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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman"
color=#0000bf size=6><STRONG>The "34-Day War" in
Perspective:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman"
color=#0000bf size=5><STRONG>the 2006 Israeli offensive in <SPAN
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and its aftermath</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="times new
roman"><STRONG>Elaine Hagopian ,</STRONG> Professor Emeritus of
Sociology, Simmons College</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="times new
roman"><STRONG>Ara Sanjian,</STRONG> Associate Professor of Middle
Eastern History and Director, The Armenian Research Center, University
of Michigan – Dearborn</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="times new
roman"><STRONG>David Barsamian,</STRONG> Founder and Director,
Alternative Radio</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman"
color=#0000bf size=4><STRONG>Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at
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<DIV><FONT face="times new roman" size=3>On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah
guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border attack
triggering a wide scale military response from Israel. The attack,
described by Amnesty International as a campaign of collective
punishment, targeted vital Lebanese infrastructure, generated more than
one million refugees, destroyed around 30 thousand homes and caused over
1200 civilian casualties. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="times new roman" size=3>In
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context of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, examine how Lebanese
political factions and civil society –including the country's
Armenian community– responded to the ensuing humanitarian
and political crisis, and analyze how the Israeli offensive was
portrayed in the U.S. media.</FONT></DIV>
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