Like in Gaza, Israel pursues genocidal policies hoping to finish off Shiite civilian society and thinking mass killing and destruction would drive a wedge between the Shiite community and Hizbullah. That plan failed miserably.
As the balance of power shifts in the Middle East, pressure from Israel and Saudi Arabia may spark a Lebanese civil war.
When the history of this period is written, Tehran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with the U.S. administration of a lame-duck president will be depicted as a trap.
The organization dubbed its 2006 triumph over Israel a “divine victory.” That may have been a mistake. Its experience in this war offers lessons.
The political party and militant group calling for Palestine’s liberation has factored domestic and regional conditions into its response to Israel’s genocidal war.
This may be a new Arab era. The distance between rulers and public has never been wider. The Arab people, under strict conditions of repression, took to social media and the streets to make their rage known to the world.
The Hizbullah leader all but made it clear that a larger war is inevitable but he did not want to be the one to announce it.
The welter of analyses by pro-Israel think tanks across the West on the coming conflict between the Shia resistance movement and the IDF has missed a crucial factor, writes John Wight.
The agreement is not a step toward normalization, says As`ad AbuKhalil. Lebanon is split.
