Open Search form

Lebanon

Apply for a Blog

Michael Zoosman

Aug 19, 2026, 8:32 PM

Sadistic Death Viewing Chamber Puts Israel Squarely on the Wrong Side of History

Screenshot

The thousands of members of the group “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty,” of which I am the co-founder, wholeheartedly condemn the sadistic death chamber that Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has recently unveiled. On August 18, 2026,...

Robin Bailey-Chen

Aug 19, 2026, 10:02 AM

It’s 1982 All Over Again

Yehuda Katz (z"l) came home today. Forty-four years after the battle at Sultan Yacoub, Yehuda Katz's remains were returned to Israel. I am thinking of his family today, their sorrow laid bare once again and, I hope, some closure....

Michael Zoosman

Aug 18, 2026, 6:06 PM

Lebanon Abolishes the Death Penalty, as Israel and Hezbollah Align Supporting It

On Tuesday, August 11, after 22 years without an execution in Lebanon, its parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab country in the Middle East to scrap capital punishment formally. The new law replaces...

Stephen M. Flatow

Aug 18, 2026, 6:03 PM

In Israel, a missing soldier is everyone’s son

The search for an IDF soldier, Yehuda Katz, missing since the 1982 First Lebanon War, reflects a commitment that is deeply Israeli – and deeply Jewish

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 18, 2026, 12:35 AM

The Nordic Rift: How Scandinavia Estranged Israel

The Postwar Consensus and Shared Idealism In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the nations of the Nordic world viewed the nascent State of Israel not with suspicion, but with a profound and genuine affinity. This was a...

Aug 16, 2026, 11:35 AM

Resolution 1701 Prescribed the Right Order, Israel Is Paying for Hesitating to Enforce It

Twenty years after the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, UN Security Council Resolution 1701 still sets the right end state for Lebanon: one state, one authority, no militia army. Israel tolerated its violation. Hezbollah converted seventeen years of quiet into military...

Husein Mahmoud Saleh

Aug 16, 2026, 7:21 AM

Ali Al-Taher: Where Is the Escalation Heading?

The battle over Ali Al-Taher Hill is no longer simply a confrontation over a strategic position in southern Lebanon. What is happening around it carries broader military and political implications, amid growing fears that Israeli escalation could trigger a...

Aug 16, 2026, 12:42 AM

Israel and the Myth of One Lebanese State

Hezbollah members march during a parade in southern Beirut, Lebanon, in the late 2000s. Attribution: Photo: Voice of America / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.

Behind the rhetoric of sovereignty lies an armed exception called Hezbollah What exactly is meant by Lebanese sovereignty? Is it a principle by which Beirut possesses supreme authority over Lebanese territory, or merely a useful incantation to be uttered whenever...

Aug 14, 2026, 8:30 AM

Wars Do Not End the Way Trump Thinks They Do

The demand is documented and can be stated precisely. In June 2025, during the twelve-day war in which American bombers struck three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump published a single line in capital letters on Truth Social: "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" In...

Aug 14, 2026, 8:28 AM

It Ain’t Over Until It Is Over

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

For the first time in a long while, someone looking at Israel and the Middle East from a distance might be tempted to believe that the worst is finally behind us. The direct attacks involving Iran appear to have stopped...

Load more