Posted in Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Palestinians, Robert O. Freedman on Jul 24th, 2008 Comments Off
From Robert O. Freedman
The recent exchange of five Arab terrorists for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers abducted by Hezbollah at the start of the 2006 war was a major defeat for Israel, one that must not be repeated. While one can understand the anguish felt by the families of the captured Israeli soldiers, Ehud [...]
Posted in Hezbollah, Lebanon, Michael Young, Syria on Jul 19th, 2008 Comments Off
From Michael Young
This report of the return of Samir Quntar to his home village of Abay on Thursday is how you would expect a news story like this one to play in a foreign media outlet.
Posted in Andrew Exum, David Schenker, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Military on Jul 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
From David Schenker
A lot of people have asked me lately about U.S. funding of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The current interest in U.S. assistance to the LAF comes as little surprise: Congress is currently reviewing the FY09 budget, which is said to include a significant aid package for the LAF.
From MESH Admin
This map of Lebanon, prepared by Lebanon-Support, seeks to identify areas of “vulnerability” within Lebanon—what might best be described as potential flash points—as of June 2008. The map’s authors describe the map’s layers in these terms:
Political layer, displaying the electoral weight of the opposition and “loyalists” in each of the electoral districts of [...]
From MESH Admin
The clashes in Lebanon last month revealed the underlying fault lines within the country. These two maps, prepared by Lebanon-Support, are useful references to where they run.
Posted in Geopolitics, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Jon Alterman, Lebanon, Steven A. Cook, Syria, Turkey on Jun 6th, 2008 4 Comments »
From Jon Alterman
A funny thing has happened in the Middle East: virtually all of the government opposition to the United States has gone away. After almost a half-century of Cold War battles to protect oil fields, deny Soviet access to warm-water ports, and commit hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, the number of Middle [...]
Posted in Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Tamara Cofman Wittes on May 21st, 2008 Comments Off
From Tamara Cofman Wittes
A Lebanese friend of mine made a close study of the new deal announced today in Doha between Lebanese factions, and didn’t think it was so bad. He argued to me that the deal effectively forbids Hezbollah from using its cabinet representation as a veto on government decisions, and that the electoral [...]
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