
Israel and Hezbollah play with fire but neither wants another war
It’s a peculiar political twist that hostilities rose between Israel and Hezbollah this week, even as the missiles ebbed. The recent intense exchange of fire replaced, during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, with a fiery volley of threats, the familiar drum beat of deterrence spotlighting the path to war. The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah,…