Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy in Lebanon, initiated a low intensity war on Israel's northern front following Oct. 7. Pressured by the 60,000 Israelis internally displaced by Hezbollah attacks, the government is considering actions against Hezbollah, which threatens to respond with a “ring of fire” targeting Israel’s vital economic, military and industrial assets from land, air and sea. What dynamics drive the current fighting? Might it lead to full-scale war? What ramifications would this have for Lebanon, Israel, and the region?
Monday, June 24, 2024
2:00pm - 2:30pm ET
Online:
Click here to register online.
Robert Rabil is professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University. Among his activities, he served during Lebanon’s civil war as the Red Cross’ chief of emergency in the Baabda region and he headed the U.S. State Department-funded Iraq Research and Documentation Project. He is the author of The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon (Lexington books, 2016) and Syria, the United States and the War on Terror in the Middle East (Praeger, 2006). He holds a Ph.D. from Brandeis University.
