The Australian, April 24

Puppet-state Lebanon a pawn for ambitious Iran

For the sake of another very small aspect of peace in the Middle East, and particularly for the sake of the Lebanese people, the world should act to split the Lebanese government from Hezbollah, even if it takes sanctions against the Lebanese government to do it.

2017-04-24 by Major General Andrew James Molan

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Friends of Israel Initiative meets with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

On April 3, a Friends of Israel Initiative (FOII) delegation met with the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, at the UN headquarters in New York. The purpose of the meeting was to present Guterres an array of recommendations to stop and prevent anti-Israel bias in several UN organizations.

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Reporteros Online, April 9

Hezbollah: la Próxima Guerra

No podemos abandonar a Israel. Defender a Israel no es solo un compromiso, si no también una obligación moral.

2017-04-06 by Colonel Eduardo Ramírez

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Elias Cohen

Options for Jerusalem

A Study about the Proposals for Jerusalem on the Eve of the 50th Anniversary of the Reunification.

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The Times of Israel, April 3

The chutzpah of Sayeeda Warsi

The IDF complies with the Geneva Conventions and with Jewish morality handed down across the centuries. In their efforts to avoid civilian casualties in battle, they are admired and emulated by armies throughout the world.

2017-04-03 by Colonel Richard Kemp

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Meeting with the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres

On April 3 a Friends of Israel Initiative delegation presented to the United Nations Secretary General an array of recomendations to rebalance the treatment to Israel in the UN, and offered its help to achieve this goal.

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The High Level Military Group (HLMG) Fact-Finding Mission to Study the threat by Hezbollah on the ground.

The HLMG could clearly observe that if Hezbollah starts again a massive launching of missiles towards Israel, the IDF will face an asymmetric conflict against an enemy who fights inside urban populations and takes advantage of it. The IDF procedures and strategic planning, as observed by the HLMG, show that Israeli forces are well prepared to minimize civil causalities and to fully abide by the rules of engagement compliances established by the Laws of Armed Conflict ? just as it has done in the past.

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