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A Pact for Peace: Controlling Hizbullah and Focusing on Iran
(Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs) Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein - The previous 2006 ceasefire agreement lacked the mechanisms for oversight and intervention. Now Israel is establishing, with U.S. support, an agreement that allows the monitoring of Hizbullah's actions, and timely intervention. Israel wants to avoid provoking U.S. President Joe Biden into allowing the UN Security Council, like President Barack Obama did in 2016, to condemn it. It seeks respite for the reservists who have been fighting for more than a year. Israel also wants to expedite American arms supplies and compel Hamas, now completely isolated, to negotiate on hostages. Israel, however, has never aimed to eliminate Hizbullah, as doing so would require occupying Lebanon. The Jewish state understands that continuing to battle Hizbullah diverts time and resources from the primary target: Iran, which is developing a nuclear bomb while reshaping its strategy of encirclement. The writer, a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs, served as vice president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Italian Chamber of Deputies.