Israel’s warmongering against Lebanon is a longtime practice in times of war and peace alike. This week, Britain’s Telegraph published unsubstantiated allegations from anonymous airport staff, swiftly denied by Lebanese officials, that the Lebanese resistance movement (Hezbollah) was importing and storing Iranian weapons at Beirut’s international airport.
Such reckless accusations bolster Israel’s psychological warfare, which has reached a fever pitch amid speculation that Tel Aviv is planning a full-scale attack on Lebanon once it winds down operations in Rafah.
Israel’s reported redeployment of offensive troops to the Lebanese border, along with the regional redeployment of US aircraft carriers Eisenhower and Roosevelt in the Eastern Mediterranean, have added more fuel to the fire. …more
