Will he? Won’t he? Netanyahu decides

Involving Israel in a full-scale war with Hezbollah—and perhaps also with its Iranian sponsor—sounds like a disaster in the making, but the Israeli prime minister is a slippery customer.

Victory in Lebanon would certainly seal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s redemption, but the project to put an end to Hezbollah is still not assured of success, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, and screenshot courtesy of BBC News

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 1, 2024

LONDON, U.K.—Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu really launch a full-scale war against Lebanon-based Hezbollah when Israel is still fighting Hamas in Gaza? Of course he will.

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