Bernard Bouhadana is rarely heard from, but now he has written an update on the situation in the Middle East that is good to understand. Among other things, Bernard has the advantage of living in Jerusalem.
I take the liberty of bringing his entire post:
Fighter jets are in the air over Jerusalem, creating a constant background noise similar to thunder. So far, there are no air alarms. Alarms that warn that enemy missiles are heading towards our area.
Everyone in Israel has been there many times before, but you never get used to the sound of the siren.
I read most analyses about the Middle East in Danish media, and the common denominator, in my opinion, is that they have the character of pure nonsense.
Most of those who pass themselves off as experts are laughing amateurs.
There are exceptions. For example, Jotam Confino and Allan Sørensen. I don’t always agree with their analyses, but they know what they’re talking about and that alone puts them in a league of their own in Danish journalism.
Most others repeat almost verbatim what the liberal American media says and writes, but often misunderstood and without proper context, making their analyses ridiculous.
And then there is the small group of correspondents in which people like Puk Damsgård must be placed, who consistently leave me with the impression that they lie on purpose.
The lie often consists of concealment and absurd angles.
If you are genuinely interested in what’s going on down here, you should read people like Lars Kaaber, Per Espersen, Lars Hedegaard and Asger Aamund instead of established media.
Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is such an important event for the Middle East, and for relations between Israel and the Muslim world, that it can hardly be overstated.
While all the Danish media talk about “violent escalation” and “major war”, the reality is probably the exact opposite. In the medium term, the current events may even be peacemaking.
All but the most extreme Islamists in the Arab world have reason to cheer.
And they do.
The internet is awash with celebratory scenes from across the Arab world, as Muslims and Christians alike celebrate the passing of the man with thousands of lives on his conscience.
Arabs on the street shout thanks to Israel, because Hezbollah has possibly been an even bigger headache for the people of Lebanon and elsewhere than for the Jewish state.
Israel has managed to reduce the terrorist movement, Hamas, to almost nothing. In the past few weeks, Israel has killed more people on the US “Most Wanted List” than the US itself has managed in decades.
Hizbollah is far more weakened than Israel had first dared hope for, and Iran is left in humiliation and shock and has good reason to fear what the next Israeli move will entail. An excellent guess would be a ground offensive in Lebanon followed by carpet bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities.
Contrary to popular belief, Israel can hit them relatively easily, but the problem has been the strong Hezbollah movement with their hundreds of thousands of rockets on the border with Israel.
That threat is now so greatly reduced that there should be little reason for further Israeli hesitation to put an end to the Iranian clergy’s nuclear dreams.
It should not be ruled out that there is already secret co-operation between Israel and Lebanon – two countries officially at war – to completely wipe out Hezbollah.
When Biden and the EU fanatically repeat the demand for an “immediate ceasefire”, it’s either because they don’t get it, or because all parties know full well that these are meaningless pro forma demands.
No moderate Arab country, no moderate Iranians, no Christians and no one in Israel has an interest in a ceasefire – they all share the hope that the Israeli army will finally finish the job for the benefit of not least the many Sunni Muslim countries. The killing of Nasrallah may end with the fall of the Iranian clerical regime. A fall that will pave the way for peace between Israel and Iran.
It should certainly not be ruled out that the war that is now a reality could be the starting point for a lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon.
A Lebanon where Hezbollah is hopefully a thing of the past
.By all means, let there be no ceasefire. That would only benefit the Iranian clerical regime.
The time has come for war.