Drift in the Middle East: A Fashionable Distraction from Deeper Issues The recent news from Iran has sparked widespread concern about tensions between Israel and Lebanon.
However, beneath this complex conflict lies a disturbing trend that's been unfolding for years: the use of security concerns as a pretext for maintaining military occupation.
Benjamin Netanyahu's justification for keeping troops in southern Lebanon cites the need to protect his country's northern communities from Iranian backed militias.