A conversation with David Wood - senior analyst at Crisis Group. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.

Covering warfront expansion deeper into Lebanon, “cautious escalation” between Hezbollah and Israel and wider geopolitical developments.

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Timestamps::

0:00 Intro

1:53 Retaliation vs provocation

3:20 Calibrated responses

5:12 Resisting calls

8:27 Respective targets

10:55 Baalbek strikes

13:08 2006 in retrospect

15:58 Statements taken seriously

18:29 Invading Lebanon in history

24:12 Borders

28:55 Displacement

32:10 Palestine