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Violence in the Middle East

August 17, 2006
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The worst outbreak of violence in over a decade erupted on the Israeli-Lebanon border in July. Following the seizure of two Israeli soldiers and a cross-border raid by guerrilla group Hezbollah, Israel launched a fierce offensive against its northern neighbor.

Large parts of southern Beirut, home to Hezbollah headquarters, were flattened as Israel targeted key infrastructure in air and ground raids. Hezbollah retaliated with rocket attacks on northern Israel. Civilians bore the brunt of the attacks. The international community scrambled to mediate in the conflict and bring an end to the violence.

Click on the links below to read DW-WORLD.DE's compilation of articles on the conflict and the search for peace.

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Reports & Analysis

Opinion: Plenty Left Undecided for UN Peacekeeping Force

Pledges were made to send the first set of troops to strengthen the UN's mission in Lebanon on Monday, but a number of questions for the international community remain unanswered, says DW's Peter Philipp.
August 29, 2006

Report: Germany to Send 1,200 Troops to Middle East

Germany will deploy over 1,200 soldiers in the Middle East as part of the UN force aimed at keeping the peace between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a news report.
August 28, 2006

Opinion: Israel Deserved "War Crime" Label

DW's Peter Philipp says Amnesty International's criticism of Israel's actions in Lebanon was well deserved -- and overdue. Now, he hopes Hezbollah gets its due.
August 24, 2006

Propaganda Wars Fight for Headlines in the Middle East

Jo Groebel, the director of the German Digital Institute, spoke with DW-WORLD.DE about the media coverage of the Middle East and why violence dominates news reports while peace is seldom mentioned.
August 15, 2006

An Elusive Goal: a Common Middle East Policy for Europe

The European Union says it wants to have a common foreign policy, but is deeply split over the Middle East crisis. We took a look at a few EU countries and their neighbors and what divides them on the issue.
August 5, 2006

German, Lebanese Leaders Discuss UN Buffer Force

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora have spoken about Berlin's contribution to a beefed-up UN peacekeeping force in war-battered southern Lebanon.
August 30, 2006

Steinmeier Cancels Talks With Syrian President

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier cancelled a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on short notice because of a speech the president gave blaming Israel and the US for tensions in the region.
August 15, 2006

Opinion: German Troops in Lebanon -- an Unavoidable Decision

There are no good reasons why Germany should not be involved in the UN's peacekeeping mission to the Middle East, but it should not send ground troops to a buffer zone between the fronts, according to DW's Heinz Dylong.
August 19, 2006

EU Takes Charge in Cleaning Oil Spill on Lebanese Coast

The European Union has agreed to coordinate efforts to contain a massive oil spill off the coast of Lebanon in an effort to prevent an environmental disaster in the Mediterranean Ocean.
August 19, 2006

"Germany Should Take Part in Lebanon Peace-Keeping Mission"

Former Israeli ambassador to Germany Avi Primor backed the idea of German troops participating in a possible international peacekeeping mission in Lebanon as long as they were not stationed on the border with Israel.
August 3, 2006