Hezbollah Not Welcome Here

Waking up on a Saturday to the news of the first terrorist attack against Israeli civilians in almost four months is depressing. But I think it proves that one of the biggest obstacles to a real and lasting peace between Israel and Palestine is the situation in Lebanon. With the support of the Syrian government, the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah can launch attacks against Israel, stalling the peace process. Palestine needs to do everything in its power to move this process forward. And while their own militant groups appear to be quiet for now, they should take this time to root out Hezbollah. If not, Israel will have every excuse to react to attacks like these, which will start a downward spiral resulting in the Palestinian militant groups ending their “cooling off period”. It’s bad enough that the Palestinian security forces don’t have control over Palestinian militants, but it is unacceptable to allow militants from Lebanon to ruin this chance for peace.