Why did the civil war start in Lebanon? The Civil War in Lebanon: The Lebanese Civil War began in 1975, and for the first two years, both sides conducted horrible massacres. As the war progressed, it drew in other nations, with Syria intervening in 1976 and Israel intervening twice (197...
A year before last September, I spent three weeks in Israel, visiting Tel Aviv for a week and Jerusalem for two weeks. I also got two one-day tours, one to Masada and the Dead Sea for sightseeing, and the other a “security tour” of the defensive environs of Jerusalem given by the...
Even now, Israel is considering invading Lebanon, which brings a heightened risk of regional conflict that would be catastrophic. The US has sought to prevent this outcome but shows no appetite for withholding offensive weapons from Israel in order to compel greater restraint there or in Gaza. Bi...