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The failures of French diplomacy in Lebanon

Does Macron have such a short memory that he can forget the presence of Yasser Arafat and his terrorists in Beirut? Khomeini's hateful propaganda in Neauphle-le-Château, near Paris? Has he forgiven the French base bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983, in which 58 French paratroopers were killed?

The IDF's achievements in the war are squandered

In Lebanon, as in Lebanon, nothing has changed: a year after the ceasefire, Hezbollah still stands on its feet and refuses to disarm. And the same is true in Gaza: Hamas is rebuilding its forces and its political standing under American protection. We have not learned that war is never an end in itself, it is always meant to serve diplomatic goals.

Europe edges toward a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire as Israel reads the fine print

Europe shows urgency over Crimea and Donbas - territories where it owes no legal duty - while hesitating to act for Cyprus, the only place where its obligations are explicit and unmet. The reason is hierarchy: Russia is punished because it is distant; Turkey is indulged because it sits inside the system and extracts concessions. Moscow coerces; Ankara shapes. Europe denounces Russia's annexation of Crimea while treating the occupation of its own member state as a logistical nuisance. For Israel, this is not academic.

A pathway to nowhere

Even in the earlier “Deal of the Century,” Benjamin Netanyahu steered Donald Trump toward a Bar-Ilan-style bear hug: first applying Israeli law to parts of the territories, and only afterward offering a “minus Arab state.”