Escalating Violence in the Mideast

Escalating Violence in the Mideast

In response to a Hezbollah raid and the capture of two Israeli soldiers, Israel bombed Beirut's international airport and warned that no place in Lebanon is off limits. We'll talk about the escalating Mideast violence.

In response to a Hezbollah raid and the capture of two Israeli soldiers, Israel bombed Beirut's international airport and warned that no place in Lebanon is off limits. We'll talk about the escalating Mideast violence.

Guests

David Makovsky

senior fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
and co-author with Dennis Ross of "Myths, Illusions and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East"

Hisham Melhem

Washington bureau chief for Al-Arabiya TV, and Washington correspondent for "An-Nahar"

Anthony Shadid

reporter for The Washington Post,
author of "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War" (Picador)
and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer for International Reporting

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