07-27-2006, 08:51 PM
<b>'Those who cannot protect their freedom do not deserve it'</b>
<b>Israel says it has 'green light' for war on Hezbollah </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Yesterday in Rome we in effect obtained the authorization to continue our operations until Hezbollah is no longer present in southern Lebanon," Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon told army radio, referring to a 15-nation conference in the Italian capital on Wednesday.
World powers remain at odds over how to end the conflict, despite the mounting death toll and warnings that Lebanon was facing a humanitarian catastrophe, with much of its infrastructure in ruins, hundreds of thousands of thousands fleeing their homes and increasing shortages of food and medicines.
Washington, Israel's closest ally, infuriated Arab opinion by blocking calls at the Rome meeting for an immediate ceasefire and instead calling for efforts to reach a "sustainable" truce.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Arab countries were disappointed that the Rome conference had "failed to meet Arab demands" for an immediate truce.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora despaired for his war-ravaged people, telling diplomats in Rome that his country was being "cut to pieces"
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<b>Israel says it has 'green light' for war on Hezbollah </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Yesterday in Rome we in effect obtained the authorization to continue our operations until Hezbollah is no longer present in southern Lebanon," Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon told army radio, referring to a 15-nation conference in the Italian capital on Wednesday.
World powers remain at odds over how to end the conflict, despite the mounting death toll and warnings that Lebanon was facing a humanitarian catastrophe, with much of its infrastructure in ruins, hundreds of thousands of thousands fleeing their homes and increasing shortages of food and medicines.
Washington, Israel's closest ally, infuriated Arab opinion by blocking calls at the Rome meeting for an immediate ceasefire and instead calling for efforts to reach a "sustainable" truce.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Arab countries were disappointed that the Rome conference had "failed to meet Arab demands" for an immediate truce.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora despaired for his war-ravaged people, telling diplomats in Rome that his country was being "cut to pieces"
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