[UPDATE-Aug 9, 2026-Israel-Iran War] Gaza-Hamas, Lebanon-Hezbollah, Syria: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

Dr. Kedar: ‘Israel stands between jihad and the West’ The Middle East expert warns that the jihadist forces attacking Israel will eventually threaten Europe and the United States. Dr. Mordechai Kedar warns that Israel is confronting two branches of the same jihadist threat: Shiite Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Sunni Islamist forces controlling Syria. Hezbollah and Syria’s rulers may belong to opposing Islamic camps, but from Israel’s perspective, Kedar says, both represent terrorist movements seeking regional domination. Kedar supports eliminating Hezbollah but questions reports that Syria’s Islamist leadership could be permitted to intervene in Lebanon to accomplish that goal. He…