"Sunday's attack raised the possibility of an Israeli reprisal raid and a new
flare-up between the two countries. It came as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was
arriving in the United States for talks. In New York, an official with Olmert
said the prime minister was briefed about the incident. 'Israel will not succumb
to this provocation but will monitor the situation carefully,' the official
said, requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation,
indicating that Israel would not hit back."
The whole region seems to be on the brink of falling into chaos. The conflict inside Lebanon, the conflict inside the West Bank and Gaza Iraq the growing tensions with Iran, and the brewing conflict between the Turks and the Kurds along their shared border. I don't know what hope for peace there is in the region, and how bad things are going to have to get before they get better.
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