‘It’s a sad situation when there is a very good chance for there to be a two-state solution and where people are willing to take innocent life in order to stop that process. As a matter of fact, it’s pathetic. Having said that, Israel has a right to defend herself’
President Bush

‘We call for restraint on all sides because in the end this is going to have to be resolved by negotiation’
Tony Blair

‘The occupation (of the Palestinian territories) is the cause provoking both Lebanese and Palestinian people, and that’s why there is Lebanese and Palestinian resistance’
Farouk Al-Sharaa, the Syrian Vice-President

‘If both sides are going to drive each other into a tight corner then I think that all this will develop in a very dramatic and tragic way’
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister

BLOGGERS' VIEWS

Israel will sooner or later negotiate to release their ‘Prisoners of War’. So, why waste all this time and lives? You will end up having thousands killed, while you could solve this whole thing right there
sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2006/07/13/lebanese-dabkeh-on-israeli-music

This isn’t about a smaller Israel or getting Israel to leave Gaza or Lebanon. It’s about no Israel. That’s the fantasy the Islamic fanatics have sold to their people
thedailycurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2006/07/mexico-attacks-us-and-other-fantasies.html

This afternoon, while I was driving back home from Beirut, Hezbollah sympathisers were offering passers-by cookies and candies! Curse you Hezbollah to hell and back for all this destruction
lebanonheartblogs.blogspot.com

I can’t take it any more. I’m turning off the television
minivanmom74.samsproductions.com

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