The middle of the twentieth century was the last occasion a belligerent nation stunned the world with violent military invasions. The major powers watched passively while a rogue military nation boldly occupied a number of sovereign states; the excuses offered by the aggressor at that time were similar to the inane, irrational rubbish the world is offered today by Israel and the U.S. However, some would make the distinction that the comments made by John Bolton and Condoleezza Rice are even less believable than the propaganda of Dr. Joseph Goebbels.

Today 26, July 2006 everything has an unreasonable hue a certain irrational shimmer. I can taste the air and it is bitter with unreason and cruelty. I am able to detect the world passing all the horror, lies and weeping. I must be dreaming or I could be mad!

The people of Lebanon are facing their "hour of greatest need," the United Nations said yesterday in launching an emergency appeal for $150 million to help an estimated 800,000 civilians whose lives have been disrupted by Israeli bombing of Lebanon. Brian Whitaker reports.

Local Impeachment Session in Wheaton, MD, Scheduled on July 25 - 7:30 PM
Sabang Restaurant
2504 Ennalls Avenue,
Wheaton 20902

Oakland, California session audio attached, with:
Bill Goodman, Dir Center for Constitutional Rights
Daniel Ellsberg, Board Member of Constitutional Summer

As the world focuses its attention on the grave crisis in Lebanon and Gaza, which risks being transformed into a regional conflict, it is time to listen to the Palestinians in Lebanon - in particular those still living in the refugee camps. Marina Da Silva reports.

Mona El-Farra, a doctor and human rights activis who lives in Gaza City, reports June 29 to July 5 as the sky is filled with Israel's jet fighters.

Consequences of Israel's illegal actions in Lebanon. Read Stephen Zunes analysis.

Commentary on Israel's destruction of Beirut by Robert Fisk, independent journalist who has lived there for many years while reporting on the Middle East.