Israel Steps Up Lebanon Strikes, Claims Defensive Renewal
The Israeli military intensifies strikes in South Lebanon, killing at least one, claiming it's to 'block a military revival' by Hezbollah. This framing, repeated faithfully by outlets like Al-Monitor, conveniently ignores the decades-long pattern of Israeli 'defensive' actions that morph into expansion or further destabilization of its neighbors. This isn't a new script; Netanyahu's government,
funded massively by US taxpayers, often announces 'defensive' operations just before escalating regional tensions to serve various political ends. One might wonder if these 'revivals' conveniently coincide with legislative pushes for increased US military aid or when domestic Israeli politics need a good distraction. How many times must one claim to stop rearming before we question the premise,
especially when the other side—Lebanon and Hezbollah—claims adherence to ceasefires? It's less a 'revival' and more a perpetual motion machine for conflict, always justified, always 'defensive', with US dollars footing the bill and our media providing the whitewash.