Israeli-Hezbollah Confrontations Heat Up in Southern Lebanon
Weakening the terrorists militarily ‘creates more real opportunities to move forward’ in diplomacy, a former Netanyahu adviser tells the Sun.
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BENNY AVNI
New York, New York
Benny Avni is the Foreign Editor of the Sun.
Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.
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