2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

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This is a topic, with start date July 12, 2006 and end date August 19, 2006.

Its theme(s) are Middle East, War.

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United States should call for a cease-fire

For
End This Tragedy Now by Fouad Siniora (The Washington Post, August 9, 2006) (view)
Against
Why Israel Fights... by William J. Bennett (National Review, August 11, 2006) (view)
'Back Off, Israel,' Doesn't Cut It by Jonathan Chait (Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2006) (view)
Hearts and Minds by Jack Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 6, 2006) (view)

Britain should negotiate with Hezbollah

For
It is time to start dancing with the wolves by Michael Ancram (The Independent, August 24, 2006) (view)

France should commit more troops

For
Now is the time for sanctions by Haaretz editorial board (Haaretz, August 25, 2006) (view)
The Perils of Using 'The Allies' by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, August 25, 2006) (view)
It's Up to You, President Chirac by Jim Hoagland (The Washington Post, August 24, 2006) (view)
If Europe doesn't want Middle East war to begin again, it has to step up by Jonathan Freedland (The Guardian, August 23, 2006) (view)
Mideast Echoes Of 1938 by Richard Cohen (The Washington Post, August 22, 2006) (view)
Stepping up to the plate in Lebanon by Financial Times editorial board (Financial Times, August 22, 2006) (view)
French Follies by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, August 21, 2006) (view)
Waiting for Jacques by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, August 21, 2006) (view)
With doublespeaking France, honor gets lost in translation by Jules Crittenden (Boston Herald, August 20, 2006) (view)
Not worth the paper it's written on by New York Daily News editorial board (New York Daily News, August 19, 2006) (view)
Marche en arrière by The Times editorial board (The Times, August 18, 2006) (view)

United States should negotiate with Syria

For
The Guns of August by Richard Holbrooke (The Washington Post, August 10, 2006) (view)
A Cease-Fire Reality: Dealing With Syria by Dennis Ross (The Washington Post, July 28, 2006) (view)
Time to Talk by Leslie H. Gelb (The Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2006) (view)
Against
The Bugs Bunny Democrats by William Kristol (The Weekly Standard, August 21, 2006) (view)
The Only Option Is to Win by Newt Gingrich (The Washington Post, August 11, 2006) (view)
The Craven French 'Solution' by Barry Rubin (New York Post, August 2, 2006) (view)

Israel should attack Syria

For
Israel Should Hit Syria First by Max Boot (Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2006) (view)
Let Israel Take Off the Gloves by Max Boot (Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2006) (view)
Against
Neocon Dreams, American Nightmares by Eric Alterman (The Nation, August 10, 2006) (view)
Mixed
Rocket science by Austin Bay (The Washington Times, July 21, 2006) (view)

United Nations should disarm Hezbollah

For
Not worth the paper it's written on by New York Daily News editorial board (New York Daily News, August 19, 2006) (view)
A Moment to be Seized in Lebanon by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, August 18, 2006) (view)
Diplomacy has a limit by Oliver Kamm (The Guardian, August 18, 2006) (view)
Marche en arrière by The Times editorial board (The Times, August 18, 2006) (view)
A Path To Lasting Peace by Condoleezza Rice (The Washington Post, August 16, 2006) (view)
On victory by Jules Crittenden (Boston Herald, August 16, 2006) (view)
A Month of War by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, August 13, 2006) (view)
Against
The pundits' platitudes do nothing to solve this crisis by Simon Jenkins (The Guardian, August 9, 2006) (view)
The humanitarian urge is morphing into thirst for war by Simon Jenkins (The Guardian, July 25, 2006) (view)

Israel was right to agree to a cease-fire

For
Start Talking to Hezbollah by Lakhdar Brahimi (The New York Times, August 18, 2006) (view)
A Path To Lasting Peace by Condoleezza Rice (The Washington Post, August 16, 2006) (view)
After the Bombs, Politics by David Ignatius (The Washington Post, August 16, 2006) (view)
On victory by Jules Crittenden (Boston Herald, August 16, 2006) (view)
A Month of War by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, August 13, 2006) (view)
Against
A Defeat for the Democracies by Newt Gingrich (Human Events, August 21, 2006) (view)
Can Israel Survive This Catastrophe? by David Warren (Ottawa Citizen, August 17, 2006) (view)
Hezbollah 3, Israel 0 by Ralph Peters (New York Post, August 17, 2006) (view)
The Mideast's Munich by Arthur Herman (New York Post, August 16, 2006) (view)
The terror kings win by Michael Goodwin (New York Daily News, August 16, 2006) (view)

