Israel’s Southern Lebanon Gambit: When “Self-Defense” Starts Looking Like Conquest

Escalation in the Middle East has intensified doubts about the reality of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, as Israel’s military operations in southern Lebanon continue and provoke increasingly serious international criticism.

The 10-Point Math Problem

Iran had put forward a 10-point proposal as a possible framework for de-escalation. Point #9 explicitly called for a regional ceasefire that included Lebanon. However, as negotiations stalled and eventually collapsed, senior U.S. officials made it clear that Lebanon was never considered part of the proposed framework. JD Vance stated bluntly: “Lebanon was never part of the ceasefire deal.” That’s not a misunderstanding. That’s rewriting the terms after the fact. You cannot accept a ten-point framework and then casually delete one of the points because your ally wants more land. This selective amnesia makes the entire ceasefire look like a sham from the beginning.

Even more cynically, this revisionist........

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