In the communities closest to Israel’s northern border, residents want to keep themselves safe by displacing their Lebanese neighbors.

yal Adom, head of security for an Israeli community on the border with Lebanon, has a clear vision for the land just a few hundred meters away.

“I want to occupy,” he told The Intercept. “Yes, occupy, the word nobody likes. I want to occupy southern Lebanon. Move all the Arabs from there, up to the Litani River.”

We’re sitting in the command and control center in Moshav Netu’a, a village so close to the U.N.-brokered “Blue Line” separating Israel and Lebanon that one can see the physical barrier from the windows of many homes. Here, amid a temporary pause in fighting between the U.S.–Israeli alliance and Iran, there’s no sense of peace.

“The Arabs’ only motivation to stop fighting is if you take their land,” Adom said. “You kill them, it doesn’t matter. You hurt them, it doesn’t matter. Nothing matters. Only taking territories. This is the only thing that matters to them.”

  • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    “Their only motivation to stop fighting is if you take their land” is quite possibly the stupidest thing anyone’s ever said. I have a hard time believing someone actually thinks a person becomes motivated to give up when you take their home from them and make sure they have nothing left to lose. Like… I really can’t fathom what is going through this persons mind if they actually believe this.