Lebanon
The ‘Lebanese Mud,’ as the Hebrew Phrase Has It, Never Seems Quite to Be Finally Scraped off the IDF’s Boots
A Lebanese Sunni Perspective
Hezbollah Chose to Join the Current Round of Fighting After Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Was Killed
Ayta Ash Shab, Where the 162nd Division Hosted Journalists This Week, Was Once a Stronghold of Hezbollah’s Presence Along the Border
The Lebanese Government Will Not Risk Pushing Hezbollah Into Using Violence Against It by Trying to Disarm It
Interviews with Locals amid the Fighting Between Israel and Hezbollah
A Buffer Zone Is Not a Strategy; It Is a Geography
Direct U.S.-Brokered Talks Between Israeli and Lebanese Representatives Are Set to Take Place in Washington This Week
Hezbollah Has Infiltrated Political and Security Institutions, Making It Difficult for the Government to Assert Control
Intra-Shia Solidarity Deepens as War Escalates in Southern Lebanon
The Abrupt Announcement of a Two-Week Ceasefire in the War Between the U.S., Israel, and Iran Resolves None of the Issues Which Caused the Conflict
Although Lebanon Was Considered a Friendly Neighbor When Israel Was Established Some 80 Years Ago, for Nearly 60 Years It Has Been a Threat
While More than a Quarter-Century Has Passed Since Israel Pulled Out of the Security Zone, It Is Fighting the Same Enemy and Risks Achieving the Same Result
As the Conflict Between Israel and Hezbollah Continues, the Lebanese Have Made It Clear This Battle Is Not Theirs
While Hezbollah Appears Unable to Prevent the Movement of the IDF on the Ground in Lebanon, It Is Succeeding in Launching Large Amounts of Ordnance at Israel from Further North
The Displaced Syrian Shia in Homs Are Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Afraid or Unable to Return Home, and Now Facing Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon
The U.S. Must Judge Terrorists by Their Actions and Ideology, Not the Veneer of Respectability with Which They Paint Themselves
A Renewed Buffer Zone Strategy Reflects Israel’s Shift Toward Physical Security Over Deterrence
Reports in Recent Days Have Suggested That Direct Negotiations Between Israel and the Government May Soon Begin
Israeli Policymakers View the Current Moment as a ‘Window of Opportunity’ with Lebanon, Albeit a Constrained One