UNIFIL, the United Nations security force deployed to maintain peace on the Israel-Lebanon border, has confirmed Israel’s position that all soldiers were working within Israel when a Lebanese Army sniper fired across the international border killing two Israeli soldiers.
Categories: Lebanon, Security, United Nations
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The “Mariam” is a Lebanese ship intended to be a second flotilla. Unlike the first violent episode, this ship is to be filled with women and journalists. There is no word on whether the ship is intended to be violent, but it is intended to head to the Gaza Strip.
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Terrorism
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State Department leaders have said that they are concerned that military aid to Lebanon is ending up in the hands of Hezbollah terrorists, and that is unacceptable.
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Terrorism, United States of America
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Events on the northern border of Israel last week have demonstrated just how fragile the ceasefire with Lebanon really is. This, in turn, mirrors the fragility of the relationships that exist around the Middle East, not only between Israel and the Arab countries that surround her, but also between the Arab countries themselves. This fragility [...]
I just read one of the most blatantly biased articles in a US media source I have seen in quite a long time, and sometimes I get to a boiling point where I feel I must do something. Rather than just write about it here, I sent the author a note, which is copied below. [...]
Categories: Lebanon, Media
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Around 10:30am on August 3rd, a group of IDF soldiers was clearing brush long the Israel-Lebanon border fence when a sniper began firing. The Israelis were reportedly in two groups, and the more senior officers from the group were the ones that took completely unprovoked fire.
Categories: Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Lebanon, Security, Terrorism
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The Lebanese government plans to file a complaint with the UN Security Council after it claims to have uncovered an extensive Israeli spy ring. The complaint will focus on an alleged clandestine Israeli involvement in state-owned cellular phone company Alfa. Two technical employees of the company have been arrested in the last month on suspicion [...]
Categories: Lebanon, Mossad
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I just visited Iran’s national TVnews website at the suggestion of Google News. The article there blew me away. It takes lying, embellishing, and omission of facts to a whole new level.
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Media, Terrorism
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that in a future war with Israel, Hezbollah would attack Ben Gurion airport if Israel strikes the main airport in Beirut.
A group of Lebanese protesters rioters entered a Starbucks in Beirut and shouted anti-Israel comments and accused the company of being pro-Israel.
Categories: Anti-Semitism, Lebanon, United States of America, Zionism
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