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How Israel can make Lebanon a Hezbollah-free zone this year

JL;DR SUMMARY With the IDF's January 26 deadline to withdraw from Southern Lebanon nearing, Israel faces strategic dilemmas on how to maintain a Hezbollah-free zone. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdfBenjamin NetanyahuHezbollahDonald TrumpLebanese ArmyGeopolitical StrategySouthern LebanonUn Resolution 1701Eyal Zisser

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"...how Jerusalem can enforce a Hezbollah-free zone after the military leaves."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"...at Tel Aviv University, told JNS that he was skeptical about the Lebanese Army enforcing control..."
Lebanon
"The Lebanese Army cannot, and likely does not want to, assert its authority or force Hezbollah to withdraw from the area, let alone dismantle its military infrastructure, Zisser said."
United States
"...this decision hinges on approval from United States President Donald Trump, as Army Radio reported this week."

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