MIddle East expert addressed four key questions about the recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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As Hezbollah reels from the communication device blasts, the scene has been set for an all-out war with Israel.
The rules of war are quite clear that these attacks were neither discriminate nor proportionate.
Weaponising communications technology used to be a theme of dystopian fiction. Now it’s reality.
International law clearly states that hiding explosives in objects that could be picked up by civilians is strictly prohbited.
Smartphones may be indispensable to modern life, but they’re also perfect tools for spying on their owners. Anyone looking to avoid being tracked – like, say, militant groups – tends to ditch them.
Both sides have been ratcheting up their attacks for months without crossing the line into a full-scale war. This attack, however, will likely lead to a major escalation.
Notwithstanding escalating tensions with Israel and an acute economic crisis, foreign direct investments in Lebanon were up by 25% in 2023.
America and Iran are now just as much a part of the decadeslong conflict as Arab states. Is it time to start referring to the ‘MENA-ISRAME’ conflict?
Both sides have stepped back from the precipice of all-out war, but this doesn’t mean the danger is over.
Both Hamas and the Israeli government have doubled down on their determination to continue the conflict.
The opposition leader’s trip further underlines the unravelling of bipartisanship towards Israel.
A full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah would likely set the entire region on fire, involving Iran and its proxies, and could drag the US into direct confrontation with Tehran.
A rocket attack killed 12 children and young people in a small Syrian Druze community in the Golan Heights.
12 children were killed in a strike on the small town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel has blamed Hezbollah, but the Lebanese militant group denies responsibility.
Hezbollah is the most powerful, sub-national militant group in the world. A war with Israel could be devastating for the region.
Hezbollah has pushed Lebanon to the brink of war, to the dismay of many of the country’s citizens.
A full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah would likely set the entire region on fire, involving Iran and its proxies, and could drag the US into direct confrontation with Tehran.
Hezbollah’s recent release of drone footage taken inside Israel appears designed to send a message that the armed group can cause serious damage in the event of a full-scale war.
Israel has cogent reasons for wanting to eliminate the threat from Hezbollah, but previous interventions in Lebanon have come at a cost.
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Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand & Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Otago, Dickinson College
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Professor in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Scholar at Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Aalborg University
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Lund University
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Postdoctoral fellow at Queen's University's Centre for International Policy and Defence (CIDP), Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Migration Studies; Director of the Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University