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Source: https://www.jns.org/a-fundamental-reset-in-the-approach-to-hezbollah/
A Fundamental Reset in the Approach to Hizbullah
(JNS) Colin Kilrain and Yoni Tobin - Israel's success in defanging Hizbullah provides a window of opportunity for a fundamental reset in its approach to the group and to the broader Iranian terror axis. At the core of this revived framework must be a world in which Israel can act whenever it sees a credible or imminent threat, wherever across Lebanon and Syria - Hizbullah's logistical lifeline to Iran - with the U.S. proactively buffeting Israel against international condemnation. Inevitably, critics will accuse Israel of violating the deal, even though the current ceasefire reportedly enshrines Israel's freedom of action against imminent threats. As with Israel's war in Gaza, robust U.S. support for Israel's self-defense is irreplaceable and a crucial bulwark against a wave of attacks threatening to undermine Israel's global legitimacy. The ceasefire deal should be the beginning of a sustained pressure campaign to inflict a fatal U.S.-Israel blow to Iran's axis of resistance that threatens Israel and the U.S. alike. Vice Adm. (ret.) Colin Kilrain is a former assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Commander of Special Operations Command Pacific. Yoni Tobin is a policy analyst at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA).