The diplomatic maneuvers led by Washington and other western capitals, alongside the sprawling US embassy in Beirut, are built on a faulty premise – that Lebanon is fractured and vulnerable, ripe for a kind of ‘Palestinianization.’
This illusion has emboldened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who believes that with steadfast diplomatic support from western powers – notably, the Israeli-born US envoy Amos Hochstein – he can gain political ground in Lebanon, especially as his Palestinian war remains unresolved after a year, a perpetual thorn in his side.
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