Playing With Fire

摘要

The protests in Beirut's southern suburbs on Dec. 11 were as predictable as they were arigry. The neighborhoods are a stronghold of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite militia, and President Trump's decision a few days earlier to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital struck at the core of the group's mission: the continued struggle against the Jewish state. Thousands of protesters chanted, "War, war until victory" and waved Palestinian flags. Hezbollah's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, appeared by video link projected onto an outdoor screen to urge all "resistance groups" to unite. "Trump's decision will be the beginning of the end of Israel," he declared.