Editorial overview by Adam Keller analyzing what were the driving forces in the terrible events of the last months and where we go from here. With reports from within,of the Israeli campaign against the war in Gaza and Lebanon which grew from 100 to thousands - including Iris Bar's description of life and anti-war struggle in Katyusha-hit Haifa.

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Table of Contents

* THROUGH THE FIRE (editorial overview), p. 1-14
- Talking to all, but... , p.1
- Boycott backfires, p.2
- Pressure cooker Gaza, p. 3
- Unity starting in prison, p.4
- `Arresting' or `kidnapping', p.5
- Death and destruction, p.6
- Malignant neo-nationalism, p.7
- For constraint, strength is needed, p.7
- The Kosovo doctrine, p.8
- War as a gimmick, p.9
- Crumbling euphoria, p.10
- Time of reckoning, p. 11
- War unto eternity, p.12
- Another window?, p.13
* Lessons from wars/Beate Zilversmidt. p.14
* 39th year of the disease, p.15-17
* Not just words, p.17
* `Break their bones!', p.17
* A murderer in the neighborhood, p.18
* Shouting at the canons, p.19
* `No' to Lebanon War II, p.20-21
* Anti-war struggle in war zone/Iris Bar, p.22
* To participate in this war - a war crime, p.23
* We shall all lose, p.24
* Untitled chronicles of struggle, p.25, 26
* List of what didn't go in, p.25
* Muhammad's Sword/Uri Avnery, p.28, 27