Tag: Lebanon
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Economic strangulation of Hezbollah
In this episode, Dr. Yaron Friedman explains how the Hezbollah organization can be 'strangled' through economic means, without the need for a large-scale military attack. According to him, the process has already begun, and it focuses on two main channels: damaging the organization's banking system and dismantling its drug empire.
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The maritime border agreement with Lebanon: The background, the dispute, and the solution
In this episode, Dr. Benny Spanier, a research fellow at the Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center and the Blue Economy Center of the Haifa municipality, joins the show to discuss the maritime border agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Dr. Spanier explains the historical and legal background that led to the dispute, details the interests of each side, and describes the specifics of the US-brokered agreement and its implications today.
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A conversation with Mariam Younes: Lebanon after Hezbollah and the Assad regime
In this episode of "This Week in the Middle East", the guest is Mariam Younes, a peace activist and expert on Lebanese society and Israel-Lebanon relations. Younes, a native of Lebanon, analyzes the reactions and trends in Lebanese society since the events of October 7, through the elimination of Hezbollah's leadership and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, to the campaign against Iran.