Amal Saad, author of Hizbu’llah Politics and Religion charges: “Israel’s sweeping evacuation orders and strikes across Baalbek … are yet more evidence of its systematic targeting of Lebanon’s Shia community, reinforcing concerns of an intentional ethnic cleansing campaign.” See thread.
The Cradle recently reported: “Amos Hochstein, born in Israel in 1973 and once an Israeli tank crewman, returned to Lebanon as a U.S. envoy, not to protect peace but to redefine it” on Israel’s terms.
The Guardian reports: “‘The Arabs will disappear’: emboldened Israeli settlers eye return to Gaza.”
MOHAMAD BAZZI, mohamad.bazzi@nyu.edu, @BazziNYU
Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor at New York University. His recent pieces for the Guardian include “The U.S. cannot allow Israel to turn Lebanon into a second Gaza” and “Netanyahu crosses every red line and yet is rewarded with more weapons. Why?”