Judith Levy · Jun 22, 2011 at 1:25am
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I've got a column over on Pajamas Media today assessing the odds that Hezbollah will respond to the growing pressure it's under by starting something with Israel:

There has been much speculation of late as to the likelihood that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will launch a war against Israel as a diversionary tactic to deflect attention from his brutal crushing of the Syrian popular uprising. A corollary concern is Hezbollah, which is allied with Assad and which uses Syria as a conduit for Iranian arms.

Hezbollah, too, has the capability to divert attention, both domestic and international, from its assorted crises by picking a fight with Israel. And there is little question that the walls are starting to close in on Hezbollah.

Read the rest here.

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