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This report is an investigation into the actions of the Israeli government during the July 2006 Israel/Lebanon War. Of the Prime Minister's actions, it found "a serious failure in exercising judgment, responsibility and prudence".
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New Book from CFR and the Saban Center at Brookings
Proposes Middle East Strategy for the Obama Administration
In Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President, experts from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution propose a new, nonpartisan Middle East strategy drawing on the lessons of past failures to address both the short-term and long-term challenges to U.S. interests.
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