Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Nation & World

Mideast crisis--Blog from Jerusalem

By Orly Halpern
Posted 8/14/06
Page 12 of 12

But as the Israeli military operation continues and the number of killed Lebanese civilians rises complete with ghastly pictures on Arab TV, even those who fault Hezbollah for starting the dangerous back-and-forth lobbying of missiles and rockets are turning their criticism towards their usual foe, Israel.

Yesterday, my Jordanian friend changed his MSN Messenger name again. Now it reads: "F*** Hezbollah and Israel. Long Live Lebanon."

Halpern is a freelance journalist in Jerusalem.

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