The president's move to introduce proportional representation to Lebanese elections is a bold step toward dismantling political sectarianism.

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In Lebanon, Hezbollah is watching, and waiting out, the Arab uprisings

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By David Ignatius - Feb. 28 (Opinion) - Hezbollah appears to realize that the revolt sweeping the Middle East has subtly changed the game for them. Officials see the Arab world moving into a more democratic and pluralistic politics with the fall of regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and perhaps Libya. In this new environment, Hezbollah doesn't want to be seen as a sectarian militia or a wrecker, but as a democratic partner (albeit a potent one that has thousands of missiles pointed at Israel).

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James Zogby: Unhelpful Provocations

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By James Zogby - Oct. 16 - In "Arab Voices" I describe Lebanon as "a tinderbox, with too many groups still playing with matches". Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit to that dear but...

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Is the U.S. Pursuing the Wrong Mideast Peace Process?

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:42:02 -0700

Associated Press - Aug. 12 - The recent skirmish on the Israel-Lebanon border has amplified fears that the Middle East could be on the brink of another war. So the fact that U.S. Special Envoy Senator George Mitchell arrived in Israel this week hoping to restart peace talks ought

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Robert Fisk: Israel-Lebanon tensions flare after skirmish leaves four dead

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Robert Fisk - Aug. 04 (Opinion) - Can a tree start a Middle East war? It almost did yesterday. That such a question can be asked is a symbol of the incendiary state of the region, the mutual distrust of Arabs and Israelis, and the dangerous border of southern Lebanon which was – as so often – drenched in blood yesterday, the blood of three Lebanese soldiers, an Israeli lieutenant-colonel and a Lebanese journalist outside an otherwise nondescript village called Addaiseh.

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Israel to Deploy Hi-Tech Anti-Rocket System

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:59:56 -0700

Voice of America - Jul. 20 - This picture provided by the Israeli Defense Ministry on 6 Jan 2010 and made within 48 hours of release, shows a rocket fired from the "Iron Dome" system during a test in southern Israel Israel's new anti-rocket system, called the Iron Dome, has passed

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Right Wing Thought Police - An Analysis

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Lawrence Davidson - Jul. 10 (Opinion) - Lawrence Davidson writes: 'The American right wing is achieving its long-term goal of becoming the nation's thought police. They are realizing this goal through the timeless practices of extremists (be they on the right or the left, religious or secular), which are intimidation, slander and harassment.' Lawrence Davidson, Reader Supported News

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Online Praise for a Cleric Draws Fire, Again

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Robert Mackey - Jul. 09 (Opinion) - A British diplomat's words of praise for a Lebanese cleric who inspired the founders of Hezbollah disappeared from her blog on Friday after Israel's foreign ministry expressed outrage.

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How a negotiated peace could leave Afghanistan looking like Lebanon

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Daniel Serwer - Jun. 25 (Opinion) - ... even if the United States and its coalition allies can succeed this summer in clearing a town like Kandahar of Taliban fighters, there is no one to hold the terrain, build the necessary institutions or accept responsibility once the military has completed its work. This spring's experiment in clearing Marja, where Taliban fighters have been leaking back in, has demonstrated how difficult the task is likely to be in Kandahar.

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With friends like Israel …

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Sydney Morning Herald - By Paul Daley - Feb. 26 (Opinion) - Mossad has made it much harder for Australians to travel in the Middle East, writes Paul Daley. If you travel to Arab countries on a passport as seemingly innocuous as one bearing the Australian coat of arms, some security authorities will still

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Saudi Arabia: A Player in Middle East Elections

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jamal Dajani - Jun. 12 (Opinion) - It is a contradiction to mention Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy) and elections in the same sentence; however, no country in the Middle East, as of late, has been more invested in this democratic process than Saudi Arabia. For the record, election is part of the democratic process; Saudi Arabia is not.

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Contrary to popular belief, things are looking up

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

sharqawsatee.wordpress.com - By Stephen Dockery - Jun. 12 (Editorial) - There is this conclusion that has been added on to numerous analysis pieces that says the next phase of politics of prime minister and cabinet making will plunge Lebanon into instability. Its the violence refrain, we heard it before the elections and now we hear it again Its the “hey this is Lebanon, people are bound to start shooting” line. Well frankly I don’t see it.

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Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jeffrey Goldberg - Jan. 14 (Opinion) - Hamas’s desire to best Hezbollah’s achievements is natural, of course, but, more to the point, it is radicalizing. One of the reasons, among many, that Hamas felt compelled to break its cease-fire with Israel last month was to prove its potency to Muslims impressed with Hezbollah.

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Israel's failure to learn

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Nir Rosen - Dec. 30 (Opinion) - As in Lebanon, Israel should have learned years ago that military might cannot crush Palestinian resistance movements.

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The media's disingenuous failure to state the obvious.

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Slate - By Christopher Hitchens - Dec. 09 (Opinion) - The obvious is sometimes the most difficult thing to discern, and few things are more amusing than the efforts of our journals of record to keep "open" minds about the self-evident, and thus to create mysteries when the real task of reportage is to dispel them.

