Israel's current strategy of coercion to force Hezbollah to stop firing rockets into northern Israel will not succeed.

“and there is no evidence no matter how hard Israel hits Lebanon that Hezbollah is going to stop firing rockets and missiles into Northern Israel so it doesn't look like Israel's strategy is going to work”

Israel is obligated to establish deterrence against Hezbollah to protect its citizens from ongoing rocket fire.

“this isn't about revenge this is about deterring Hezbollah from attacking Israeli citizens”

An Israeli strike on Beirut represents an extremely dangerous escalation that Hezbollah is well-equipped to retaliate against in a way that Israel cannot easily handle.

“if this is indeed an Israeli strike on Beirut I think it's an extremely dangerous escalation I hisbah is not Hamas it has the capacity to respond in a way that frankly I don't think Israel can quite handle”

Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed militant group that must be confronted because its goal is the destruction of Israel.

“it is a red herring to claim that Hezbollah is acting on behalf of Palestinians when what they're doing is exactly what they said in their Charter which the Islamic Republic created them from for which is to create a second Islamic Republic in Lebanon and to destroy Israel”

Hezbollah intervened in the conflict in October as a response to Israeli military actions against Palestinians.

“Hezbollah intervened on October 8th because they wanted to show Israel that they were be cost for committing out for committing mass murder which is what Israel has done and that's why Hezbollah was involved”

Israel has a right to defend itself against Hezbollah's rocket fire, which has displaced tens of thousands of Israelis.

“the question is why on the 8th of October hisbah decided to start throwing what is now almost 10,000 missiles into Israel if the UK If indova France threw 10,000 missiles from C appear what would happen well uh I think we would certainly uh robustly defend ourselves”

The Lebanese government does not want war and believes a diplomatic solution is possible.

“no one in Lebanon including hasbalah doeses not want want a fullscale war they have been very calibrated regardless of whether we agree or disagree some Lebanese do some Lebanese do not but we as a libanese government do not want this for this war we think that there is a diplomatic uh uh uh way to ”

Hezbollah acts as a necessary strategic deterrent and protection for Lebanese people against Israeli aggression in the absence of a capable national army.

“as a result, it's that vacuum with which you have a non-state actor like Hisbala coming in, stepping in and you know they're a part of the south of the south and you know protecting their villages and people from Israeli aggression”