The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
Such a war could be the most destructive either side has ever experienced.
Israel and Hezbollah each have lessons from their last war, in 2006, a monthlong conflict that ended in a draw. They’ve also had four months to prepare for another war, even as the United States tries to prevent a widening of the conflict.
If Israel doesn’t want war, has it considered not starting one ?
Israel, the country that has been in a perpetual state of war for the last 70 years with its own people and neighbors suddenly wanting peace? I don’t see it. This has always been how netanyahu operates.
Right because all those wars totally weren’t Israel’s neighbors trying to exterminate them down to the last Jew, right?
Not really. If someone decided to build an ethnostate in your home and you weren’t invited, but millions of people from around the world were, to our wouldn’t try to resist? You wouldn’t fight back as they took your property?
Ever wonder why there are no Jews in Egypt? Or Iraq? Or Jordan? Or Syria? Or Yemen? Or Saudi Arabia?
There are no Jews in these countries because they were ethnically cleaned by the local Arab populations in the 1940s. They escaped to the only place that had a sizeable Jewish population, mandatory Palestine. And instead of accepting refugees with open arms, neighbor turned on neighbor and the local Arab population attempted to exterminate every Jewish man, woman, and child. Thankfully they did not succeed and their descendants now live in Gaza and the West Bank.
I recommend that you educate yourself on the history of the area before you speak with authority on the subject.
Thank you for changing topics and avoiding the main topic. Killing civilians is wrong. Hope you have a good day.
Will Israel’s neighbors go one decade/year/month/day without lobbing artillery onto civilians?
No one wants this war, or wishes it on anyone,” said Tal Beeri of the Alma Research and Education Center
Bit naive imo. Netanyahu is a bit of a strongman that catastrophically failed to keep his people safe, which betrays the most foundational appeal of such a figure. His approval rating demonstrates this, and he’s facing criminal charges to boot.
He has one route forward for personal preservation–more war.
What does personal preservation imply in this case? Escaping criminal charges?
Why not pardon him then? If nobody wants a war, that seems like a natural way to escape the so called catch 22 here.
War, especially lengthy war, is not good for any nation. There’s no benefit. It’s in Israelis best interests to not keep it going long.
