A security zone in southern Lebanon could help Israel degrade Hezbollah faster than it can recover.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that peace between Israel and Lebanon is “imminently achievable”—if Beirut can finally confront Hezbollah. But even as Washington presses the two governments toward unprecedented security understandings, Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire in southern Lebanon.
David Daoud is a senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Jonathan Schanzer is the executive director at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Follow him on Twitter @JSchanzer.
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