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 Freed Terrorists
 Enjoy Hero's Welcome 

Hezbollah brass band greets child killer released after nearly 30 years

Times (UK) Times (UK) Jul 17, 08 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Freed terrorist Samir Qantar, who bludgeoned a 4-year-old child to death with the butt of his rifle in a raid on an Israeli community, was given a red-carpet and rose-petals hero's welcome yesterday by Lebanese president Michel Suleiman and Hezbollah leaders , reports the Times of London. Qantar, who has been in prison nearly 30 years, and four Hezbollah guerrillas were released in a swap with Israel for the remains of two Israeli soldiers captured in 2006. More »

More about:  Lebanon • Hezbollah • Beirut • Lebanon War • Gen Michel Suleiman • Samir Qantar

Israel Releases
5 Prisoners,
200 Bodies in Hezbollah Deal

Exchanges for remains of 2 missing soldiers

New York Times New York Times Jul 16, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel released five Lebanese prisoners and nearly 200 bodies today, the New York Times reports, completing a deal with Hezbollah that netted the Jewish state the bodies of two of its captured soldiers. The most notable prisoner was Samir Kuntar, who had spent more than three decades in Israeli prison for murdering a 4-year-old girl. He was 16 at the time. More »

More about:  Israel • Lebanon • Hezbollah • Lebanon War • Israeli prisoner release • prisoner exchange

 Hezbollah Returns Bodies
 of 2 Israeli Soldiers 

Corpses of servicemen who sparked 2006 war back home

Reuters Reuters Jul 16, 08 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah handed over the corpses of two slain Israeli soldiers in an exchange at the Lebanon-Israel border this morning, Reuters reports. The soldiers' capture sparked the 2006 war that killed 1,200 in Lebanon and 159 Israelis. Once the remains are identified, Israel will free five Lebanese prisoners, including one serving a life sentence for killing a 4-year-old girl and her family. More »

More about:  Israel • Lebanon • Hezbollah • Lebanon War • Shimon Peres • Israeli prisoner release • prisoner exchange

Israel to Trade Convicts for 2 Soldiers

Hezbollah hails swap as evidence of its growing power

Reuters Reuters Jun 29, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli officials today approved a prisoner swap with Hezbollah to release the bodies of two soldiers whose capture triggered a 2006 war, Reuters reports. In return, Hezbollah secured the freedom of five gunmen, including one of Israel’s “most notorious convicts,” the New York Times says. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said he “vacillated deeply” over the deal, which Hezbollah touted as a victory. More »

More about:  Israel • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon • soldier • Hezbollah • Lebanon War

Lebanon Picks Prez, Ends 6-Month Crisis

But foreign policy, Hezbollah arsenal still divide nation

Washington Post Washington Post May 25, 08 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanon elected its first leader in 6 months today by naming Gen. Michel Suleiman as president, the Washington Post reports. Fireworks filled the sky to a chorus of car honks after Suleiman secured the post with a near-unanimous 118 of 127 parliamentary votes. But the nation remains torn between US-Saudi backing and the forces of Hezbollah. More »

More about:  election • Lebanon • Hezbollah • Beirut • Qatar • Lebanon War • Michel Suleiman • Gen Michel Suleiman • General Michel Suleiman

Israeli Report Slams Lebanon War, Spares
PM Olmert

'Grave' failures cited,
but no calls to resign

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Jan 30, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - An Israeli panel cited “grave shortcomings” in its final report on Ehud Olmert’s leadership during the 2006 Lebanon war, but said Israel's PM acted “on substantial grounds" and in what he felt was in the nation’s best interest, the Guardian reports. Olmert, who had expected the report to call for his resignation, was said to be relieved at the unexpectedly balanced appraisal. More »

More about:  Israel • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon • Hezbollah • Lebanon War

Impending War Report Could Topple Olmert

Israeli PM steels for harsh criticism of his 2006 conduct in Lebanon

Times (UK) Times (UK) Jan 30, 08 3:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert is bracing for a vital challenge to his career as prime minister of Israel, when a report damning his conduct in the 2006 Lebanon war is released later today. The report could topple Olmert's precarious coalition government, the Times of London reports. An interim version of the report already triggered calls for Olmert's resignation. More »

More about:  Israel • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon • Lebanon War • Israeli Labor Party • Likud

Lebanon Under Seige

New York Review of Books New York Review of Books Jun 19, 07 9:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Economist Middle East correspondent Max Rodenbeck takes us on a painful amble through the history of modern Lebanon.   He sees Lebanon as a Manichean society where the wealthy live next to the poor, the religious coexist (sort of) with the secular, the pro-Syrian are at odds with the pro-Israeli. More »

More about:  Palestine • Middle East • Lebanon • Hezbollah • history • Lebanon War

Israeli Labor Party Picks Barak to Lead

Former PM will join cabinet, sets sight on top job again

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Jun 13, 07 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Barak won a runoff election yesterday making him head of Israel's Labor Party once again. Barak, who edged out former Shin Bet boss Ari Ayalon, will join PM Ehud Olmert's coalition cabinet, probably as defense minister. But the Guardian reports that the serial party chief is widely expected to make a run for his old job in the next general election. More »

More about:  Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Ehud Barak • Israeli Labor Party • Likud • Benjamin Netanyahu • Ariel Sharon • Shin Bet

Israel Votes Out Labor Leader

Peretz loses to Olmert critics; party threatens to quit government

BBC BBC May 29, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert was the biggest loser as the Israeli Labor party yesterday ousted its current leader, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, in favor of  two stauncher critics of Israel's uneasy coalition government. The vote yielded a runoff between former PM Ehud Barak and former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon, both of whom say they'll withdraw Labor from the government unless Olmert resigns. More »

More about:  Israel • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Ehud Barak • Israeli Labor Party

Israelis Rally for Olmert Ouster

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) May 4, 07 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive demonstration in Tel Aviv yesterday amplified the cry for Israel's PM Ehud Olmert to resign. Tens of thousands of Israelis packed into Rabin Square to denounce Olmert's handling of last year's Lebanon War, in the wake of the highly critical Winograd Commission report. Polls are showing three quarters of Israelis want their PM out. More »

More about:  Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Kadima • Lebanon War • rally • Winograd

Report on Lebanon War Slams Olmert

Israeli cabinet member resigns, urges embattled PM to follow

Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor May 1, 07 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel’s investigation into last summer’s bungled war in Lebanon has produced a firestorm of  criticism directed at Ehud Olmert, who is now fighting for his political survival. The Winograd Commission’s initial report accused the prime minister of “supreme and comprehensive personal responsibility” for the war’s failure. More »

More about:  Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon • Kadima • Lebanon War • Winograd Report • Winograd

Olmert Braces For Possible Summer Ouster

Report critical of Lebanon war may
doom Israeli PM

Haaretz (Israel) Haaretz (Israel) Apr 30, 07 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert may be forced out of office to avoid dragging the Kadima party down with him, Haaretz reports. Quoting a senior party official, the newspaper says the Israeli Prime Minister may resign this summer as part of the fallout from a government report on the run-up to and conduct of last summer’s war in Lebanon. More »

More about:  Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon • war • Hezbollah • Kadima • Lebanon War

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