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Two recent (ish... in the case of the second one) articles on the recent Israel/Lebanon conflict that are well written and easy to read... (the majority are so boring they're hard to finish, but these two are worth reading):

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19962861-2703,00.html

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_STJRJGS (subscription required, or I can email a copy)