Beirut's Daily Star lashes out at Bush and Israelis

Beirut's English-Language Daily Star is considered to be a relatively impartial Lebanese newspaper. It has been an institution in the region since 1952 and is now affiliated with the International Herald Tribune. So what does the Star say about the crisis? Yesterday it acknowledged that the Israelis "do have a right to defend themselves" but added: "Defence cannot be achieved through indiscriminate warfare." Today's editorial is noticeably more angry and also apportions blame to the American government. It began: "Despite the mounting civilian death toll in Lebanon, and despite increasing evidence of Israeli violations of international law, the heavyweights in the international community are once again following the lead of US President George W. Bush, who has effectively given a green light to Israel's destruction of Lebanon." (Via Editor and Publisher: Today's Most Viewed Articles)