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Israeli threats to occupy or annex south Lebanon dust off a decades-old playbook

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
imageA man checks his phone on a beach as smoke rises from Israeli artillery fire on Qlaileh village, near the city of Tyre in south Lebanon. AP Photo/Hussein Malla

A chorus of hawkish Israeli politicians is urging the country’s military to intensify its weekslong ground and air campaign against Hezbollah and pave the way for a more permanent...

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