What does Bibi want with Lebanon?

The Israeli Defence Force is doing the same thing in southern Lebanon that it has already done in the Gaza Strip: empty the towns and villages with evacuation orders, then send in the engineers with explosives and bulldozers to demolish all the houses and other buildings

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely wants to keep the war going until October when he faces an election he might lose, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

June 3, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—“The war is over,” United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on June 2, but it isn’t.

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