Israel Is Already Over

What is left is contaminated memories, apparitions and foreign interests

Few people in Israel remember it, and virtually no outsider would even know about it, but the current phase of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career began in 2006. In the summer of that year, the IDF and Hezbollah had their biggest confrontation to date, and the inconclusive results of that campaign, where Hezbollah proved to be a mighty rival for Israe…