Hours after spurning a US-led proposal for a 21-day truce with Hizbollah in September, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that he was changing the balance of power in the region for years to come. Israel’s prime minister had just ordered the assassination of the Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, signalling that Israel was turning its focus from Gaza’s wastelands to step up its offensive against the Lebanese militants. As the year ends, the dynamics in the Middle East have unquestionably shifted in Israel’s favour.
在9月份拒绝美国主导的与黎巴嫩真主党(Hizbollah)达成21天停火协议的提议数小时后,本雅明•内塔尼亚胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)夸口说,他正在改变未来几年该地区的力量平衡。这位以色列总理下令暗杀黎巴嫩真主党领导人哈桑•纳斯鲁拉(Hassan Nasrallah),这表明以色列正将注意力从加沙的荒地转向加强对黎巴嫩武装分子的攻势。随着这一年的结束,中东的局势无疑已经向以色列倾斜。