COMMENTARY
Swiss Cheese, the Sot, and the Ceasefire
John Podhoretz
November 26, 2024

The 60-day ceasefire to which Israel has agreed, thus pausing its efforts to degrade Hezbollah in Lebanon to such a degree that 60,000 Israelis can begin to return to their homes near the Lebanese border, may exist because of blackmail. Blackmail from the United States. Netanyahu told the Israeli cabinet that if they did not agree to the Biden terms, the administration would move against the Jewish state in the U.N. Security Council. This threat was a first of its kind for any president; even Barack Obama only allowed a hostile Security Council action to go through without a veto in his final act of aggression against Jerusalem in 2017. This time Biden was threatening to lead the U.N. against its only true ally in the Middle East. READ MORE

JEWISH INSIDER Lahav Harkov: Israel sees violations of cease-fire on Lebanese side within hours of deal taking effect Hours after Israel’s cease-fire agreement with Lebanon went into effect on Wednesday, the IDF shot at a vehicle believed to be violating the terms of the deal. The IDF fired warning shots at a vehicle carrying several people entering Kfar Kileh, near the Lebanon-Israel border, where the Iran-backed terrorist group was barred from entering under the terms of the cease-fire. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Hezbollah terrorists entered the village and that he “instructed the IDF to act aggressively and uncompromisingly against such phenomena and arrest anyone identified with Hezbollah who enters the no-go areas.”

ARUTZ SHEVA Lebanese Minister: We’ll be in dangerous territory if Hezbollah violates ceasefire Lebanon’s Economy Minister, Amin Salam, warned on Wednesday that failure by Hezbollah to adhere to the ceasefire agreement could push the country into “very dangerous territory.” Speaking to Sky News, Salam emphasized the fragile state of Lebanon in the aftermath of the recent conflict with Israel.