Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posing with soldiers at a base near the Israel-Lebanon border in May. Credit: Maayan Toaf/GPONetanyahu's efforts to de-link Israel's conflict with Iran from Israel's fronts in Lebanon and Gaza, against groups funded by Tehran, have backfired. Can Israel get out of this mess or even spin it into a regional agreement?04:36 PM • June 09 2026 IDTIn September 2024, I argued that Israel should have accepted that ending the escalation with Hezbollah meant reaching a cease-fire in Gaza – because the fronts were linked, like it or not. Israel's government did the opposite – attacked Hezbollah hard and then reached a cease-fire, while the Gaza war raged for another year. Israeli hostages, and tens of thousands more Palestinians died.In the NewsLife Swims On: Best Photos of Israeli Sea Life for World Oceans DayIsrael Fast-tracks 1 Billion Shekels for 69 Illegal West Bank OutpostsIsraeli Strikes Kill 14 in South Lebanon, Reports Say, as Tyre Faces EvacuationFour Players for Israeli Basketball Team to Leave Country After Iran Flare-upWhen Did Dogs Arise? New Study Points at Tail-end of Ice AgeRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know AboutOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central IsraelGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartIf the Netanyahu Government Falls, This Will Be the Reason'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza