Author - themiddle

Despite fighting the war in Lebanon since day 1 of the war until day 33 of the war, the all-Druse battalion, Herev, emerged from the fighting with all of its soldiers safe and sound. Their commander...

Allison Kaplan Sommer had this article by Ari Shavit on her blog. I thought it was interesting enough to bring up here.

Uri Grossman, 20 years of age, was killed today in Lebanon. He was a tank commander and his tank was hit by an anti-tank weapon, one of the key weapons used by Hizbullah. There is a tragedy I...

Some bitter thoughts about this war now that UNSCR 1701 has been passed, and even if the IDF continues its ground attacks next week: It’s hard to escape the feeling that Israel has lost this...

The Shebaa Farms/Har Dov are mentioned in both the preamble to UNSCR 1701 as well as in the text of the resolution itself as a point of contention that needs to be revisited. This is an incredible...

A look back at a good portion of my posts about this war. Bear with me, I have a reason for going back over these. Two strikes for Halutz, three and he’s out. This Lousy War This Lousy War II...

Let’s face it, this guy could be the new face of Hizbullah. He dresses better than Nasrallah and speaks English quite well. Notice also all the finger pointing and the raised voice. Aah, that...