One Month of the Middle East Crisis

Since the hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel broke out on July 12, 2006, MEMRI and MEMRI TV have released over 60 Special Dispatches, Inquiries & Analyses, and video clips. During this period, the websites have received over 2 million hits.

The following is a list of MEMRI and MEMRI TV releases on the subject of the Israel-Hizbullah conflict from the past month.

The Week of August 6-12

• Special Dispatch No. 1244, "Russian, Iranian, and Syrian Reactions to the War in Lebanon – August 11, 2006," Russian, Iranian, and Syrian Reactions to the War in Lebanon – August 11, 2006
• TV Clip No. 1229, "Moroccan Author Khanatha Banouna: We Need Millions of Hassan Nasrallahs and Osama bin Ladens," http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1229
• Inquiry & Analysis No. 290, "Iraqi Shi'a Views of the Lebanon Crisis," August 10, 2006, Iraqi Shi'a Views of the Lebanon Crisis
• Special Dispatch No. 1242, "Iranian and Russian Reactions to the Lebanon Crisis," August 10, 2006, Iranian and Russian Reactions to the Lebanon Crisis
• Special Dispatch No. 1241, "British MP George Galloway Asks Al-Jazeera Viewers For Funds and Says: Bush-Blair Relations Resemble Clinton-Monica Relations; Arab Rulers are Fornicating With Foreign Occupiers," August 9, 2006, British MP George Galloway Asks Al- Jazeera Viewers For Funds and Says: Bush-Blair Relations Resemble Clinton-Monica Relations; Arab Rulers are Fornicating With Foreign Occupiers
• Special Dispatch No. 1240, "An Ironic Take On The Crisis – Egyptian Liberal Ma'moun Fandy: 'No to the Ceasefire!'" August 10, 2006, An Ironic Take On The Crisis - Egyptian Liberal Ma'moun Fandy: ‘No to the Ceasefire!’
• Special Dispatch No. 1239, "Iranian and Syrian Media Stepping Up Statements on the War," August 9, 2006, Iranian and Syrian Media Stepping Up Statements on the War
• Special Dispatch No. 1238, "Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani: Our Response To Sanctions Will Be Painful To the West And Will Make it Shiver With Cold," August 9, 2006, Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani: Our Response To Sanctions Will Be Painful To the West And Will Make it Shiver With Cold
• Special Dispatch No. 1237, "Iranian Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Jannati in Tehran Friday Sermon: Islamic History is Repeating Itself Today With the Battle Between the Descendants of Ali and the Jews," August 9, 2006, Iranian Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Jannati In Tehran Friday Sermon: Islamic History is Repeating Itself Today With the Battle Between the Descendents of Ali and the Jews
• Special Dispatch No. 1236, "Syrian Author Colette Khuri Attacks U.S. Secretary of State Rice: 'It Is the Internal Ugliness of this Woman that Reflects on Her Looks,'" August 9, 2006, Syrian Author Colette Khuri Attacks U.S. Secretary of State Rice: ‘It Is the Internal Ugliness of this Woman that Reflects on Her Looks’
• Special Dispatch No. 1235, "Venezuelan President Chavez on Al-Jazeera: Israel Uses Methods of Hitler, the U.S. Uses Methods of Dracula; I'm a Nasserist who has Crossed Deserts, Ridden Camels, and Sung Along With the Bedouin; Al-Jazeera Plays a Role in Liberating the World," August 8, 2006, Venezuelan President Chavez on Al-Jazeera: Israel Uses Methods of Hitler, the U.S. Uses Methods of Dracula; I'm a Nasserist who has Crossed Deserts, Ridden Camels, and Sung Along With the Bedouin; Al-Jazeera Plays a Role in Liberating the World
• Special Dispatch No. 1234, "Debate in the Arab Countries – Is Hizbullah a 'Resistance' Organization or Not? Cracks in the United Arab Position on Hizbullah's Right to 'Resistance' Against Israel," August 7, 2006, Debate in the Arab Countries – Is Hizbullah a ‘Resistance’ Organization or Not? Cracks in the United Arab Position on Hizbullah's Right to ‘Resistance’ Against Israel
• The Week of July 30- August 5
• Special Dispatch No. 1233, "Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah Calls on Arab Leaders to Promote Ceasefire in Meetings With U.S.," August 4, 2006, Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah Calls on Arab Leaders to Promote Ceasefire in Meetings With U.S.
