Two Major IDF Hurdles To Solve Quickly

 Nadene Goldfoot                                              

Lebanese Prime Minister, Nawaf  Salam, visits Tyre Feb. 28, 2025 which was hit by Israel attacks

1. "The IDF is preparing to hand over two limited 

 withdrawal areas in southern Lebanon to the 

Lebanese 

army under the framework agreement signed 

between Israel 

and Lebanon. 

  The two areas, described in the agreement as “pilot areas” 

because they are meant to test the phased handover 

mechanism, are both in the Nabatieh region, near the towns 

of Frun and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah. At this stage, 

Israel is 

waiting for the Lebanese army to announce 

that it is ready to 

enter the areas, as well as for U.S. Central 

Command 

approval to move ahead. The agreement 

allows the IDF to 

remain in most of the areas it controls inside 

the security zone 

until the threat from Hezbollah is removed.

In an interview with Fox News, Prime Minister Netanyahu 

said that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon, near 

the Israeli border, had asked to be annexed to Israel to protect 

them from Hezbollah. He did not name the villages or say 

when the alleged requests were made.

According to Arab media, Hamas’ leadership is planning to 

announce the dissolution of the de facto government that 

has ruled the Gaza Strip for nearly 20 years, to clear the way 

for the entry of a technocrat committee into Gaza, which is 

supposed govern Gaza as per President Trump's Gaza plan. 

The requirement for Hamas to fully disarm has reportedly 

been dropped.  WHAT ???

The government approved a plan Sunday to speed up hotel 

construction in the territories, allocating 27 million shekels 

($8.2 million) to remove planning barriers and provide grants 

for new hotel projects in the area. This follows a government 

decision approved in May to allocate 50 million shekels ($15 

million) for public tourism infrastructure in the territories.

        

2. The Israeli government’s decision to recognize the 

Armenian genocide has reportedly triggered a crisis in 

Israel-Azerbaijan relations. As a consequence of the 

overarching regional collapse at the end of 

WWI, the mutual 

massacres between Armenians and 

Azerbaijanis became intertwined with the genocide. In 

September 1918, during the capture of Baku.  Turko-Tatar 

forces committed targeted massacres against 

the Armenian population of the city, which 

Armenians consider a direct localized 

extension of the genocide campaign. 

 
Modern scholars and international human rights groups 

frequently describe Azerbaijan's contemporary actions against 

ethnic Armenians in the disputed region of Artsakh (Nagorno-

Karabakh) as an ongoing legacy or extension of historical 

genocide. Following an extended blockade, Azerbaijan 

launched a rapid military offensive in September 2023. This 

resulted in the forced expulsion of virtually the entire 

indigenous Armenian population (over 100,000 people) from 

the region.                            

 Azerbaijan views Israel as 

“crossing a red line” and failing to reciprocate the support 

Azerbaijan has shown Israel since the outbreak of the war."

                                      

This friction does bother Israel, as it creates tension in a 

highly strategic and longstanding alliance. Israel 

relies on 

Azerbaijan for approximately 40% of its oil 

imports and is a 

primary arms supplier to Baku. Additionally, 

Azerbaijan shares 

a long border with Iran, making it an 

extraordinarily important 

security partner for Jerusalem.  

Resource:

Fine Day 102.3 

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