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“It was a multi-year infiltration of Hezbollah supply chains that was meant to strike at the heart of a terrorist organization that had targeted Israel for years”

TOWN HALL ‘Paging Hezbollah’ Takes Viewers Inside the Historic 2024 Operation Against the Terrorist Group Amy Curtis September 24, 2026 …In a brand new just announced film, director Justin Folk has turned the remarkable, daring story of how Israel struck … Continue reading →

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“This strategy of theatrical diplomacy and strategic paralysis is a direct inheritance from Arafat, who decades ago mastered the art of using peace processes not as vehicles for reconciliation, but as shields against accountability”

THIS IS BEIRUT Lebanon’s Pretend Peace with Israel Revives Arafat’s Playbook Hussain Abdul-Hussain September 22, 2026 By signing the Trilateral Framework agreement while failing to disarm Hezbollah, Lebanon has adopted the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s “pretend peace” playbook. In … Continue reading →

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IDF says it used 1,100 tons of explosives to raze 2kms of tunnels under hill in southern Lebanon, following reported Iranian warnings; blast triggers 4.1-magnitude tremor

TIMES OF ISRAEL IDF blows up Hezbollah’s ‘strategic’ complex beneath south Lebanon’s Ali Taher Ridge Emanueal Fabian and Jacob Magid September 11, 2026 Using 1,100 tons of explosives, the Israeli military said on Thursday that it had demolished a “strategic” … Continue reading →

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“The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding tells Iran that Hezbollah survives and Israel leaves. The Trilateral Framework says that Hezbollah disarms and that, until it does, Israel stays in Lebanon”

GATESTONE Washington Handed Iran the Paper and Kept the War Pierre Rehov July 1, 2026 …Consider what each document asks of the same actor. The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding tells Iran that Hezbollah survives and Israel leaves. The Trilateral Framework … Continue reading →

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“Indeed, this is the fourth time in under 25 years that Lebanon has “agreed” to disarm Hezbollah, and yet — here we are, agreeing once again to do what we’ve (supposedly) already agreed to three times”

ALGEMEINER The New Lebanon Deal Is a Seismic Shift — But Not How You Think Daniel Pomerantz June 30, 2026 …An upheaval of historic proportions lies “hidden in plain sight,” right at the beginning of the document: Israel and Lebanon … Continue reading →

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“Washington is drafting the rules of Israel’s self-defense – without Israel in the room”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM Micromanaging Survival Gregg Roman June 23, 2026 Don’t let the headline numbers — barrels, waivers, frozen billions — set tonight’s frame. The tell of the day is a small procedural fact almost everyone skipped: the United States … Continue reading →

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“Trump can say “enough” and sever the link between Hormuz and Lebanon. He almost did so when he threatened to “destroy Iran” if it did not rein in Hezbollah. Further insults to Iran could bring the talks crashing down”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The Iran talks are in danger of blowing up any day Michael Oren June 23, 2026 The Trump administration’s creation this week of a “cell to reduce friction” in Lebanon, comprised of Pakistan, Qatar, … Continue reading →

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Israeli public sours on Trump for all the obvious reasons

NOON IN ISRAEL Iran Deal: It’s Worse Than We Thought Amit Segal June 18, 2026 It’s Thursday, June 18, and the official terms of the U.S. Memorandum of Understanding are out—and it’s worse than anticipated. The official signing ceremony isn’t … Continue reading →

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“Instead of insisting on efforts to topple the regime, there was a more effective step that was never taken, and the sense of a missed opportunity is enormous”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) We did everything in Iran, except what could have ended it Amit Segal June 10, 2026 …Was Netanyahu supposed to say “no thank you” to a US President eager to act together against the … Continue reading →

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“While the Israeli public is feeling despondent over the situation in the north and the terrible news from the drone battlefield, some are talking about a huge achievement and the possibility of years of quiet”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) How Hezbollah’s Oct. 7 was foiled at the last moment Amit Segal June 4, 2026 On the streets of Israel, it’s easy to spot the sourness and bitterness regarding the events on the northern … Continue reading →

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