Lebanon Ceasefire

This afternoon, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. I wouldn’t be surprised if Hezbollah agreed to the ceasefire because they know they won’t get a better deal after Donald Trump takes office.

Explaining his support for the deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people, saying:

“Three reasons for the ceasefire: focusing on the Iranian threat - and I won't elaborate on that. Refreshing and replenishing our troops - this issue will be resolved soon. And disconnecting the fronts and isolating Hamas.”

Netanyahu added:

“This is not the same Hezbollah. Hezbollah chose to attack us from there on October 8. We set it back decades. We eliminated Nasrallah. We eliminated all the senior officials of the organization and thousands of terrorists. And we destroyed most of the rocket capabilities and the infrastructure it built near our border. . .

“People didn’t believe we could enter Gaza, and we entered. They said we couldn’t enter Rafah, and we did. They said we couldn’t attack Lebanon, and we did. So, maybe people should begin believing.”

In related news, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the U.N.’s Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, was just fired.

Why? Because in her expert opinion, the term “genocide” DOES NOT APPLY to the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

As the editors of the Wall Street Journal correctly noted:

“Israel’s campaign of self-defense doesn’t qualify [as genocide]. The war against Hamas has had many deaths, but Israel’s strategy is intended to dismantle a terrorist regime, not eliminate an ethnic group. The Jewish state has gone to great lengths to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties, even as Hamas uses civilians as shields so their deaths can be used as propaganda.”