A senior US official on Monday warned against an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, saying that it would result in “catastrophic and unforeseen consequences,” journalist Barak Ravid reported.
Ravid, who writes for Axios in English and Walla in Hebrew is widely considered as the Biden administration’s mouthpiece.
Speaking at the Middle East America Dialogue (MEAD) annual summit in Washington D.C., the official said. “No war happens in lab conditions, it’s not a game. There would be serious consequences for both sides.”
The official scoffed at the idea of “let’s go to war and destroy all Hezbollah’s missiles and everything will be fine. It’s not that simple. There is no magic solution. The other side cannot be destroyed. At the end of the war, Israel may pay a heavy price and not achieve its goals.”
The official continued by saying that a diplomatic solution must be reached rather than a military one.
However, he did not provide details on how to convince a terror group to agree to a diplomatic solution, especially considering that Hezbollah has long violated the pre-existing “diplomatic” UN 1701 resolution to retreat north of the Litani River.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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they said the same about entering Rafah, and all the other “DON’T” from Biden…
Such a war can very possibly result in a catastrophe without even taking into account the actual war to destroy Hizballah. This is because Hizballah has their Redwan Force who are 2500 elite battle hardened troops whose mission is to invade and to hold the towns and villages of the Galil in the event of a war, and Nasrallah already warned that in the event of a war he will fight “with no rules.” This includes the mass slaughter of men, women and children in the towns and villages of the Galil. However as opposed to Oct. 7 which lasted only for hours because once the IDF arrived they were able to kill the terrorists and retake control, with the Redwan force which has been training for this for years what happened on Oct. 7 could ch”v pale in comparison with what this force can do. The only thing preventing them from carrying out the mission they are trained for is that such an attack will result in a war to the death with Israel bent on destroying Hizballah along with Lebanon. However if Israel decides to start such a war they can be sure this will result in a catastrophe even worse than Oct. 7.
This is in addition to the fact that Israel has no way to achieve its goal of such a war which is to keep Hizballah north of the Litani River. Because even if they succeed on pushing them of the area south of the river the only way they can prevent them from returning is through a long term military occupation of the area. They already tried this in the past and found that it was not sustainable.
Jack: even the Israelis are saying this and are preparing for it. Rafah is no comparison to Hizbollah..
Ronald Reagan called the Israeli bombing of Beirut in 1982 a “holocaust.” Reagan also sold arms to Iran and let Hezbollah take over Lebanon. Biden will not be so kind of them.
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A senior member of the Meraglim on Monday warned against an all-out war between Israel and the seven nations, saying that it would result in “catastrophic and unforeseen consequences,” journalist Barak Ravid reported.
Ravid, who writes for Axios in English and Walla in Hebrew is widely considered as the Eisav administration’s mouthpiece.
Speaking at the Umos HaOlam annual summit in Edom, the meragel said, “No war happens in lab conditions, it’s not a game. There would be serious consequences for both sides, especially for the grasshopper-sized Jews.”
The meragel scoffed at the idea of “let’s go to war and destroy all of the seven nations’ spears and arrows and everything will be fine. It’s not that simple. There is no magic solution. The sitra achra cannot be destroyed. At the end of the war, Am Israel may pay a heavy price and not achieve its goals, and will have to go back to Mitzrayim to be slaves again.”
The meragel continued by saying that a diplomatic solution must be reached rather than a military one.