Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa says Jerusalem doesn’t need American permission to defend itself • Israel warns UNIFIL leaks aid the terror group.
Conflict
Washington pressures Beirut – and Jerusalem is losing patience.
If the international community is genuine in its desire to provide aid to Palestinians and not to further line the corrupt Palestinian Authority officials’ pockets, it should reconsider the manner in which the aid is provided.
On growing pressure from Washington, Israel’s conditions for Phase Two, the stalled formation of the ISF, and rising fears of Turkish presence in Gaza.
No one knows how many tens of thousands of children the terror group has militarized during its radical reign. What is clear is that the applicable international authorities have failed to protect them.
The two-year war not only claimed thousands of lives but resulted in massive displacement and widespread destruction, fundamentally altering the country’s social and political landscape.
The Authority’s “weakness” means not only that it can’t disarm Hamas but that “Israel is left to dismantle the terror networks they refuse to confront” in Judea and Samaria, the Israeli envoy said.
What didn’t happen after October 7 tells us more about Israel’s morality than what did.
Hezbollah is playing the long game, betting that Lebanon’s demographic trends are in its favor.
