Senior Writer, Foreign Policy & Deputy Editor, National Security and Foreign Policy As Israel wages an air and land war against Lebanon's Hezbollah in the midst of an ongoing joint campaign with the United States against Iran, a senior Israeli diplomat told Newsweek that a decisive victory across the northern border could set the stage for the biggest regional shift in decades -- perhaps ever -- in the nation's history.

Senior Writer, Foreign Policy & Deputy Editor, National Security and Foreign Policy With the Middle East in the throes of its most expansive war in decades, Lebanon is once again caught in the crossfire as Israel pursues a renewed air and ground offensive in response to Hezbollah's strikes in support of its Iranian Islamic Republic ally's fight for survival.