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Cypriots will mark the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of their island on July 20, 2024. What Turks at the time described as a humanitarian intervention to protect the Cypriot Muslim population was far more accurately an...
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Spotlight: The Looming Israel-Hezbollah War
On March 29, hours after Israel launched air strikes on a Hezbollah compound near Aleppo, Syria, killing seven of the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite organization’s fighters and dozens of Syrian military personnel, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that the Jewish state was "turning from defending to pursuing Hezbollah … wherever the organization operates, in Beirut, Damascus and in more distant places."
The one lesson nearly all Israelis have learned from the nearly 6-month-long war launched by Hamas is that a genocidal adversary cannot be allowed to build a massive paramilitary apparatus along their border. In virtually every respect, Hezbollah is a more formidable enemy than Hamas. Its fighters are more numerous, better armed, better trained, and more battle-hardened by years of operations in the Syrian civil war. It has a far larger and deadlier rocket and missile arsenal. It has a proven ability to launch mass casualty terror attacks worldwide and controls a vast transnational crime syndicate anchored in Lebanese Diaspora communities across the globe.
For more on Israel's looming showdown with Hezbollah, see the selections at right from MEF staff, writing fellows, and guest contributors.
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