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Al-Qa'ida sends its warriors from Iraq to wage 'jihad' in Lebanon

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Robert Fisk - Aug. 15 (Opinion) - But Wednesday's bomb in Lebanon's second city, the ancient crusader port of the Chateau de Saint Gilles, disfigured by massive unemployment and grotesque advertising hoardings, was of Iraqi proportions: 15 dead, nine of them Lebanese soldiers, and 50 wounded.

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Lebanon: Terrorist attack in Tripoli

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Moussa Bashir - Aug. 13 (Opinion) - A terrorist explosion killed 11 people, including nine soldiers, and wounded 30 others in Tripoli, Lebanon. Moussa Bashir gathers the Lebanese bloggers first reactions to the tragedy

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'Prolonged Crisis' in Lebanon Reflects 'Cold War' in Region

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Council on Foreign Relations - By Bernard Gwertzman, Michael Young - May. 13 (Interview) - Hezbollah's latest efforts to show off its military power may spawn genuine hatred between Shiites and Sunnis in Lebanon. "Things could get a lot worse before they get better," Young says.

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Lebanon's army - Inside Story

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:04:44 -0700

Aljazeera - May. 12 (Interview) - (VIDEO Interviews - Inside Story) The Lebanese army takes control of Beirut and Tripoli. Is the army now playing politics and taking sides? It has been accused of bowing to demands by Hezbollah, reflecting the sectarian divisions of the country.

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Lebanon's Third Civil War

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Commentary Magazine - By Michael J. Totten - May. 11 (Opinion) - With Iranian money and weapons, Hezbollah has built its own state-within-a-state in South Lebanon and South Beirut which is used as a base to wage war against Israel. Hezbollah also wishes to violently yank Lebanon from its current pro-Western alignment into the Syrian-Iranian axis. Roughly one-fourth of the population supports this agenda. No country on earth can withstand that kind of geopolitical tectonic pressure. For more than a year members of Hezbollah have tried unsuccessfully to topple the elected government with a minimal use of force, but their patience is at an end and they have turned to war.

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Lebanon: Strike Gone Sour

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Moussa Bashir - May. 08 (Opinion) - May 7 should have been a day for general strike and demonstration to contest the Lebanese government's economic policies, price rise and low wages. The situation quickly erupted into street fights between political factions and here's a review of what bloggers had to say about the escalating crisis.

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Noam Chomsky, Terrorists Wanted the World Over

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Tomdispatch.com - By Tom Engelhardt, Noam Chomsky - Feb. 26 (Opinion) - On February 13, Imad Moughniyeh, a senior commander of Hizbollah, was assassinated in Damascus. "The world is a better place without this man in it," State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said: "one way or the other he was brought to justice." Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell added that Moughniyeh has been "responsible for more deaths of Americans and Israelis than any other terrorist with the exception of Osama bin Laden." Joy was unconstrained in Israel too, as "one of the U.S. and Israel's most wanted men" was brought to justice, the London Financial Times reported. Under the heading, "A militant wanted the world over," an accompanying story reported that he was "superseded on the most-wanted list by Osama bin Laden" after 9/11 and so ranked only second among "the most wanted militants in the world." The terminology is accurate enough, according to the rules of Anglo-American discourse, which defines "the world" as the political class in Washington and London (and whoever happens to agree with them on specific matters).

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No Exit

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

NOW Lebanon - By Iman Azzi - Dec. 23 (Comment) - Lebanon views Iraqis who enter illegally or who overstay their visas as illegal immigrants, regardless of their intent to seek asylum. Of the approximately 530 Iraqis in Lebanese jails, most are there for overstaying their visas, but they are being jailed alongside ordinary criminals.

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Saad Hariri on Lebanon's Future

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:41:18 -0700

Newsweek - By By Lally Weymouth - Oct. 12 (Interview) - His father, the late prime minister of Lebanon and the man who rebuilt Beirut, Rafiq Hariri, was assassinated in 2005. The prime minister's death spurred Lebanese to take to the streets in daily protests until Syria, thought to be behind the killing, withdrew its troops from the country. More recently, the March 14 Movement, led by Hariri's son, 37-year-old Saad Hariri, has also been the target of mysterious assassins.

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The good, the bad, and the bizarre in Lebanese elections

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:50:41 -0700

Daily Star (Lebanon) - Aug. 06 (Editorial) - The bad news, though, is stark and pervasive. These elections were held in a glaring constitutional crisis, with the president, speaker of the house and leading opposition movement all stating they did not recognize the validity of the vote. So it is not clear if the winners will be able to take their seats in Parliament. The election campaign in the Metn region, which was the most significant, was shockingly devoid of serious discussion of policy issues, or the provision of studied proposals on how Lebanon can tackle its pressing national challenges in the fields of economy, education, youth, environment and security. Rebuilding the country was not high on the priority list of candidates' proposals, and thus the elections will not advance the cause of national reconciliation and political reconstruction that is so critical for all Lebanese.

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