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Israel

The goal is clear, said Uzi Benziman in Tel Aviv’s Ha’aretz. Israel is throwing everything it has at Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for one reason: We have to restore deterrence. Arab militias and armies must be taught once again that “whoever raises his hand against Israel suffers unbearable punishment.” Hezbollah has been firing rockets from Lebanon into Israel, so Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal will be destroyed. What complicates this project is that simply bombing Lebanon to smithereens won’t suffice. “If, at war’s end, the impression is that Hezbollah was seriously harmed but also managed to strike a heavy blow against Israel,” that could be seen as a victory for the terrorists.

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