Summary
Hizbollah’s leader, whose quoted remark opens Siboni’s 2008 article on Israel’s concept of response: “the Zionists will think ten thousand times before attacking Lebanon.” (Disproportionate Force: Israel’s Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War, line 334).
Details
- Siboni says the remark appears to have been in reference to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s declaration, made while visiting the IDF Home Front Command, that the IDF would face fewer limitations in future confrontations (line 334).
- Siboni reads the remark as evidence that the pressure on Nasrallah is taking its toll and that he is beginning to internalize what he understands as a fundamental change in Israel’s approach in responding to a threat emanating from Lebanon (line 334).
- Siboni gives no source, date or occasion for the quotation, and no other statement or action of Nasrallah’s appears in the article.
Related pages
Disproportionate Force: Israel’s Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War, Hizballah, Ehud Olmert, Deterrence