Hours after spurning a US-led proposal for a 21-day truce with Hizbollah in September, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that he was changing the balance of power in the region for years to come. Israel’s prime minister had just ordered the assassination of the Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, signalling that Israel was turning its focus from Gaza’s wastelands to step up its offensive against the Lebanese militants. As the year ends, the dynamics in the Middle East have unquestionably shifted in Israel’s favour.
在9月份拒絕美國主導的與黎巴嫩真主黨(Hizbollah)達成21天停火協議的提議數小時後,班傑明•納坦雅胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)誇口說,他正在改變未來幾年該地區的力量平衡。這位以色列總理下令暗殺黎巴嫩真主黨領導人哈桑•納斯魯拉(Hassan Nasrallah),這表明以色列正將注意力從加沙的荒地轉向加強對黎巴嫩武裝分子的攻勢。隨著這一年的結束,中東的局勢無疑已經向以色列傾斜。