Lebanon

The Stances of the Dual Leaderships in Beirut and Tehran Suggest That the Recent Events Will Not Propel Hezbollah and Iran Into a Full-Scale Conflict

After October 7, It Was Clear How Well Hamas Had Cultivated Public Relations in the West; The Same Goes for Hezbollah

Israel Will Dismantle Hezbollah’s Deadly Arsenal if the United Nations and Lebanon Will Not Do So

Iranians Recognize Hezbollah for What It Is: Cogs in a Machine of Repressions and Thugs for Hire in Service of the Theocratic Police State

The IDF and the Home Front Are Weary, and a Military Offensive Against Hezbollah Won’t Defeat the Terror Organization

The episode does not alter the essential elements of the picture regarding Israel’s ongoing confrontation with Hezbollah on its northern border.

A reckoning between Israel and the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah appears to be only a matter of time.

PHILADELPHIA – July 31, 2024 – Hours after Israel assassinated two leading figures of designated terrorist organizations, Middle East Forum (MEF) experts took to major media outlets to explain what the killings mean for Israel and the region.

Israeli forces killed Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukur in Beirut on Tuesday, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh died Wednesday from an Israeli strike in Tehran. Both men caused the deaths of innocent civilians as well as Israeli and American soldiers.

Writing today for the Wall Street Journal, MEF president Daniel Pipes argued that since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, Israel has unfortunately followed “two opposite policies” simultaneously: “destroy the organization and make a deal with it.”

A Joint Podcast Series by the Middle East Forum and the American Jewish University