Lebanon Cease Fire Leaves Netanyahu With his Thumb Up in The Air
By David M. Halbfinger Reporting from Jerusalem New York Times President Trump may be trumpeting the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot. Israeli voters did not want the fighting to end. Overwhelmingly, polls showed, they wanted the military to keep up the pressure on Hezbollah, the militant group whose rockets and missiles have made life miserable and perilous for residents of northern Israel, until the group, which Iran backs, was destroyed or forced to disarm. That, after all, is what Mr. Netanyahu and his military chiefs had promised to do. But Mr. Netanyahu quickly, if grudgingly, fell in line on Thursday when Mr. Trump pressed for a cease-fire in Lebanon — just as the Israeli leader did with prior cease-fires the president had orchestrated. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a dark suit and bright blue tie, is surrounded by other people as he attends a ceremony. Benjamin Netanyahu at a wreath-laying ceremony i...
