Al-Ahram Weekly Online   10 - 16 August 2006
Issue No. 807
War on Lebanon
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The best you could do?
What did Arab foreign ministers really achieve in the Lebanese capital Monday? Dina Ezzat in Beirut searches for answers
Acting for Lebanon
Angered by a month-long savage Israeli bombing of Lebanon, an Egyptian delegation headed to Beirut Tuesday to express solidarity, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Will never surrender
Help is blocked from reaching those who most need it, but the Lebanese endure and resist, writes Serene Assir from Beirut
Preempting aggression
Lebanon hopes that deploying its troops in the south will put the onus on Israel and the international community to offer an end to the month-long Israeli destruction, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif
Resounding failure
No matter how the current war in the Middle East unfolds, Arab despots are believed to be the big losers, Sherine Bahaa reports
Diplomacy under duress
The semantics of international diplomacy have been manipulated to shield the prospect of prolonged warfare in Lebanon, writes Firas Al-Atraqchi
They cannot occupy
So far, Israel is failing militarily in Lebanon, writes Major General Mohamed Ali Belal
A few hopeful signs
Small but still significant signs of change are occurring in the US discussion of the war on Lebanon, writes James Zogby

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