• TV Clip No. 1227 – "Egyptian Artists Protest the War in Lebanon, Sing about Slaughtering Israelis and Americans and Call upon Nasrallah to Attack Haifa and Tel Aviv," Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) August 4, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1227
• Special Dispatch No. 1232, "Iranian and Syrian Reactions to the Latest Developments in the Middle East Crisis," August 4, 2006, Iranian and Syrian Reactions to the Latest Developments in the Middle East Crisis
• Special Dispatch No. 1231, "Yemenite President Ali Abdallah Saleh on Al-Jazeera TV: I Hope All Countries Bordering Israel Will Join the War; Arab Countries Should Allow Transfer of Weapons & People to Lebanon & Palestine," August 4, 2006, Yemenite President Ali Abdallah Saleh on Al-Jazeera TV: I Hope All Countries Bordering Israel Will Join the War; Arab Countries Should Allow Transfer of Weapons & People to Lebanon & Palestine
• Special Dispatch No. 1230, "Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei: 'America Can Expect a Resounding Slap and a Devastating Fist-Blow From the Muslim Nation'; Hizbullah is the Muslim Nation's 'Front Line of Defense'; 'There is No Way to Confront... the Zionists... and the "Great Satan" Except Through Martyrdom,'" August 4, 2006, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei: 'America Can Expect a Resounding Slap and a Devastating Fist-Blow From the Muslim Nation'; Hizbullah is the Muslim Nation's 'Front Line of Defense'; 'There is No Way to Confront... the Zionists... and the 'Great Satan' Except Through Martyrdom'
• Special Dispatch No. 1229, "Iranian President Ahmadinejad Addresses Rally & Warns the U.S. & England: The Fire of the Wrath of the Peoples is About to Erupt & Overflow & the People Will Soon Rage; Today the Iranian People is the Owner of Nuclear Technology," August 3, 2006, Iranian President Ahmadinejad Addresses Rally & Warns the U.S. & England: The Fire of the Wrath of the Peoples is About to Erupt & Overflow & the People Will Soon Rage; Today the Iranian People is the Owner of Nuclear Technology
• Special Dispatch No. 1228, "Iranian Regime Tries to Deny a Report About the July 27 Meeting in Damascus Between Iranian Supreme National Council Secretary Larijani and Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah," August 2, 2006, Iranian Regime Tries to Deny a Report About the July 27 Meeting in Damascus Between Iranian Supreme National Council Secretary Larijani and Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah
• Special Dispatch No. 1227, "Libyan Reformist Author in Essays Critical of Hizbullah," August 3, 2006, Libyan Reformist Author in Essays Critical of Hizbullah
• Special Dispatch No. 1226, "Venezuelan President Chavez and Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Iranian TV: 'We Have a Long Road Ahead in Battling the Rule of Hegemony. We are Determined to Walk Together to the End of This Road. We are Certain That Our Peoples Will Be Victorious,'" August 2, 2006, Venezuelan President Chavez and Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Iranian TV: ‘We Have a Long Road Ahead in Battling the Rule of Hegemony. We are Determined to Walk Together to the End of This Road. We are Certain That Our Peoples Will Be Victorious.’
