The Road to the Third Lebanon War
The conflict that Hezbollah initiated against Israel on October 8, 2023, is now one year old. The group vowed to maintain this “support front” for its allies in the Gaza Strip to bleed Israeli morale...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701
Time for Berri to lead Lebanon’s Shiites away from Iran
With Hassan Nasrallah gone, Hezbollah reeling and Iran’s grip weakening, the Lebanese have started crawling out of the woodwork. On Monday, a few oligarchs and a bloc of 31 lawmakers, out of 128, called...
Op-eds
Israel Strikes at Hezbollah Leaders as Attacks on North Intensify
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on October 8 that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “probably” eliminated senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who was poised...
Flash Briefs
Israeli operations in Lebanon should draw on lessons from the past
Israel has invaded Lebanon three times before, twice expecting a quick fight and instead getting pulled into a longer conflict. What will happen this time?
Op-eds
Across the Arab world, Nasrallah is remembered as a tyrant in Lebanon, a butcher in Syria and a fanatic
Lebanon now has the opportunity to take sovereignty back from the hands of Hezbollah
Op-eds
The problem with American diplomacy
Our enemies aren’t interested in “win-win solutions”
Op-eds
Lebanon’s leadership vacuum threatens to prolong Israel-Hezbollah war
Hezbollah, although it only has a handful of seats in parliament, has deep control over Lebanon. Part of this is that they stockpiled so many weapons that it is stronger than the state of Lebanon.
Op-eds
U.S. Ceasefire Call Fails to Resolve Hezbollah Threat
U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and other world leaders issued a joint statement on September 25 calling for a “21-day temporary ceasefire to allow diplomacy a chance to prevent...
Policy Briefs
The only way to neutralise Hezbollah is to send in the tanks
Hezbollah has spent years turning southern Lebanon into a fortress bristling with a formidable array of firepower. The Muslim Shi’ite towns it draws its fighters from and the Christian villages...
Op-eds
Seeking Certainty in an Uncertain Middle East
As Americans remember this week the victims of the September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terror attacks on our country and Israelis mark more than 11 months since the Hamas terror attack, it is worth taking stock...
Insights
Israel Complied with UN Resolutions; Peace Never Came
With demands that Israel leave Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor and limit its operations in the West Bank, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the Jewish State “to comply with its relevant obligations,” adding that “only an end to the occupation… will bring an end to the violence.”...
Op-eds
Tehran holds its fire
Israel preventively strikes Hezbollah missiles and launch sites in Lebanon
Op-eds
Will Israel restore security to the north?
If Hezbollah mounts a significant attack, Israel should declare war and establish a fully demilitarized zone between the border and the Litani River.
Op-eds
Children Among Dozens of Dead, Wounded as Hezbollah Rocket Strikes Soccer Field in Majdal Shams
Latest Developments At least nine children were reported to have been killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on July 27. The children were among...
Flash Briefs
Arab League Sends Mixed Message Over Labeling Hezbollah a ‘Terrorist’ Organization
Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki walked back his statement from June 28 implying that his organization no longer considers Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah...
Flash Briefs
Biden has no answer to Hezbollah’s spreading threat
Amid increasingly violent cross-border exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and growing fears of a full-scale war, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week threatened to attack...
Op-eds
Israel’s long war
A “ceasefire deal” won’t end it
Op-eds
U.S. Envoy Arrives in Israel Amid Growing Focus on Hezbollah Escalation
White House special envoy to the Middle East Amos Hochstein arrived in Israel on June 17 amid skepticism in the Israeli media that he would be able to rein in the growing threat...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: June 17, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Spokesman: Hezbollah ‘Bringing Us to the Brink’ of Possible ‘Wider Escalation’ | IDF Chief of Staff: Army Seeking to Expand Enlistment, Haredi Community Has Opportunity for...
Israel at War Situation Report
The grave consequences of the UN’s failure in Lebanon
In a significant escalation, Hezbollah pummeled northern Israel on Wednesday with more than 200 rockets in the terror group’s largest single-day attack since the start of...