The War About Palestine Has Reached Its Next Stage
Last week Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo decided to escalate the tit for tat missile exchange with Hizbullah in Lebanon into a full fledged war.
There were several reasons for him to do so:
- 60,000 settlers from north Israel have left their homes and will only return if the government can provide for their safety.
- The radicals in his government want to eliminate Hizbullah and threaten to end the government should it not do so. (The realists know that this is an impossible aim.)
- There may be some delusion that Hizbullah will falter under pressure and agree to a ceasefire that does not include Gaza.
- There is a chance for Israel to drag the U.S. into a fight that would end up with a war on Iran. Netanyahoo has for decades tried to arrange for this.
Last week Israel launched a terror attack on Hizbullah operatives who were using pagers to receive alarms and orders. These people were part of the civil administration side of Hizbullah and not its armed fighters.
The following attack on a leading Hizbullah commander who was meeting with Hizbullah special force officers was more serious. But it will not damage Hizbullah's operation. Every higher officer does have a designated successor who will immediately step in. Continuity of command within Hizbullah is guaranteed under almost any circumstances.
Both of those Israel attacks required a response from Hizbullah. The 'strategic patience' it had previously adhered to had reached its limits.
Its response to the Israel strikes are be part of a larger war that has now started.
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