Dramatic Return for the Living and the Dead

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jul 18, 2008 Yesterday [July 16] was the last day of the 2006 Lebanon war, the final chapter of Israel's folly and Hizbollah's hubris, a grisly day of corpse-swapping and refrigerated body parts and coffin after bleak wooden coffin on trucks crossing the Israeli border, which left old Ali Ahmed al-Sfeir and his wife, Wahde, stooped and broken with grief. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Thousands Demand New Government in Israel

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2007 Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Thursday, calling for a new government. The protest was organized around the handling of the Lebanon war. A recent investigation blamed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a "serious failure in exercising judgment, responsibility and prudence." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )