February 12

Approaches To Peacebuilding In Lebanon

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Walking the line: strategic approaches to peacebuilding in Lebanon
This site provides free access to the full text of the paper by M. Kraft, M. Al-Mazri, H. Wimmen, N. Zupan which was commissioned by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (hbs), the German Development Service (DED), the Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD) and the Working Group on Development and Peace (FriEnt) and published in January 2009. The 52 paper paper critically examines the nature of the conflict in Lebanon, and identifies challenges for German and other international peacekeeping teams in civil society, peace keeping and peace rebuilding initiatives in the region. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.frient.de/en/publications/detaildoc.asp?id=932

August 06

Israel-Lebanon Conflict 2006: Assessment Of US News Reporting

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The Summer 2006 Conflict Between Hezbollah and Israel, One Year Later…
Source: International Center for Media and the Public Agenda, University of Maryland

Did the press covering the fierce fighting between Hezbollah and Israel last July and August (2006) manage to cover the war with balance and depth, authority and empathy?

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June 25

Three New Papers On The Middle East: On Lebanon, On Iraq & On Palestine

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Three New Papers on the Middle East from CS&IS (PDFs)
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies (More)

March 02

Israeli-Hezbollah War Of 2006

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The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict

Source: Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Faculty Research Working Paper Series

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February 27

Hizb'allah's Sunni Islamist Network

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Expanding the "Jihad": Hizb'allah's Sunni Islamist Network
Source: The Brookings Institution, Saban Center for Middle East Policy (More)

November 03

Israel/Hizbollah/Lebanon: Avoiding Renewed Conflict. ICG

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Source: International Crisis Group
"UN Security Council Resolution 1701 halted the month-long fighting between Israel and Hizbollah but did little to resolve the underlying conflict and, if poorly handled, could help reignite it. The resolution has held remarkably well, with only limited violations. However, the temptation by either party to overreach could trigger renewed fighting. The greatest threats would be attempts by Israel or UN forces (UNIFIL) to use 1701 as a blunt means of disarming Hizbollah in the south or by Hizbollah to test UNIFIL's resolve. 1701 should be seen as a transitory instrument that can stabilise the border by containing both sides' military impulses until bolder action is taken to address both domestic Lebanese matters (reforming and democratising the political and electoral systems; building a strong sovereign state and army; resolving the question of Hizbollah's armaments) and, especially, regional issues (in particular re-launching the Syrian track and engaging Iran). In short the international community must be modest in implementing 1701 for as long as it is not prepared to be ambitious in its regional diplomatic efforts."

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October 20

Lebanon/Israel: Hezbollah Hit Israel With Cluster Munitions . Human Rights Watch

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Lebanon/Israel: Hezbollah Hit Israel with Cluster Munitions During Conflict: First Confirmed Use of Weapon Type

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/10/18/lebano14412.htm

See Also: Links to other Human Rights Watch documents on recent Irael-Lebanon Crisis

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September 15

Preliminary Report Israel-Lebanon Conflict Sept 2006

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Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies

http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060911_isr_hez_lessons.pdf

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September 03

Virtual Humanitarian Aid Information Centre Lebanon

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September 01

Lebanon Crisis. Al-Jazeera

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Lebanon crisis: Al-Jazeera.net

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/501EB624-506D-49A7-894E-6E4841A60259.htm

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August 14

Middle-East: Transnational Institute Resources

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http://www.tni.org/mideast/index.htm (More)

August 14

Hizbollah's Outlook In The Current Conflict (Part One): Motives, Strategy, And Objectives

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Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Full Document (PDF; 122 KB) http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/saad_ghorayeb_final.pdf (More)

August 11

Attack On Qana, Lebanon

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Permalink to UN PULSE

http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/LIB/DHLRefWeblog.nsf/dx/10082006021323PMNGRPDE

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August 04

Israel Ministry Of Foreign Affairs: Terrorism: Terror From Lebanon

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URL: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon-+Hizbullah/

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July 31

Israel/Lebanon: Israel And Hizbullah Must Spare Civilians... Amnesty International

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Israel/Lebanon: Israel and Hizbullah must spare Civilians: Obligations under International Humanitarian Law of the Parties to the Conflict in Israel and Lebanon

Source: Amnesty International

http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGMDE150702006

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July 28

Map: Humanitarian Crisis In The Middle East (PDF; 250 KB)

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Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Situation map.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/6BA711B8786E86E4852571B6005334A3/$File/ifrc_CFT_lbn210706.pdf?OpenElement

July 28

Lebanese Security And The Hezbollah. [Center For Strategic & International Studies]

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http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,3359/type,1/

From: The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).

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July 27

U.N.Refugee Agency. Lebanon Crisis

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http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/lebanon-crisis

July 27

Middle East Crisis In Lebanon And Israel [U.N. Proposal]

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed a three-part strategy today aimed at ending the Middle East crisis in Lebanon and Israel involving an immediate cessation of hostilities and wide-ranging political and economic commitments [http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=2150]. A News Focus Web site [http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=70&Body=Palestin&Body1] has been created compiling related statements, documents, resolutions, links to UN system Web sites and more.

July 27

Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah: The Current Conflict [U.S. CRS]

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Source: U.S. Congressional Report Service

45 pages; PDF.

This report analyzes the current conflict between Israel and two U.S. State Department-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and the radical Palestinian Hamas organization.

Source: FAS (via OpenCRS)

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL33566

July 26