In an interview with The Jerusalem Post this week, British Ambassador to Israel Tom Phillips contended that Israel’s negative image in Britain and the world stems from it being an “occupying power.” He couldn’t be more wrong.

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The international community, no doubt strong armed to a certain degree by the Bush Administration, actually showed a great deal of clarity in its statement Sunday regarding the escalating situation along the Israel-Lebanon border.

Beirut has been screaming for a ceasefire for days, urging the world to impose a cessation of hostilities not on Hizb’allah, but on Israel.

But leaders of the world’s top industrialized nations (G-8) meeting in St. Petersburg told Lebanon it will have calm only AFTER aggression against the Jewish state ceases. Continue reading »