For almost 10 months now, Israel has been attacked by the Iranian proxy, Lebanese-based Hezbollah. It was a war of attrition, in which fire is exchanged by whatever means the parties have at their disposal, short of ground invasions. Dozens were killed on the Israeli side, and the IDF’s response was a systematic operation to degrade Hezbollah’s strength by targeting leaders and squads. While both sides signaled a reluctance to escalate, it was inherently explosive, and this past Saturday, in a rocket attack on a peaceful football stadium in the village of Majdal Shams, the explosion was triggered. From a face-off on the brink of war, Israel and Lebanon, which has been abducted and held hostage by Hezbollah, are now headed towards a major confrontation, the likes of which were last seen in 2006. Is this war avoidable? What will it entail, and is there a last chance for diplomacy?
To analyze it, let’s welcome our guests.
From Jerusalem
Prof. Efraim Inbar; President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security
From the Netherlands
Prof. Uri Rosenthal, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Analyst Dr. Nir Boms - Research fellow, Moshe Dayan center at Tel Aviv University
Jerusalem Studio
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