Making headlines today in the Saudi media are stories about the US’s expediting the shipment of previously ordered munitions to Israel, Secretary of State Rice’s impending visit to the region, and the threat of a major Israeli ground attack into Lebanon. The report on Rice’s press conference and a follow-up briefing by Assistant Secretary David Welch is rather even-handed. The others tend toward the vitriolic.

Editorials are predominantly anti-Israeli action.

The Letters to the Editor in Arab News carry a considerable number of letters by Americans. These challenge an earlier editorial and note that while the Arab media screams for Israel to abide by UN resolutions, there doesn’t seem to be much comment about UN resolutions about the disarming of Hezbollah (along with all other Lebanese militias) and the calming of the southern Lebanese border with Israel.