Is the Mideast at a Turning Point?

Israel wheels on, in Hezbollah, the strongest army in Iran’s arsenal, with the aim to break the ‘ring of fire.’

AP/Bilal Hussein
President Biden's special envoy to the Mideast, Amos Hochstein, at Beirut, June 18, 2024. AP/Bilal Hussein

The past week could emerge as a turning point in the Mideast war that the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies launched last year on October 7. To wit: rather than maintain a war of attrition that favors the enemy, Israel is pursuing the strongest army in Tehran’s arsenal, Hezbollah. Yet as Israel makes its moves to end a year-long stalemate with Hezbollah, the Biden-Harris Brahmins preach, instead, the virtues of something they call diplomacy. 

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