In Lebanon, everything and nothing has changed since 2000
Key takeaways
- The weapons, the players and the stakes have transformed, yet the same unresolved question, Palestine, still drives the region to war.
- American University of Beirut, Distinguished Public Policy Fellow.
- Palestine remains the central issue reverberating across the region and the world.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
The weapons, the players and the stakes have transformed, yet the same unresolved question, Palestine, still drives the region to war.
American University of Beirut, Distinguished Public Policy Fellow.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Plumes of smoke billow from southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, May 25, 2026. [Stringer/Reuters]Twenty-six years ago this week, Israel was forced to end an 18-year occupation of south Lebanon. Much has changed since, yet Lebanon and Israel still cling to the very policies that dragged them into today’s war, a war that has engulfed Iran, drawn in the United States, and now threatens the global economy itself.