United States should negotiate with Iran

For
The Guns of August by Richard Holbrooke (The Washington Post, August 10, 2006) (view)
Time to Talk by Leslie H. Gelb (The Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2006) (view)
Against
The Bugs Bunny Democrats by William Kristol (The Weekly Standard, August 21, 2006) (view)
The Only Option Is to Win by Newt Gingrich (The Washington Post, August 11, 2006) (view)
The Craven French 'Solution' by Barry Rubin (New York Post, August 2, 2006) (view)

Israel was right to attack Lebanon

For
Can Israel Survive This Catastrophe? by David Warren (Ottawa Citizen, August 17, 2006) (view)
A Month of War by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, August 13, 2006) (view)
Why Israel Fights... by William J. Bennett (National Review, August 11, 2006) (view)
Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced by Mark Steyn (Chicago Sun-Times, August 6, 2006) (view)
Hearts and Minds by Jack Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 6, 2006) (view)
Israel's Lost Moment by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, August 4, 2006) (view)
'Disproportionate' in What Moral Universe? by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, July 28, 2006) (view)
Being Ehud Olmert by Bret Stephens (The Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2006) (view)
Let Israel Take Off the Gloves by Max Boot (Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2006) (view)
As Israel Goes for Withdrawal, Its Enemies Go Berserk by David Brooks (The New York Times, July 16, 2006) (view)
Hitting targets in Gaza, Lebanon simply self-defense by Uri Dromi (The Miami Herald, July 14, 2006) (view)
Against
Olmert exposed by The Guardian editorial board (The Guardian, May 1, 2007) (view)
To Iran with love by Joe Conason (Salon.com, August 25, 2006) (view)
Start Talking to Hezbollah by Lakhdar Brahimi (The New York Times, August 18, 2006) (view)
Israel's debacle, courtesy of Bush by Sidney Blumenthal (Salon.com, August 17, 2006) (view)
End This Tragedy Now by Fouad Siniora (The Washington Post, August 9, 2006) (view)
Israel's misguided strategies by H.D.S. Greenway (The Boston Globe, August 8, 2006) (view)
Lebanon and the unlearned lessons of Iraq by Steve Chapman (Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2006) (view)
Stop the Band-Aid Treatment by Jimmy Carter (The Washington Post, August 1, 2006) (view)
Morality and power by Irfan Husain (Dawn, July 29, 2006) (view)
A War of Her Own by Eugene Robinson (The Washington Post, July 28, 2006) (view)
It's not only about Israel, Ms. Rice by Rami G. Khouri (International Herald Tribune, July 25, 2006) (view)
Stop laughing, it's US policy that's the joke by Mike Carlton (The Sydney Morning Herald, July 22, 2006) (view)
Mixed
A few gains for Israel by Greg Sheridan (The Australian, August 17, 2006) (view)
'Back Off, Israel,' Doesn't Cut It by Jonathan Chait (Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2006) (view)

United States should take Israel's side

Against
After the cease-fire, war smolders by Dan Simpson (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 16, 2006) (view)
It's not only about Israel, Ms. Rice by Rami G. Khouri (International Herald Tribune, July 25, 2006) (view)
Mixed
Rah-Rah IDF! by Jeff A. Taylor (Reason, July 21, 2006) (view)


All items that address this topic (65 total)

