Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (R) shakes hands with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, upon the latter’s arrival on a brief visit to Lebanon Tuesday. (NOW Lebanon)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits a French UNIFIL base near the southern Lebanese village of At-Tiri on Tuesday as part of a regional tour. (AFP/Francois Mori
Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese students demonstrate against the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in front of the UN headquarters in central Beirut on Tuesday. (AFP/Anwar Amro)
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Riad al Khouri, NOW Contributor
In Gaza and elsewhere, as violence in the region shows no signs of abating, the launch of a dialogue between Iran and the new administration in Washington is being seen in the West and the Middle East alike as an important element of stabilization.
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Hanin Ghaddar, NOW Staff
Hamas appears not to want to take responsibility for the calamity in Gaza, and, following Hezbollah’s example after the July War, it too has also gone on the offensive, attacking moderate Arab states such as Egypt and Saudi, and blaming the massacre on their silence.
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Meg Bainbridge, NOW Contributor
As Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip enters its second week, private groups and the Lebanese government are trying to raise funds to provide relief for some of Gaza's 1.4 million residents. Yet with a near-total blockade on the territory, delivering aid is logistically difficult.
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Hayeon Lee, NOW Staff
With the current battle in Gaza, many are forgetting the Middle East’s other major crisis: the Iraq war and the millions of refugees it has created. NOW sits down with a family of Iraqi Chaldean Christians living, with quite some difficulty, in Lebanon.
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NOW Lebanon sits down with PLO official Kamal Naji, also known as Kamal Medhat, in light of the Israeli siege on Gaza that has killed hundreds and injured many more, to discuss the reasons behind the attacks, possible solutions and their impact on Lebanon.
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