Lebanon has begun disarming non-state armed groups, specifically starting with Palestinian factions in camps such as Burj al-Barajneh, as part of a broader push to ensure weapons are held only by six official state security agencies. Additionally, Lebanon’s cabinet has approved the objectives of a U.S.-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of 2025, tasking the army to oversee this transition.

In response, Hezbollah has outright rejected the plan, with its deputy leader Naim Kassem denouncing it as serving Israeli interests and warning against its implementation. Lebanon’s president has strongly rebuffed Iranian interference, emphasizing national sovereignty and rejecting foreign meddling—remarks delivered during a meeting with a senior Iranian official. Reports also indicate that Iran appears anxious about the implications of Hezbollah’s potential disarmament, viewing it as a major strategic setback to its regional influence.

UNIFIL continues to operate across southern Lebanon, with its current mandate extended through August 31, 2025. The Security Council is debating a new resolution that not only aims to extend the mission, but also signals an eventual withdrawal of UNIFIL—contingent on the Lebanese government achieving full control over its territory and so long as a comprehensive political solution is in place.

UNIFIL has experienced dangerous incidents in recent years: Israeli tanks forcibly entering UN positions, multiple attacks on watchtowers, and injuring or endangering peacekeepers. Locally, some communities have pushed back against UNIFIL patrols, especially when they occur without Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) accompaniment, fueling tensions.

A tragic incident on August 9, 2025, killed six Lebanese soldiers during munitions dismantling at a Hezbollah-linked depot, underscoring the persistent danger in the area. Its future beyond August hinges on Security Council deliberations and Lebanon’s ability to assume full security responsibilities.

Despite a legislative ban by Israel that came into effect on January 30, 2025, targeting UNRWA’s operations in Israeli territory including East Jerusalem, UNRWA continues to provide essential aid in Gaza, the West Bank, and among refugee camps across the region. The agency has lost access to its Jerusalem headquarters, and many of its international staff have been forced to leave; yet, local staff remain on the ground delivering services under increasingly hostile conditions.

Israel’s ban and accusations of UNRWA’s alleged ties to Hamas (including dismissals of some staff) have had far-reaching effects—diplomatic, legal, and operational. The agency remains under scrutiny, including court cases in the U.S. Still delivering critical services across Gaza and the West Bank, despite bans and evacuation of international staff.

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Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

Something Bigger Than Us | Yom Kippur 5785

Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

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Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

Kohenet Ordination Speech 2015

Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

(Auto-Emancipation) A Social Jewish Left (After October 7)

Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

Lighting the Sabbath Candles

Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

Bearings, or: Burdens

Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

Toward a Judaism of Love over Land, People over Profit

Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.

Die sanfte Kunst des Verhandelns mit Terroristen

Israeli War Objectives in Lebanon: Trump foreign Policy in the Middle East

Hezbollah recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” What war aims, propaganda does this psycho arms display seek to negotiate?

Hezbollah’s Tunnels and Weapons Video: Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, recently released a video titled “Our Mountains, Our Treasures.” In this slickly produced video, they unveil an extensive tunnel network used for storing and launching missiles. What purpose does this achieve? Hezbollah seeks to influence the negotiations for a Cease Fire favorable to their terms.

Prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon Hezbollah declared they would stop firing missiles when Israel withdrew from Gaza. But seeing that Hezbollah attacked Israel on Oct 8th, before Israeli IDF entered Gaza, this Hezbollah demand rings hollow. Why did Hezbollah attack on Oct 8th? Did it make a strategic error?

On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This attack marked the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hamas together with UNRWA forces attacked Israeli border settlements near Gaza. Currently Hamas still holds 97 stolen hostages whom remain in Gaza. The Red Cross Double Cross has never visited these Israeli prisoners since the Oct 7th attack; which involved multiple elements: a barrage of over 4,300 rockets launched into Israel, vehicle-transported incursions, and powered paraglider infiltrations. This Hamas surprise attack compares to the Dec 7th Pearl Harbor 1941 surprise attack. Also the attack on September 11th 2001 World Trade Center.

Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, from the early 1950s until Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War, Syria was the de facto ruling power. Documents from the 1920s and 1930s, during the French mandate, they indicate that inhabitants paid taxes to the French government, Lebanon a French mandate territory at that time. Maps issued by France placed the Mount Dov within Syrian territory.

Mount Dov lie along the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. During the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1920s and 1930s), the border between Lebanon and Syria wasn’t officially demarcated. So, Mount Dov, its status, Hezbollah propaganda unilaterally declared this Golan territory as “occupied territory”.

After the French mandate ended in 1946, Syria administered the land. Mount Dov appeared on maps—both Syrian and Lebanese military ones as Golan territory. This strongly supports the Israeli opinion that Mount Dov in the post 2000 dispute, constitutes as part of the territory of the Golan Heights which Syria lost in the 1967 War.

No evidence exists or supports that the abandoned farmlands ever Lebanese. League of Nations mandate (1923-1946), only thereafter did either Syria or Lebanon cease being a protectorate mandate! The UN “graciously” proposed maintaining the existing boundaries of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Syria (which included Mount Dov) “without prejudice” to any future agreement between Syria and Lebanon. However based upon the one sided UN bias of repeated condemnations which pervert Chapter VI “suggestions” to Chapter VII “Korean Ultimatums”, plus UNRWA war crimes, and UNIFIL criminal incompetence – Israel rejects the “objectivity/neutrality” of the UN-nations

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, Hezbollah propaganda claimed that the withdrawal notcomplete because Mount Dov mysteriously Lebanese—not Syrian Golan—territory. Only empty J’Accuse antisemitic Arab Nazi-like racism. Post the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah propaganda declared, as if they were God, the “Shebaa Farms” as occupied territory.

The unprovoked Oct 8th Hezbollah attack upon Israel requires that Lebanon surrender any and all claims to Mount Dov Golan.