Title Author Source Date
Hitting targets in Gaza, Lebanon simply self-defense Uri Dromi The Miami Herald 2453930.514 July 2006
As Israel Goes for Withdrawal, Its Enemies Go Berserk David Brooks The New York Times 2453932.516 July 2006
Let Israel Take Off the Gloves Max Boot Los Angeles Times 2453935.519 July 2006
Rah-Rah IDF! Jeff A. Taylor Reason 2453937.521 July 2006
Rocket science Austin Bay The Washington Times 2453937.521 July 2006
Stop laughing, it's US policy that's the joke Mike Carlton The Sydney Morning Herald 2453938.522 July 2006
Being Ehud Olmert Bret Stephens The Wall Street Journal 2453941.525 July 2006
It's not only about Israel, Ms. Rice Rami G. Khouri International Herald Tribune 2453941.525 July 2006
The humanitarian urge is morphing into thirst for war Simon Jenkins The Guardian 2453941.525 July 2006
Time to Talk Leslie H. Gelb The Wall Street Journal 2453944.528 July 2006
A Cease-Fire Reality: Dealing With Syria Dennis Ross The Washington Post 2453944.528 July 2006
'Disproportionate' in What Moral Universe? Charles Krauthammer The Washington Post 2453944.528 July 2006
A War of Her Own Eugene Robinson The Washington Post 2453944.528 July 2006
Katyusha World Daniel Henninger The Wall Street Journal 2453944.528 July 2006
Morality and power Irfan Husain Dawn 2453945.529 July 2006
Stop the Band-Aid Treatment Jimmy Carter The Washington Post 2453948.51 August 2006
The Craven French 'Solution' Barry Rubin New York Post 2453949.52 August 2006
Lebanon and the unlearned lessons of Iraq Steve Chapman Chicago Tribune 2453950.53 August 2006
Israel's Lost Moment Charles Krauthammer The Washington Post 2453951.54 August 2006
Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced Mark Steyn Chicago Sun-Times 2453953.56 August 2006
'Back Off, Israel,' Doesn't Cut It Jonathan Chait Los Angeles Times 2453953.56 August 2006
Hearts and Minds Jack Kelly Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2453953.56 August 2006
Israel's misguided strategies H.D.S. Greenway The Boston Globe 2453955.58 August 2006
The pundits' platitudes do nothing to solve this crisis Simon Jenkins The Guardian 2453956.59 August 2006
End This Tragedy Now Fouad Siniora The Washington Post 2453956.59 August 2006
Neocon Dreams, American Nightmares Eric Alterman The Nation 2453957.510 August 2006
The Guns of August Richard Holbrooke The Washington Post 2453957.510 August 2006
The Only Option Is to Win Newt Gingrich The Washington Post 2453958.511 August 2006
Terrorism Causes Occupation, Not Vice Versa Alan Dershowitz The Huffington Post 2453958.511 August 2006
Bad Timing Daniel Henninger The Wall Street Journal 2453958.511 August 2006
Why Israel Fights... William J. Bennett National Review 2453958.511 August 2006
A Month of War The Washington Post editorial board The Washington Post 2453960.513 August 2006
The Triumph of Unrealism George F. Will The Washington Post 2453962.515 August 2006
After the cease-fire, war smolders Dan Simpson Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2453963.516 August 2006
The terror kings win Michael Goodwin New York Daily News 2453963.516 August 2006
After the Bombs, Politics David Ignatius The Washington Post 2453963.516 August 2006
The Mideast's Munich Arthur Herman New York Post 2453963.516 August 2006
A Path To Lasting Peace Condoleezza Rice The Washington Post 2453963.516 August 2006
On victory Jules Crittenden Boston Herald 2453963.516 August 2006
Hezbollah 3, Israel 0 Ralph Peters New York Post 2453964.517 August 2006
Can Israel Survive This Catastrophe? David Warren Ottawa Citizen 2453964.517 August 2006
A few gains for Israel Greg Sheridan The Australian 2453964.517 August 2006
Israel's debacle, courtesy of Bush Sidney Blumenthal Salon.com 2453964.517 August 2006
Diplomacy has a limit Oliver Kamm The Guardian 2453965.518 August 2006
Start Talking to Hezbollah Lakhdar Brahimi The New York Times 2453965.518 August 2006
A Moment to be Seized in Lebanon Charles Krauthammer The Washington Post 2453965.518 August 2006
Marche en arrière The Times editorial board The Times 2453965.518 August 2006
Not worth the paper it's written on New York Daily News editorial board New York Daily News 2453966.519 August 2006
With doublespeaking France, honor gets lost in translation Jules Crittenden Boston Herald 2453967.520 August 2006
Waiting for Jacques The New York Times editorial board The New York Times 2453968.521 August 2006
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: 6 August 2006
'Disproportionate' in What Moral Universe?2006-07-28T00:00:000Author: Charles Krauthammer
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 28 July 2006
A Cease-Fire Reality: Dealing With Syria2006-07-28T00:00:000Author: Dennis Ross
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 28 July 2006
A Defeat for the Democracies2006-08-21T00:00:000Author: Newt Gingrich
Source: Human Events
Date: 21 August 2006
A Moment to be Seized in Lebanon2006-08-18T00:00:000Author: Charles Krauthammer
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 18 August 2006
A Month of War2006-08-13T00:00:000Author: The Washington Post editorial board
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 13 August 2006
A Path To Lasting Peace2006-08-16T00:00:000Author: Condoleezza Rice
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 16 August 2006
A War of Her Own2006-07-28T00:00:000Author: Eugene Robinson
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 28 July 2006
