How will Israel respond?

François PICARD | Alessandro XENOS | Rebecca GNIGNATI | Kethevane GORJESTANI | Behnam BEN TALEBLU | Barbara SLAVIN | Ahron BREGMAN

Edité par France 24 - 2024

First, the pager attacks of two weeks ago on Hezbollah command became a bombing campaign that triggered the mass displacement of Lebanese civilians. Then came signs of growing incursions into Lebanon and now direct confrontation on a whole new scale between Israel and Iran.

Since October 7 of last year, US diplomacy has been in overdrive to prevent an out-of-control regional war. Can an ageing lame duck president be heard above the din of blaming and brinkmanship? If not, then who?

Note
  • After a string of setbacks and humiliations that include the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, Iran has fired its long-range missiles directly at Israel. As Binyamin Netanyahu and his generals ponder their next move, there are obvious targets and huge unknowns.

Langue
anglais
Date de publication
02/10/2024
Collection
The Debate
Contributeurs
Kethevane GORJESTANI FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor; Former Washington correspondent
Behnam BEN TALEBLU Senior fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank
Barbara SLAVIN Distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, former director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council
Ahron BREGMAN Senior teaching fellow, Department of War Studies, King’s College London

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