Hezbollah parading its military equipment in Qusayr, Syria, November 2016. (Twitter)
Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel: Even with the Saudis cheering, war with Hezbollah would spell disaster
Amid upheaval in Lebanon, Nasrallah claims Riyadh is pushing Israel to strike his group, but that wouldn’t serve Jerusalem’s interests.
With Saudi-supported Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s surprise resignation last week, and Riyadh’s increasingly bellicose language toward Hezbollah, a formerly quiet ally in Israel’s opposition to the Iran-backed terrorist group has come to the fore.
Saudi Arabia has long seen Tehran, and its proxy Hezbollah, as a central nemesis in the Middle East, competing against it for regional hegemony and global influence. The US, which once played a more active role in the fight against Iran, has scaled back its involvement in the region.
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WNU Editor: I am sure there are many in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere who would love to see such a conflict break-out. But is it in Israel's interest to have such a war? In the current state of the Middle East where war is rampant, it will probably be best for Israel to stay out of it (for now).
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