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Why Netanyahu's Israel won't stop bombing Lebanon
Iran Israel War Update: Within hours of the US and Iran announcing a ceasefire, Israel carried out what its army said was “the largest coordinated strike across Lebanon”, striking more than 100 targets in 10 minutes and killing around 250 people. The shaky ceasefire has all but crashed under the strikes, with Iran reportedly closing the Strait of Hormuz again, and the US claiming that ceasing operations in Lebanon was never part of the deal.Pakistan had mediated the ceasefire, and its Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, had posted on X on April 8 that Iran and the United States of America, “along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.”However, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had soon said that while Israel supported the ceasefire, the attacks on Lebanon would continue. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, later wrote on X, “The ball is in the US court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments.” Why is Netanyahu insisting on bombing Lebanon, at the cost of endangering a ceasefire his biggest ally just agreed to? The loser in the ceasefire To understand why Israeli jets were over Beirut hours after a ceasefire, one needs to understand what that ceasefire cost Netanyahu, and why it is unpopular among a large section in Israel. The emerging agreement between Washington and Tehran represents a sidelining of the Israeli prime minister and of what he claimed were his core objectives in attacking Iran.Story continues below this ad Netanyahu framed the campaign around three goals, as articulated on March 12. Israel aimed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, from developing more ballistic missiles, and to “create conditions that will allow the Iranian people to remove the cruel, tyrannical regime that has oppressed them for nearly half a century.” However, Iran still possesses stockpiles of enriched uranium that can be used to build a nuclear bomb, though Tehran consistently denies that is its objective. By many estimates, about one-third of Iran’s missile arsenal seems intact. Some sanctions relief for Tehran seems likely. And, in the words of Israel’s Opposition leader Yair Lapid, “instead of an 86-year-old Khamenei ruling Iran, a 56-year-old Khamenei rules Iran.” Also, the ceasefire was agreed between Trump and the new Khamenei; Netanyahu seems not to have been on the table. Further negotiations, set to take place in Pakistan, also ...
Benjamin Netanyahu says war in Lebanon will continue as Israel ...
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Israel's Netanyahu calls for talks with Lebanon 'as soon as possible'
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Netanyahu authorizes direct talks with Lebanon in potential boost to ...
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