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Nathan wrote this entry on Thursday, 7th of September 2006 at 12:08:36 PM
Hot on the heals of accusations of war crimes, excessive force, and other hot air from the Old World there comes news of an impending problem in Gaza:
Yuval Diskin, director of Israel’s Shin Bet Security Services, told the Knesset last month that since the Jewish state withdrew from Gaza, the Palestinians successfully have transferred [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Sunday, 20th of August 2006 at 09:09:32 PM
So says this week’s The Economist cover story. A quote from the opening paragraph:
Israel’s prime minister set himself an absurd aim�the complete demolition of Hizbullah’s power in Lebanon�and failed to achieve it. The shrewder Mr Nasrallah said victory would consist merely of surviving, and Hizbullah, however battered, did survive.
They want to be [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Friday, 18th of August 2006 at 09:28:18 PM
It is images like this, from NYTimes, that make me howl at the computer! I am assuming that the fence is somewhere on the southern boarder with Israel. This is not going to be the end of the influence of Hezballah has on this region, the state with in a state is note gone. You [...]