A conversation with Mohanad Hage Ali - deputy director for research at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.

A discussion on Hezbollah's calculations in the South, regional diplomacy underway and Lebanon's position vis-a-vis the ongoing Hamas-Israel war.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:25 We are all learning

5:31 Increasing danger

10:31 Active & reactive

13:58 Israeli public opinion

17:30 Hamas’ rhetoric

22:31 Back to Lebanon

30:48 Hezbollah’s capabilities

36:09 Houthis

39:10 Israel & the region

42:21 Hezbollah-Iran relationship

59:10 Regional negotiations

1:06:33 Parallels

1:18:56 ‘Pacifying’ force

1:26:11 Battlefield role