July 2006
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Israel vows no let-up on Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the attacks on Lebanon will be kept up until two captured soldiers are freed.
He also insisted Hezbollah guerrillas had to be disarmed and the Lebanese army had to control southern Lebanon.
“We are not looking for war or direct conflict, but if necessary we will not be frightened by it,” he said.
Up to 200 Lebanese people have died in six...
Israel bars Palestinian Americans for first time...
By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent
For the first time since 1967, Israel is preventing the entry of Palestinians with foreign citizenship, most of them Americans.
Most of those refused entry are arriving from abroad, but have lived and worked for years in the West Bank.
According to a growing number of accounts from West Bank residents, petitions to the High Court of Justice and monitoring by...