Hezbollah

Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas

The only small chance for peace in Gaza today is to help Hamas’s enemy, Fatah, prepare the West Bank for real freedom.

Israel’s Goals in Gaza?

The focus for Israel and Barack Obama’s team should be on creating a clear choice for Hamas for the world to see: Are you about destroying Israel or building Gaza?

Crisis Imperils 2-State Plan, Shifting a Balance

Officials in Egypt and Jordan fear they will be pressed to absorb Palestinian populations beyond their borders.

Rocket Fire From Lebanon Unsettles Israel, but Fears of a Hezbollah Attack Subside

Rockets launched from southern Lebanon into Israel raised fears of a renewed war between the countries, but worries subsided when it appeared the attack came from small militant groups.

U.N. and Red Cross Add to Outcry on Gaza War

The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling for a cease-fire, and the Red Cross accused Israel of neglecting the injured.

• Timeline: Israel, the Gaza Strip and Hamas
• Conflict in Gaza, Day 13
• Israel and Hamas: Conflict in Gaza

Fighting to Preserve a Myth

Israel is mistaken if it thinks its offensive in Gaza will re-establish deterrence. Instead, Israel needs to abandon its military concept of deterrence in favor of a more pragmatic political one.

For Israel, 2006 Lessons but Old Pitfalls

Israel is applying the military insight it gained from the 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, but diplomatic lessons do not seem to have been so well applied.

The Confidence War

This isn’t a war of attrition between Israelis and Palestinians. It’s a series of psychological exchanges designed to shift the balance of morale.

Hezbollah Answers Israel With Speeches

Despite talk in recent days about the possible opening of a second front on the Lebanese border, it is unlikely that Hezbollah will attack unless Hamas’s situation becomes desperate, analysts say.

Why Israel Feels Threatened

Iran’s nuclear threat, the rise of Hamas and Hezbollah and Israeli Arabs’ growing disaffection with the state offer challenges that Israel’s leaders and public find difficult to counter.

Israel Reminds Foes That It Has Teeth

Israel’s military operation in Gaza aims to expunge the ghost of its flawed 2006 war in Lebanon and re-establish its deterrence.

A Guilty Plea in Providing Satellite TV for Hezbollah

A Staten Island businessman pleaded guilty to a single federal count of assisting terrorists by providing satellite services to Hezbollah’s television station.

Hezbollah Seeks to Marshal the Piety of the Young

Hezbollah is educating a younger generation in Lebanon to continue its struggle against Israel.

• Lebanon’s Mahdi Scouts

U.S. Resupplies Lebanon Military to Stabilize Ally

The effort is intended to stabilize Lebanon’s fractured state and provide a legitimate alternative to Hezbollah.

Colombia Ties Drug Ring to Hezbollah

More than 100 suspects were arrested in Colombia and overseas on charges that they trafficked drugs and laundered cash for Colombia’s Norte del Valle cartel and outlawed paramilitaries.

Documents Say Iran Aids Militias From Iraq

Newly declassified intelligence supports American claims about Iranian efforts to build a proxy force in Iraq.

Up North, Hothouse of Tension in Lebanon

Behind recent bombings lies an indisputable fact: Sectarian tensions have grown worse in the north, prompting more citizens to arm themselves.

• Rising Sectarian Violence in Tripoli

War on the Corner

When Shiites fight Sunnis below your balcony in Beirut, the old routines come back to you.

Land of Gandhi Asserts Itself as Global Military Power

In recent years, while world attention has focused on China’s military, India has begun to refashion itself as an armed power with global reach.

Hezbollah Shrine to Terrorist Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children

Hezbollah has opened an exhibit in honor of Imad Mugniyah, who is accused of masterminding devastating bombings and hijackings in the 1980s and ’90s.

• Exhibit Honors a Hezbollah Commander