Posts Tagged: Second Lebanon War
Netanyahu: ‘If Hezbollah Decides to Join the War… That Will Be Its Biggest Mistake Ever’
i24 News - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) visited a commando formation in northern Israel, receiving an overview, and gave a speech for the...
Nasrallah Only Understands Force
JNS.org - The 17th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War was marked several days ago. For the first time since that conflict, Israel now faces...
From the Second Lebanon War to Regional War
The Israeli government’s decision to launch a ground attack in the last two days of the 2006 Second Lebanon War was controversial. In retrospect, the...
Lessons Learned From the Second Lebanon War
Fourteen years have passed since the eruption of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Now is an appropriate time to assess the conflict. While the Middle East has dramatically changed in...
A UNIFIL Paralyzed by Hezbollah Serves No Purpose: Israeli Official
The Security Council must act to “significantly improve” the capabilities of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, a top Israeli official said on Monday. Speaking...
Former Israeli PM Olmert Cancels Trip to Switzerland Over Fear of War Crimes Arrest
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has called off a planned visit to Switzerland after he was warned that he could be arrested there for...
Report: Hezbollah Tunnel Construction Started Before 2006 Lebanon War
JNS.org - Hezbollah began digging cross-border attack tunnels before the 2006 Second Lebanon War, as opposed to three or four years ago, as the Israel Defense...
‘Conflict Management’: The Collapse of a Concept
"…to remain at peace when you should be going to war may be often very dangerous." -- Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War, 431 BCE. ... This...
Middle East Expert: In ‘Inevitable’ Next War With Hezbollah, Israel Will Have to Cope With Tunnel Threat, Like in Last Gaza Conflict
A future war between Israel and Hezbollah is “not a matter of ‘if,’ but ‘when,’” a Middle East expert and former Pentagon official told The...
Big Data Is Preparing the IDF for 21st Century Combat
JNS.org - In the not too distant future, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battalion commander may stare out at the urban sprawl of a Gazan neighborhood....
Iran’s North Korean Path
Iran is reacting angrily to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's announcement on Tuesday, and to subsequent comments by US Defense Secretary James Mattis Wednesday,...
Hezbollah Commander Guides Journalists on Tour of Israeli Border Defenses, Says ‘We’re Not Afraid of War’
A Hezbollah commander on Thursday guided a group of journalists on a tour of the Israel-Lebanon border, according to media reports. “This is occupied Palestinian land,”...
New Hezbollah Sign Placed on Israel-Lebanon Border Threatens ‘Account Not Settled,’ Displays Potential Infiltration Routes Into Jewish State
Hezbollah recently placed a large sign on the Israel-Lebanon border bearing a threatening message to the Jewish state: “The account is not settled.” On the sign, according...
Israel’s UN Envoy Calls on Security Council to ‘Publicly Condemn’ Hezbollah Chief’s Threat Against Vital Infrastructure Sites in Jewish State
The United Nations Security Council must “publicly condemn” Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s recent threat to strike vital infrastructure sites in Israel in a future war,...
