U.S. report: Hezbollah fought Israel better than any Arab army

"The authors give a high grade to Hezbollah's performance in the 2006 war, describing it as more effective than that of any Arab army that confronted Israel in the Jewish state's history, and that Hezbollah militants wounded more Israelis per fighter than any previous Arab effort."

Or, in other words, Israel got her as* kicked...

Israel threatens Lebanon with destruction

Major General Gadi Eisenkot

"We will use disproportionate force against these villages (in southern Lebanon) and cause enormous destruction because from our point of view these are not villages but military bases," Major General Gadi Eisenkot, the top commander in northern Israel was quoted by Yediot Aharonot on Friday.

At some point, you just gotta ask yourself - who are these people???

Ban to press Israel for $1bn damages for Lebanon

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, plans to ask the Israeli government to compensate Lebanon, neighbouring countries and the UN with as much as US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) to assist with cleaning up damage to the eastern Mediterranean coastline from about 15,000 metric tonnes of fuel oil spilled into the sea when Israeli jets bombed a major electricity plant in Jiyeh, Lebanon.

Translation - Ban will ask American tax-payers to settle another Israeli debt...

UN to demand Israel pay Lebanon $1 billion in reparations

"The United Nations will require Israel to pay Lebanon nearly $1 billion for environmental damages caused during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Saturday."

Israel Rejected Political Settlement in Favor of War to Change Political Landscape

Area map showing Lebanon and surrounding countries and indicating the area of Shebaa Farms.

"During the first week of Israel's Second War on Lebanon Israeli officials refused an offer to transfer captured soldiers used as a pretext for the war to Lebanese president Siniora, with Tzipi Livni nearly "jumping out of her seat." In a new book, "Spider Webs - The Story of the Second Lebanon War" reviewed by Haaretz and published by Yedioth Ahronoth, the story is told how a diplomatic solution to ending the crisis and getting back the captured soldiers was completely refused in favor of continuing the war, UN officials report that the attitude from Israel was "Forget it, we're going to win.""

Evidence of Israeli 'Cowardly Blending' Comes to Light

"A new report, written by a respected Israeli human rights organization, one representing the country's Arab minority, not its Jewish majority, has unearthed evidence showing that during the fighting Israel committed war crimes not only against Lebanese civilians – as was already known – but also against its own Arab citizens. This is an aspect of the war that has been almost entirely neglected until now."