Erasing ‘Any Sign of Life,’ Israeli Demolition Teams Razing Entire Villages in Lebanon

As the death toll from Israel’s 13-month assault on Lebanon passed 3,000, satellite imagery analyses published by multiple media outlets in recent days revealed that nearly a quarter of all buildings in 25 municipalities in the southern part of the Mideastern country have been destroyed or damaged in a ferocious campaign that has left entire villages in ruins.

Satellite photos examined by The Washington Post, Reuters, and the Financial Times showed vast destruction caused by Israeli bombing and controlled demolitions of towns and villages, many of whose residents are among the more than 1.2 million people forcibly displaced by the war.

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Street Survey: DC Pedestrians Doubt Trump, Harris Can Bring End to Foreign Wars

On November 4, the eve of the US presidential election, I took to the streets of the nation’s capital to ask Americans and foreigners alike about which candidate they trust more to bring an end to conflicts around the world. By the end of the day, the answer was clear: the world doubts that either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris can help diplomatically resolve the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

I surveyed 86 people – including both American citizens and foreign tourists – outside the US Capitol and the White House over the course of several hours. A plurality of respondents, approximately 42%, said that they trust neither Trump nor Harris to end foreign wars. Nearly one-third of respondents said that they believe Trump will resolve foreign conflicts and just over one-quarter said that they believe Harris will do so. The respondents represented countries all over the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Brazil, Syria, and Malaysia (to name a few).

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Flashback: How Yeltsin Gleefully Drove Bill Clinton to Tears. Who’s Crying Now?

Yeltsin grinned while Clinton cried.

The Russian president had just blurted out his unfiltered reaction to American news reporting.

It was October, 1995. Clinton and Yeltsin had just spoken at the United Nations 50th anniversary meeting.

The next day the two presidents got together at Hyde Park, New York for a bilateral meeting followed by a press conference.

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