• Special Dispatch No. 1225, "Iran and Syria Beat the Drums of War," August 2, 2006, Iran and Syria Beat the Drums of War
• TV Clip No. 1222 – "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 'Death to Israel,'" IRINN (Iran), August 2, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1222
• Special Dispatch No. 1224, "Sheikh Nasrallah Boasts on Al-Manar TV: 'Throughout the Entire Arab-Israeli Conflict – When Were Two Million Israelis Forced to Become Displaced, or to Stay in Bomb Shelters for More Than 18 days?'; 'When the People of This Tyrannical State [Israel] Loses its Faith in its Mythical Army, This is the Beginning of the End of This Entity,'" August 1, 2006, Sheikh Nasrallah Boasts on Al-Manar TV: 'Throughout the Entire Arab-Israeli Conflict - When Were Two Million Israelis Forced to Become Displaced, or to Stay in Bomb Shelters for More Than 18 days?'; 'When the People of This Tyrannical State [Israel] Loses its Faith in its Mythical Army, This is the Beginning of the End of This Entity'
• Special Dispatch No. 1223, "Lebanese Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt Criticizes Nasrallah: 'Adolf Hitler Also Aroused His People's Sense of Honor, and Led Germany Into War,'" August 1, 2006, Lebanese Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt Criticizes Nasrallah: 'Adolf Hitler Also Aroused His People's Sense of Honor, and Led Germany Into War'
• Special Dispatch No. 1222, "Saudi Shura Council Member Sheikh Al-'Obikan: According to Shari'a, Hizbullah Operations are Illegitimate; A Temporary Peaceful Settlement With the Jews is Needed," August 1, 2006, Saudi Shura Council Member Sheikh Al-'Obikan: According to Shari'a, Hizbullah Operations are Illegitimate; A Temporary Peaceful Settlement With the Jews is Needed
• Special Dispatch No. 1221, "Syrian Government Media Response to the Proposed Multinational Force in Lebanon: We Are Armed With What is Needed to Hurt the Enemy and We Will Spring Surprises on Him That Will Complement What the Lebanese Resistance has Done; Israel is a Cat That was Struck by Hizbullah, and Will Soon Be Skinned," August 1, 2006, Syrian Government Media Response to the Proposed Multinational Force in Lebanon: We Are Armed With What is Needed to Hurt the Enemy and We Will Spring Surprises on Him That Will Complement What the Lebanese Resistance has Done; Israel is a Cat That was Struck by Hizbullah, and Will Soon Be Skinned
• TV Clip No. 1221 – "Secretary of Iranian Expediency Council Mohsen Rezai: Israel Should Expect Very Difficult Days in Tel Aviv and Beyond," IRINN (Iran), August 1, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1221
• TV Clip No. 1218 – "Roger Edde, Founder of Lebanese 'Peace Party,' Discusses Peace with Israel in an Interview from before the War," ANB TV (London), June 29, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1218
• Special Dispatch No. 1220, "Iranian Assistance to Hizbullah: Iran Revolutionary Guards Officer: Hizbullah Has Iran-Trained Diver, Naval Commando Units; We Have Constructed Command Rooms for Hizbullah; Iranian Martyrdom Forces Have Been Sent to Lebanon," July 31, 2006, http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP122006
• TV Clip No. 1214 – "Mahdi 'Akef, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Warns Egyptian Regime: The People Will Trample You Underfoot," Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar), July 30, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1214
• TV Clip No. 1213 – "Presidents Chavez and Ahmadinejad Challenge the US, Condemn Israel, and Agree Iran Is Entitled to Nuclear Energy," IRINN (Iran), July 30, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1213
• The Week of July 23-29
• Special Dispatch No. 1219, "Columnist (and Former Editor) of Al-Hayat: Israel's Leaders are the Grandsons of Nazi Killers who Assumed Jewish Identities and Fled to Israel," July 28, 2006, Columnist (and Former Editor) of Al-Hayat: Israel's Leaders are the Grandsons of Nazi Killers who Assumed Jewish Identities and Fled to Israel
• Special Dispatch No. 1218, "Iranian Students Volunteer to Join the Fighting in Lebanon and Palestine," July 28, 2006, Iranian Students Volunteer to Join the Fighting in Lebanon and Palestine
