Hizballah Is a Shadow of Its Former Self, but Still a Threat
And it is more likely than ever to target diaspora Jews.
October 7, 2024
And it is more likely than ever to target diaspora Jews.
Below, today’s newsletter will return to some other reflections on the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the current war, but first something must be said of its recent progress. Israel has kept up its aerial and ground assault on Hizballah, and may have already killed the successor to Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader it eliminated less than two weeks ago. Matthew Levitt assesses the current state of the Lebanon-based terrorist group, which, in his view, is now “a shadow of its former self.” Indeed, he adds,
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Moral urgency and moral idiocy.
Pogroms, progressives, and Jewish memory.
Rosh Hashanah reflections on living among decent people.
Returning to Yad Mordechai.