Smoke rises from a village across the border of Lebanon following a strike by the Israeli air force on October 04, 2024 in Rihaniya, Israel. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Raymond J. de Souza: Israel is building a new Middle East — one that counters Iranian threat

A history of short wars and long consequences

by · National Post

The history of the modern state of Israel is one of short wars with long consequences. For the first fifty years or so, until the millennium, that worked out largely to Israel’s benefit.

In the year since the brutal attacks — replete with cold-blooded murder, rape and hostage-taking — by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tried to wring long consequences from the wars against Hamas, Hezbollah and possibly Iran.

Terry Glavin: Hezbollah's murderous terrorists are a global problem, not just Israel'sIt’s listed as a foreign terrorist organization by more than 60 countries around the world, including Canada, the United States, the European Union, the Arab League and the Persian Gulf states. For more than 40 years, it has plotted or carried out terror attacks in Israel, Bulgaria, Thailand, the U.S., Argentina, and elsewhere.Terry Glavin, 02 Oct 2024Jesse Kline: Sorry Joly, maybe all out war with Iran is exactly what we needIf you ask Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly what the solution to the Middle East conflict is, she will surely tell you that a “ceasefire” is what’s needed.Jesse Kline, 02 Oct 2024