Israel admits Lebanon war planned months in advance
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On July 12 last year, Hezbollah raided an Israeli military post and captured two Israeli soldiers.Comment
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Israelâs chief of internal security said that Palestinian gunmen had plotted to kill Prime Minster Ehud Olmert in June, but intelligence officials had foiled the plan.
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz, asked about the possibility of war with Syria, said Wednesday that the military was preparing for any scenario but added that Israel must not give up on diplomacy with Damascus.
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JERUSALEM The Israeli Supreme Court ordered the government to produce a statement in the next 30 days that assesses the ramifications of a nonbinding ruling by the International Court of Justice in the Hague that declared the Israeli security barrier ...
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Israel&#039;s air force is prepared to strike anywhere in Lebanon, including the capital of Beirut, if the Lebanese government fails to rein in Hezbollah guerrillas, the Israeli army chief said Thursday.
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Israel bombarded Lebanon for a sixth day   on Monday and dismissed as premature a U.N. proposal for an   international peacekeeping force to help end the worst fighting   across the Israeli-Lebanese border in more than 20 years.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   said on Monday Israel would pursue its offensive against   Hizbollah until two captured soldiers were returned and   Lebanese army troops controlled all of southern Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has testified he launched last year's war against Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon in line with a contingency plan he approved four months before, the Haaretz daily said on Thursday.
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Israel grabbed strategic high ground in south Lebanon on Thursday but delayed a major push northward, as diplomats cited progress toward agreement on a U.N. cease-fire resolution that could soon go to a vote.
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Israel's government and military are expected to face a new round of criticism today when a long-delayed report into their handling of the war in Lebanon is published
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Israel's army released a video Monday purporting to show the interrogation of a Hezbollah fighter acknowledging his part in the raid on an Israeli army patrol July 12 &#151; the spark that ignited the current conflict in Lebanon.
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Israel's Security Cabinet approved early Tuesday widening the ground offensive in Lebanon and rejected a cease-fire until an international force is in place, a participant in the meeting said.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel is set on a collision course with the European Union and could turn into a pariah state, like South Africa during the apartheid years, if the Mideast conflict is not resolved, Israel's Foreign Ministry warns in a confidential 10-year forecast.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert awaits the publication of the final report into the conduct of the 2006 Lebanon war.
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The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday authorized an inquiry into the government's handling of the recent war in Lebanon, capping weeks of disagreements over the scope of the investigation.
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Israel said it received assurances that Lebanese and international forces would block arms from being smuggled to Hezbollah.
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Israel's military chief said Tuesday that Israel will withdraw all remaining troops from Lebanon by this weekend, a lawmaker said.