News and Analysis Updates

An inside look at the propaganda war in the Middle East, as the Isrealis seek “psychological advantage with every weapon available, including surreptitious television broadcasts, text messages and voice recordings.”

• Both Sides in Battle for Hearts and Minds (LA Times)

Organization of the Islamic Conference calls for “an investigation into Israel’s “violations” of international law and demanded the Jewish state pay compensation.”

• Iran, Other Islamic Nations Demand End to Mideast War (Reuters/Washington Post)

Negotiations in the U.N., mainly between France and America, continue as civilian casualties climb in the Middle East

• U.S., France Work on Mideast Resolutions (AP/Washington Post)

Arab Americans react to suspicion of their support for Hizbullah, “Who should they chant for? George Bush, the one who’s sending Israel bombs to kill their relatives, to kill more people? If they want to prosecute us, prosecute us. Let them get their buses, line them up and haul us out.”

• FBI Monitors Detroit Area for Activity Related to Hezbollah (Chicago Tribune)

King of Jordan condemns US and Isreal saying, “even if Israel destroyed Hezbollah, other groups would emerge in the Arab world to take its place, unless Israel ended its occupation of Palestinian lands and made peace with other Arab neighbours.”

• Jordanian King ‘Enraged by War’ (BBC News)

Hizbullah’s man in Syria says, “Liberal people around the world are supporting the resistance”:

• Hezbollah’s Helping Hands in Syria (BBC News)

Several prayer rooms at Paris airports closed due to fear that “Muslims were poised to put the premises under Islamic Sharia law” (sic):

• Paris Shuts Airport Muslim Prayer Rooms (AP/Washington Post)

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