• Special Dispatch No. 1217, "Syrian Deputy Minister of Religious Endowment Muhammad 'Abd Al-Sattar Calls for Jihad and States Jews 'are the Descendants of Apes and Pigs,'" July 28, 2006 Syrian Deputy Minister of Religious Endowment Muhammad 'Abd Al-Sattar Calls for Jihad and States Jews ‘are the Descendants of Apes and Pigs’
• Special Dispatch No. 1216, "Shi'ite-Sunni Rift Widens – Jomhouri-ye Eslami: 'An Eternal Curse on the Muftis of the Saudi Court and on the Pharaoh of Egypt,'" July 28, 2006 Shi'ite-Sunni Rift Widens- Jomhouri-ye Eslami: ‘An Eternal Curse on the Muftis of the Saudi Court and on the Pharaoh of Egypt’
• TV Clip No. 1226 – "Deputy Head of Arab Lawyers Union Abd Al-Azim Al-Maghrabi Declares Support of Iran and Warns Arab Rulers to 'Remember 1981' and the Sadat Assassination," Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar), July 28, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1226
• TV Clip No. 1215 – "Muhammad Nazzal, Hamas Political Bureau Member: If Al-Qaeda Wants to Come to Palestine, They are Welcome," Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai), July 28, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1215
• Special Dispatch No. 1215, "Mohsen Rezai, Iranian Expediency Council Secretary and Former Commander of Iran Revolutionary Guards: If Hizbullah's Patience Runs Out There Will Be Chaos in Tel Aviv; Ms. Rice Should Be Tried as First Female War Criminal; The Legal Experts of the Islamic World Should Prepare Some Kind of Legal Action Against Her," July 27, 2006 Mohsen Rezai, Iranian Expediency Council Secretary and Former Commander of Iran Revolutionary Guards: If Hizbullah's Patience Runs Out There Will Be Chaos in Tel Aviv; Ms. Rice Should Be Tried as First Female War Criminal; The Legal Experts of the Islamic World Should Prepare Some Kind of Legal Action Against Her
• Special Dispatch No. 1214, "Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah on Al-Manar TV Last Night: 'What is Important in the Ground War is the Number of Losses We Inflict Upon the Israeli Enemy,'" July 27, 2006, Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah on Al-Manar TV Last Night: ‘What is Important in the Ground War is the Number of Losses We Inflict Upon the Israeli Enemy’
• TV Clip No. 1208 – "Lebanese Shi'ite Leader Muhammad Hussein Fadhlallah: International Forces Only on the Israeli Side of the Border," Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar), July 26, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1208
• TV Clip No. 1210 – "Egyptian MP Mustafa Bakri: Hassan Nassrallah Should be the Leader of the Islamic Nation," Al-Manar TV (Lebanon), July 25, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1210
• TV Clip No. 1202 – "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Attacks Leaders of Islamic Countries in the Middle East for Their Role in Lebanon Crisis," IRINN (Iran), July 23, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1202
• Special Dispatch No. 1213, "Lebanese Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt on Al-Arabiya TV: Do Lebanese Really Agree That the Battle of the [Islamic] Nation Should Be Launched From Lebanon?; I Was First to Warn of the Iranian-Syrian Alliance; I Have the Right to Challenge Nasrallah's Heroism," July 26, 2006, Lebanese Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt on Al-Arabiya TV: Do Lebanese Really Agree That the Battle of the [Islamic] Nation Should Be Launched From Lebanon?; I Was First to Warn of the Iranian-Syrian Alliance; I Have the Right to Challenge Nasrallah's Heroism
• Special Dispatch No. 1212, "Iranian President Ahmadinejad on IRINN TV: 'Lebanon is the Scene of an Historic Test, Which Will Determine the Future of Humanity,'" July 26, 2006, Iranian President Ahmadinejad on IRINN TV: ‘Lebanon is the Scene of an Historic Test, Which Will Determine the Future of Humanity’
• Special Dispatch No. 1211, "Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: I Told Lebanese Political Leaders We Would Abduct Israeli Soldiers," July 25, 2006, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: I Told Lebanese Political Leaders We Would Abduct Israeli Soldiers
• Inquiry and Analysis No. 289, "The Middle East Crisis – Local, Regional, and Global; Conventional and Nuclear (2): The War in the Perception of Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah," July 24, 2006, The Middle East Crisis – Local, Regional, and Global; Conventional and Nuclear (2): The War in the Perception of Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah

