رايس:

I have no doubt there are those who wish to strangle a democratic and sovereign Lebanon in its crib,

We, of course, also urgently want to end the violence.

It is time for a new Middle East,

It is time to say to those that don't want a different kind of Middle East that we will prevail. They will not.

أولمرت:

will not hesitate to take severe measures against those who are aiming thousands of rockets and missiles against innocent civilians for the sole purpose of killing them