I think it's basically geopolitics - they're the only democratic country in the Middle East. (According to the Economist's Democracy Index 2020: https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/)
It also reality really doesn't mind Iran messing up their northern neighbours, unlike what the public sentiment says
Hezbollah, and Baathists were like a present from heavens for them
Israel supports who is aligned with their regional objectives. Like when they supported Iran before the takeover. You work with what you got, there isn't big love between Israel and Egypt or Saudi Arabia and why single Israel? Everyone in the world has relationships with these 2 countries.
It's true that a strong Lebanon or Syria aren't in the best Interest of Israel military wise but at least there was someone in charge to keep the "peace" now it's chaos with Iranian backed groups working close to the border to destabilize it and Hezbollah has thousands of rockets pointing at Israel that's not in the best interest of Israel
> Hezbollah has thousands of rockets pointing at Israel
And? Not much has changed from that fact, but Hezbollah has almost removed Lebanon from the map — that what matters.
The Lebanese government let Hezbollah get the way it is by first allowing the PLO into south Lebanon bowing to Syria and having no backbone and shit military and now they suffer for it.
Do you think Israel was jealous of the Paris of the middle east and set up Hezbollah to take over?
> And? Not much has changed from that fact
Your whole argument was that Hezbollah is good for Israel, how thousands of rocket aiming at your population centers good for Israel? That's why what you wrote is bull.
You have half of middle east pointing rockets at Israel. In comparison with Hezbollah takeover effectively making Lebanon a non-country, price-benefit ratio is not simply positive, but overwhelmingly in Israel's favour.
In contrast with Syria, where the Iranian support tries to preserver the existing state, and where Israel clashed with it to the point they began aiding Syrian rebels.
They don't preserver the existing state they plan to take over and rule from a far.
> Israel clashed with it to the point they began aiding Syrian rebels
Israel assisted the rebels by giving medical aid so they won't hurt the druze population in Syria because the druze in Israel are blood relatives and enlist in the Israeli military that's a far cry from suppling weapons and intel
> overwhelmingly in Israel's favour.
You still didn't explain how.
I don't see it as positive at all.
Just saying that Israel has no problem with Iranians in Lebanon when if they mess up local establishment, but have it in Syria because there Iran is pro-existing regime.
> You still didn't explain how.
Hezbollah ruined Lebanese political establishment, and the state at the same time. Effectively, they made it a blank space on the map as it is now.
But there's a chance Putin would invite you to drink his special tea. If not you, your sources. Or that you'll feel so full of guilt for your slanderous reporting you'll spontaneously decide to jump out of a window.
Obviously reporters prefer safe and easy locations. Israel lets you be in a warzone but be in relatively little risk.
Yes. All citizens can vote. All those who can't vote are not citizens- which doesn't prevent the Israeli government from actually governing them. Since the division is along ethnic lines, this is usually called apartheid.