The Week of July 16-22

• Special Dispatch No. 1210, "Iranian Parliament Speaker: The Blood of Khomeini Rages in Nasrallah's Veins; The Confrontation is Not Only in Lebanon, But Deep Inside Occupied Palestine and Within the Range of the Lion Cubs of Hizbullah… No Place in Israel Will Be Safe," July 21, 2006, Iranian Parliament Speaker: The Blood of Khomeini Rages in Nasrallah's Veins; The Confrontation is Not Only in Lebanon, But Deep Inside Occupied Palestine and Within the Range of the Lion Cubs of Hizbullah… No Place in Israel Will Be Safe
• Inquiry and Analysis No. 288, "The Middle East Crisis – Local, Regional, and Global; Conventional and Nuclear," July 21, 2006 The Middle East Crisis - Local, Regional, and Global; Conventional and Nuclear
• TV Clip No. 1206 – "Syrian Deputy Minister of Religious Endowment Muhammad 'Abd Al-Sattar Calls for Jihad and Says Jews Are the Descendants of Apes and Pigs," Syrian TV, July 21, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1206
• Special Dispatch No. 1209, "Hamas's Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades – Training and Ideology: Special on Al-Jazeera," July 19, 2006, Hamas'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades – Training and Ideology: Special on Al-Jazeera
• Special Dispatch No. 1208, "Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (5): Reactions in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria," July 18, 2006, Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (5): Reactions in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria
• TV Clip No. 1201 – "Lebanese Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt Accuses Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria in Lebanon Crisis," Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai), July 20, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1201
• TV Clip No. 1198 – "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The Volcano of Rage of the Peoples in the Region is on the Brink of Eruption," IRINN (Iran), July 18, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1198
• Special Dispatch No. 1207, "Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (4): Reaction in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria," July 17, 2006, Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (4): Reaction in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria
• TV Clip No. 1196 – "Egyptian Journalist Khaled Salah Criticizes Hizbullah and Declares: The Blood of Lebanese Children More Precious Than Pictures of Khamenei in South Lebanon," Dream2 TV (Egypt), July 17, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1196

July 12-16

• TV Clip No. 1197 – "Iranian Cleric Ahmad Khatami: Islamic Countries Should Supply Hizbullah with Weapons; Israeli Atomic Arsenals Are in Haifa," Kerman TV (Iran), July 16, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1197
• TV Clip No. 1194 – "Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: We Are Fighting the Battle of the Islamic Nation, Not of Lebanon," Al-Manar TV (Lebanon), July 16, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1194
• TV Clip No. 1193 – "Iranian leader Ali Khamenei: Hizbullah Will Not Be Disarmed," Iran Ch.1 – July 16, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1193
• Special Dispatch No. 1206, "Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (3): Reactions in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria," July 14, 2006, Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (3): Reactions in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria
• Special Dispatch No. 1205, "Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (2): Reaction in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria," July 14, 2006, Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders (2): Reaction in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria
• Special Dispatch No. 1204, "Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders," July 13, 2006, Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders
• TV Clip No. 1195, "Iraqi Shiite Leader Muqtada Sadr: Saddam Hussein Should Be Executed Immediately," Al-Iraqiya TV (Iraq), July 12, 2006, http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1195