As Iran’s most prominent, powerful proxy, Hezbollah is committed to avenging Qassem Soleimani’s death. But the Party of God can’t risk inviting the kind of…
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The grievances animating protests in Lebanon and Iraq are beyond anything Tehran or local leaders can cope with: This isn’t an Arab Spring, this is…
Lebanon is rising up: the Arab Spring is returning. But the six sectarian political leaders who divide and rule the country and its resources are…
After the next display of courage by Hezbollah, or Hamas in the south, the IDF must “lethally” liquidate both these organizations’ offensive capabilities Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Report released Monday shows the Middle East to be an economic shambles, but as far as Israel is concerned, it could be happening on another…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The people in power who created the crisis have too much invested in the system to abandon it in the face of mass protests, and…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The people in power who created the crisis have too much invested in the system to abandon it in the face of mass protests, and…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The budget is just the leaders’ latest effort at pretending things are changing while they barrel towards crisis that will lead to bailout Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Make your way through the narrow streets of the Palestinian camps overcrowded with Syrian refugees. The monument to the massacre is behind a market stall,…
Fear is Hezbollah’s lethal weapon. And its propaganda war is working: Hassan Nasrallah’s extravagant threats, endlessly amplified by the Israeli media, now constrains IDF action…
Fear is Hezbollah’s most devastating weapon. And it’s working: Hassan Nasrallah’s extravagant threats, endlessly amplified by the Israeli media, now constrains IDF action against the…
The multinational force keeping Israel and Hezbollah apart has managed 13 years without major conflict. I went to southern Lebanon to see this small miracle…
Beirut’s dysfunctional politics make it unlikely it will tackle its problems, and as Hezbollah takes blame, it could look for a convenient distraction Source: https://www.haaretz.com