A conversation with David Wood - senior analyst at Crisis Group. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.
Covering warfront expansion deeper into Lebanon, “cautious escalation” between Hezbollah and Israel and wider geopolitical developments.
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Timestamps::
0:00 Intro
1:53 Retaliation vs provocation
3:20 Calibrated responses
5:12 Resisting calls
8:27 Respective targets
10:55 Baalbek strikes
13:08 2006 in retrospect
15:58 Statements taken seriously
18:29 Invading Lebanon in history
24:12 Borders
28:55 Displacement
32:10 Palestine
