Elad Israeli

In the summer of 2024, I attended several meetings on Capitol Hill with Lt. Col. (res.) Sarit Zehavi of the Israel Defense Forces, president of the Alma Center, an Israel-based think tank focused on developments in Israel’s northern front — Lebanon and Syria.

At the time, tensions with Hezbollah, still led by its senior leader, Hassan Nasrallah, were bubbling. It would be about two months later that Israel would initiate a widespread offensive against the terrorist organization, beginning with the pager and walkie-talkie operation, and peaking with the elimination of Nasrallah himself. In Syria, it was about five months later that President Bashar Assad would be ousted, giving way to the rise of a new regime.

Our meetings on Capitol Hill, with members of Congress and their

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