Israel’s end of its south Lebanon occupation did not resolve the underlying conflict tied to Palestine. Lebanon and Israel continue policies that contributed to today’s war, which has expanded beyond the region to involve Iran and the United States and now threatens the global economy. Israel’s attacks on pro-Palestine forces in Lebanon began in the 1970s, before Hezbollah formed, and the conflict widened as Iran backed Hezbollah after 1982. Hezbollah became a key pillar of an Iran-anchored resistance axis opposing Israeli-American hegemony. Lebanon’s balance of power has shifted with advanced missiles, drones, and radar, while Hezbollah’s ability to evade air defenses has grown. Lebanon’s economy has been shattered and civilians displaced, while Israel has devastated southern towns using urban annihilation tactics. Hezbollah has been weakened but reborn as a more agile force that continues to resist Israeli efforts to impose permanent security zones.
"Twenty-six years ago this week, Israel was forced to end an 18-year occupation of south Lebanon. Much has changed since, yet Lebanon and Israel still cling to the very policies that dragged them into today's war, a war that has engulfed Iran, drawn in the United States, and now threatens the global economy itself. Palestine remains the central issue reverberating across the region and the world."
"It is why Israel began attacking pro-Palestine forces in Lebanon in the 1970s, years before Hezbollah formed, and why that local conflict has widened ever since. Iran's backing of Hezbollah after 1982 turned Lebanon into a front line between Iran and Israel; today, with the United States fighting alongside Israel, that front has grown into a regional war."
"At its heart stands Hezbollah, the central pillar of the Iran-anchored Axis of Resistance that opposes Israeli-American hegemony. Lebanon might seem like a sideshow in this regional and global frame. But it deserves greater scrutiny precisely because it was, and remains, the spark that expanded 78 years of Israel-Lebanon-Palestine friction into today's regional war."
"Advanced missile, drone and radar technology now shapes the balance of power, above all Iran and Hezbollah's growing ability often to evade US-Israeli air defences. Lebanon's economy has been shattered, its people driven from their homes again and again, and Israel has devastated towns and villages across the south, unleashing the doctrine of urban annihilation it forged in Beirut's Dahiyeh in 2006, and subsequently applied in Gaza."
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