Netanyahu on all fronts: Can Israel keep up war in Gaza while taking on Hezbollah?

Rebecca GNIGNATI | François PICARD | Alessandro XENOS | Mélissa KALAYDJIAN | Nomi BAR-YAACOV | Nadim HOURY | Irris MAKLER | Hussein IBISH | Jeremy Issacharoff

Edité par France 24 - 2024

In hindsight, Iran's first-ever direct missile attacks on Israel back in April seemed like a symbolic gesture, but it certainly got Binyamin Netanyahu's top brass's attention. The same top brass is at loggerheads with the prime minister over the lack of an exit strategy in Gaza.

Netanyahu has managed to steady his political ship despite foreign and domestic pressure to resign, to the point where he can do without the opposition in a unity war cabinet. By dissolving that war cabinet, he's stared down his own far-right coalition partners. 

But for how long? And how long can the rest of the world feel the spillover? In France, eight months of war in the Middle East have strained political alliances to the point where divisions could prove a factor in crucial snap legislative elections where every vote counts.

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Melissa Kalaydjian

Note
  • There has been no ceasefire in Gaza since November. And just as tensions were subsiding a little, fears are now growing over Lebanon. We ask, in light of the latest border incidents, whether initial fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah could still prove true.

Langue
anglais
Date de publication
18/06/2024
Collection
The Debate
Contributeurs
Nomi BAR-YAACOV Associate Fellow, International Security Programme, Chatham House
Nadim HOURY Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative
Irris MAKLER FRANCE 24 Jerusalem correspondent
Hussein IBISH Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute
Jeremy Issacharoff Former Israeli Diplomat

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