A few gains for Israel2006-08-17T00:00:000Author: Greg Sheridan
Source: The Australian
Date: 17 August 2006
Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced2006-08-06T00:00:000Author: Mark Steyn
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 6 August 2006
After the Bombs, Politics2006-08-16T00:00:000Author: David Ignatius
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 16 August 2006
After the cease-fire, war smolders2006-08-16T00:00:000Author: Dan Simpson
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Date: 16 August 2006
As Israel Goes for Withdrawal, Its Enemies Go Berserk2006-07-16T00:00:000Author: David Brooks
Source: The New York Times
Date: 16 July 2006
Bad Timing2006-08-11T00:00:000Author: Daniel Henninger
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 11 August 2006
Being Ehud Olmert2006-07-25T00:00:000Author: Bret Stephens
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 25 July 2006
Can Israel Survive This Catastrophe?2006-08-17T00:00:000Author: David Warren
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Date: 17 August 2006
Diplomacy has a limit2006-08-18T00:00:000Author: Oliver Kamm
Source: The Guardian
Date: 18 August 2006
End This Tragedy Now2006-08-09T00:00:000Author: Fouad Siniora
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 9 August 2006
French Follies2006-08-21T00:00:000Author: Investor's Business Daily editorial board
Source: Investor's Business Daily
Date: 21 August 2006
Hearts and Minds2006-08-06T00:00:000Author: Jack Kelly
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Date: 6 August 2006
Hezbollah 3, Israel 02006-08-17T00:00:000Author: Ralph Peters
Source: New York Post
Date: 17 August 2006
Hezbollah Didn't Win2006-08-25T00:00:000Author: Amir Taheri
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 25 August 2006
Hitting targets in Gaza, Lebanon simply self-defense2006-07-14T00:00:000Author: Uri Dromi
Source: The Miami Herald
Date: 14 July 2006
Hoodwinked by Hezbollah2006-08-24T00:00:000Author: Michael Young
Source: Reason
Date: 24 August 2006
If Europe doesn't want Middle East war to begin again, it has to step up2006-08-23T00:00:000Author: Jonathan Freedland
Source: The Guardian
Date: 23 August 2006
Israel Should Hit Syria First2006-08-23T00:00:000Author: Max Boot
Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: 23 August 2006
Israel's Lost Moment2006-08-04T00:00:000Author: Charles Krauthammer
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 4 August 2006
Israel's debacle, courtesy of Bush2006-08-17T00:00:000Author: Sidney Blumenthal
Source: Salon.com
Date: 17 August 2006
Israel's misguided strategies2006-08-08T00:00:000Author: H.D.S. Greenway
Source: The Boston Globe
Date: 8 August 2006
It is time to start dancing with the wolves2006-08-24T00:00:000Author: Michael Ancram
Source: The Independent
Date: 24 August 2006
It's Up to You, President Chirac2006-08-24T00:00:000Author: Jim Hoagland
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 24 August 2006
It's not only about Israel, Ms. Rice2006-07-25T00:00:000Author: Rami G. Khouri
Source: International Herald Tribune
Date: 25 July 2006
Katyusha World2006-07-28T00:00:000Author: Daniel Henninger
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 28 July 2006
Lebanon and the unlearned lessons of Iraq2006-08-03T00:00:000Author: Steve Chapman
Source: Chicago Tribune
Date: 3 August 2006
Let Israel Take Off the Gloves2006-07-19T00:00:000Author: Max Boot
Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: 19 July 2006
Marche en arrière2006-08-18T00:00:000Author: The Times editorial board
Source: The Times
Date: 18 August 2006
Mideast Echoes Of 19382006-08-22T00:00:000Author: Richard Cohen
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 22 August 2006
Morality and power2006-07-29T00:00:000Author: Irfan Husain
Source: Dawn
Date: 29 July 2006
Neocon Dreams, American Nightmares2006-08-10T00:00:000Author: Eric Alterman
Source: The Nation
Date: 10 August 2006
Not worth the paper it's written on2006-08-19T00:00:000Author: New York Daily News editorial board
Source: New York Daily News
Date: 19 August 2006
Now is the time for sanctions2006-08-25T00:00:000Author: Haaretz editorial board
Source: Haaretz
Date: 25 August 2006
Olmert exposed2007-05-01T00:00:000Author: The Guardian editorial board
Source: The Guardian
Date: 1 May 2007
On victory2006-08-16T00:00:000Author: Jules Crittenden
Source: Boston Herald
Date: 16 August 2006
Rah-Rah IDF!2006-07-21T00:00:000Author: Jeff A. Taylor
Source: Reason
Date: 21 July 2006
Rocket science2006-07-21T00:00:000Author: Austin Bay
Source: The Washington Times
Date: 21 July 2006
Start Talking to Hezbollah2006-08-18T00:00:000Author: Lakhdar Brahimi
Source: The New York Times
Date: 18 August 2006
Stepping up to the plate in Lebanon2006-08-22T00:00:000Author: Financial Times editorial board
Source: Financial Times
Date: 22 August 2006
Stop laughing, it's US policy that's the joke2006-07-22T00:00:000Author: Mike Carlton
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Date: 22 July 2006
Stop the Band-Aid Treatment2006-08-01T00:00:000Author: Jimmy Carter
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 1 August 2006
Terrorism Causes Occupation, Not Vice Versa2006-08-11T00:00:000Author: Alan Dershowitz
Source: The Huffington Post
Date: 11 August 2006
2007-05-01T00:00:00
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