Grasping at Branches in a Search for Mideast Peace

FORWARD — August 18, 2006
Imagine that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be settled by a misery contest. Each side would be able to pick its most tragic, catastrophic story to go up against the other, and the whole long history could be settled in one no-holds barred, mano a mano fight between two narratives. Who would [...]

Lebanon, Syria Oppose Proposed Security Council Resolution, Say IDF Must Withdraw Before Truce

JERUSALEM POST — August 7, 2006
UNITED NATIONS – The draft Security Council resolution that, if approved, would call for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hizbullah was met with a slew of rejections on Sunday.
Both Lebanon and Syria stated unequivocally that the draft’s most controversial provision – the IDF remaining in place even [...]