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Middle East Mirage by Ari Bussel The overall picture is frightening: Iran activates a nuclear reactor with Russia’s help. The USA is engaging in a new silent diplomacy to appease those who are worried: “We still have another year.” Ignoring the real threat to the entire free world, the USA is busy elsewhere. On the American President’s agenda is his vision for Peace in the Middle East. He, the Nobel Laureate, has achieved such greatness in such short time that brining peace to an area that does not want it should not be a challenge. Why engage in the impossible...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in remarks aired on Tuesday his group would only release the two Israeli soldiers it kidnapped if Israel freed Samir al-Qantar, the Lebanese prisoner held for the longest time by the Jewish state. "After all that happened and this ends without Samir?" Nasrallah told Al Jazeera television in an interview. Nasrallah stopped short of saying the group would not set the release of other prisoners as part of its conditions. "There are other prisoners," the interviewer said. "You ask me, will there be a deal without Samir, I say no ......

Hezbollah rockets kill 12 in Israel By JOSEPH PANOSSIAN, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah guerrillas unleashed their deadliest barrage of rockets yet into northern Israel, killing at least 12 people...as fighting only intensified despite a draft U.N. cease-fire resolution. Hezbollah and its allies rejected the draft resolution, saying its terms for a halt in fighting do not address Lebanon's demands — in a signal that the nearly 4-week-old battle will burn on. Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets late Sunday on the port city of Haifa, injuring dozens of people, in the heaviest attack on...

Palestinians Dressed As Israeli Troops Kill 4 House-to-house W. Bank attacks sap peace plan By TRACY CONNOR Daily News Staff Writer Palestinians disguised as Israeli soldiers machine-gunned Israeli settlers in their homes yesterday — killing four people, including a 5-year-old girl shot dead in front of her mother and brothers. The attack, the bloodiest in the West Bank since the Israel offensive began last month, started when the assailants cut fences to the Adora settlement near Hebron and slipped inside. Armed with M-16 and Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, the attackers were dressed in olive-green uniforms and flak jackets and were clean-shaven...

<p>JERUSALEM (AP) --  Israeli soldiers raided the office of two Arab television stations in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Monday, forcing journalists to lie face down on the floor while they searched for militants and weapons, a reporter said.</p>