Israel says that Hezbollah <https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hezbollah> – the Lebanese political party and militant group – has pushed it close to an all-out war after the organisation posted a nine-minute video <https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/18/middleeast/hezbollah-drone-video-israel-haifa-intl-latam/index.html> of drone footage, showing military and civilian areas in several locations including the Israeli port of Haifa. Israel has now publicly stated that it has approved military plans <https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/18/hezbollah-publishes-surveillance-drone-footage-it-says-shows-locations-in-israel> to move to a war footing <https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/18/middleeast/hezbollah-drone-video-israel-haifa-intl-latam/index.html> against Hezbollah. Lebanon is on Israel’s border and the two countries have a long history of conflict <https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/long-history-warfare-israel-lebanon-border-2024-06-07/> and tension, which has been intensifying in recent months.
Israel’s escalation would be a significant blow to Biden ahead of the US presidential election. The Israel-Palestine conflict <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44124396> is already eroding Democrat support <https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209789324/democrats-israel-palestinians-progressive-foreign-policy> and Biden has repeatedly been accused from all sides of mishandling the situation <https://www.brookings.edu/articles/bidens-dangerous-stance-on-the-war-in-israel-and-gaza/>. If further violence ramps up in the region, this will put even greater pressure on Biden, in ways he doesn’t need, just before the US goes to the ballot box. https://www.juancole.com/2024/06/threatens-hezbollah-presidential.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30828): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30828 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106781283/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
