‘Huge disconnect’ between international community and Israel, Hezbollah: Analysis

While the 21-day ceasefire plan offers an off-road to end the fighting in Lebanon, neither Israel nor Hezbollah “seem to have much of an incentive to sign on”, according to William Lawrence, professor of political science and international relations at American University.
“One of the odd things about this conflict since October is that the whole world wants a ceasefire that the belligerents don’t,” Lawrence, a former US diplomat, told Al Jazeera.
“And it’s increasingly clear that Israel operates almost entirely without consulting the US government … even though the US government retroactively greenlights just about everything Israel does. There’s a huge disconnect between the international community, including the US, and the parties.”
To secure a ceasefire, “it’s going to take a lot more pressure from the Americans”, said Lawrence.
“Once there’s enough pressure on Israel to get something together, which is not where we are right now, pressure can be put on Lebanon in the case of Hezbollah and pressure can be put on Hamas through Egypt and Qatar.”

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[josephopoku]

Al Jazeera logic of international community are Iraq, Jordan and Egypt, how pathetic

[RachmaHidayati-sl]

*Israel🇮🇱 must respect Sovereignity teritorial intergrity of Palestine (east Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza strip), Syria (Golan), Lebanon.*

[RedzicMuharem]

Ofcourse there's a big disconnect, we can't all be the "chosen people".

[jgaffney]

Weird Israel considers al jezzera propaganda yet most of the comments are from Israel

[yasuke]

Huge disconnect from
Radical Islam and the rest of the world

[_Helicam_]

Huge disconnect between international community and reality.
Ceasefire now when the momentum on Israel's side, where was the international community for the whole year since October 8th?

[goretz]

Никаких уступок. Ливан должен выплатить репарации за ущерб, нанесенный экономике. Демилитаризация Южного Ливана. Газа должна вернуть заложников. Пока это не будет сделано, никакие другие переговоры невозможны.

[PriscillaBarberi]

I didn't know that Seattle had a space music Museum i discoverd It through the Doors.

[mahlialone]

Hochstein got an earful from Netanyahu? Thought they were on the same side.

[avbait-nt]

Why should Israel agree to a deal with Lebanon when their promess in 2006 to withdraw hizballah north of the river wasn't kept?

[goretz]

Никаких уступок. Ливан должен выплатить репарации за ущерб, нанесенный экономике. Демилитаризация Южного Ливана. Газа должна вернуть заложников. Пока это не будет сделано, никакие другие переговоры невозможны.

[NathGad]

No ceasefire.. I stand with Israel 🇮🇱 💯 ❤️ ✨️ 🙌 🙏

[MrMAXZ]

Al Jazeera, same old song. Same as before Gaza ground op, before Radah op.

[chiefy]

Israel anger level after OCT 7 was America's after 9-11. Terrorism is evil. God Bless the IDF

[eastafrica]

Why not put pressure first on Hesbollah to stop. Why must Israel first stop every time?

[merveilmeok]

In my opinion, Al Jazeera is the best news outlet in foreign affairs by far. US News I watch decided to limit the facts and the truth about Middle East war(s) (I suspect if US media and Congress showed the horrors in the last year, American voters would have stopped the genocide under a year).
Again, wars are profitable.

[AmbrozeSE]

But what kind of news agency hosts experts with the same view? Aj never brings someone with a different view. Are you that scared of a real debate or an opposing opinion?