Sources for Books

FIRST DRAFT OF DETAILED LIST OF SOURCES FOR ISRAEL’S STRUGGLE WITH HEZBOLLAH: A WAR WITHOUT END

Chapter One – Lebanon’s Creation
• https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/1860_Druze%E2%80%93Maronite_conflict#cite_note-M-3 1860 Druze-Maronite Conflict (Military Wiki-Fandom)
• A House Divided Sandra Mackey (W.W. Norton & Company, 2006)
• From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas L. Friedman (Picador, Revised Edition, 2012)
• Hezbollah – A Short History – Augustus Richard Norton (Princeton University Press, 2018)
• Window to the Backyard – Yair Ravid (Ofir Bikurim, 2016)

Chapter Two – Lebanon’s Civil War
• A House Divided Sandra Mackey (W.W. Norton & Company, 2006)
• Assad: The Struggle for the Middle East – Patrick Seale (University of California Press, 1989)
• Window to the Backyard – Yair Ravid (Ofir Bikurim, 2016)
• https://www.meforum.org/49/did-israel-betray-its-lebanese-allies Mordechai Nisan’s Did Israel Betray its Lebanese Allies? (Middle East Forum, December 2000)
• https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/1860_Druze%E2%80%93Maronite_conflict#cite_note-M-3 1860 Druze-Maronite Conflict (Military Wiki-Fandom)
• From Prague to Jerusalem: An Uncommon Journey of a Journalist – Milan Kubic (Northern Illinois University Press, 2017)
• UN Report re Haddad attack – https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/2252?ln=en#record-files-collapse-header Special report of the Secretary-General concerning the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1979)
• Claude Ibrahim Interview
• General Ezer David Maisel Interview

Chapter Three – The First Lebanon War—1982
• Assad The Struggle for the Middle East Assad – Patrick Seale (University of California Press, 1989)
• Hezbollah: The Story of the Party of God – Dr. Eitan Azani (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
• Israel’s Long War with Hezbollah, Raphael D. Marcus (Georgetown University Press, 2018)
• Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman (Random House, 2018)
• Warriors of God, Nicholas Blanford (Random House, 2011)
• https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/LB_891022_Taif%20Accords.pdf Taif Accords (UN Peacemaker Site)
• General Ezer David Maisel Interview

Chapter Four – Hezbollah’s Rise
• Israel’s Long War with Hezbollah, Raphael D. Marcus (Georgetown University Press, 2018)
• Hezbollah Open Letter, February 1985
• Rise and Kill First Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman (Random House, 2018)
• Yitzhak Rabin public quote
• Sivan Yichieli interview

Chapter Five – Israel Partially Withdraws: Hezbollah’s Power Grows
• The Taif Agreement (un.int) Published by the UN
• Israel’s Long War with Hezbollah, Raphael D. Marcus (Georgetown University Press, 2018)
• Rise and Kill First Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman (Random House, 2018) Yitzhak Rabin quote

Chapter Six – Hassan Nasrallah
• Hezbollah: The Story of the Party of God – Dr. Eitan Azani (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
• High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism, Daniel Byman (Oxford University Press, 2011)
• Israel’s Long War with Hezbollah, Raphael D. Marcus (Georgetown University Press, 2018)
• The Pivotal Years, Clifford Sobin (Clifford Sobin, 2017)
• Pumpkin Flowers, Matti Friedman (Algonquin Books
• Warriors of God, Nicholas Blanford (Random House, 2011)
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/twenty-years-after-the-idf-left-lebanon-the-memories-are-flooding-back-628889 Anna Ahronheim’s, Twenty Years After the IDF Left Lebanon, the Memories are Flooding Back (Jerusalem Post, May 2020)
• UN Secretary General’s UN Report of 1996 Qana Incident
• Avraham Levine interview
• Boaz Amidror interview
• Shay Shemesh interview

Chapter Seven – Israel Leaves Lebanon
• Rise and Kill First Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman (Random House, 2018)
• Winograd Commission Report
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/twenty-years-after-the-idf-left-lebanon-the-memories-are-flooding-back-628889 Anna Ahronheim’s, Twenty Years After the IDF Left Lebanon, the Memories are Flooding Back (Jerusalem Post, May 2020)
• Boaz Amidror Interview
• Mayor David Azulai
• Jonathan Davis interview
• Gershon Hacohen Interview
• Claude Ibrahim interview
• Avraham Levine interview
• Erez David Maisel Interview
• Shay Shemesh interview
• Sarit Zehavi interview

Chapter Eight – Kidnaps, Katyushas, & Assassination
• 34 Days: Isael, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon, Amos Harel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
• The Pivotal Years, Clifford Sobin (Clifford Sobin, 2017)
• Warriors of God, Nicholas Blanford (Random House, 2011)
• UN document re: the kidnap of three soldiers
• Charles Freilich interview

Chapter Nine – The Second Lebanon War—2006
• 34 Days: Isael, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon, Amos Harel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
• Defensive Shield, Gal Hirsch (Gefen Books, 2016)
• Hezbollah, The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God, Matthew Levitt (Georgetown University Press, Revised ed. 2015)
• Hezbollah: Between Iran and Lebanon, Shimon Shapira (Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, 2021)
• Israel’s Long War with Hezbollah, Raphael D. Marcus (Georgetown University Press, 2018)
• Making David into Goliath, Joshua Muravchik (Encounter Books, 2014)
• Rise and Kill First Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman (Random House, 2018)
• Warriors of God, Nicholas Blanford (Random House, 2011)
• Winograd Commission report
• Where are the Missiles – 2021 Report WRITE IN LOCATION
• https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/photo-manipulation-and-fraud-during-the-second-lebanon-war David Krusch’s Second Lebanon War: Photo Manipulation and Fraud During the Conflict (Jewish Virtual Library-A Project of AICE, Jan. 2007)

Chapter Ten – Post War Understandings
• Hezbollah – A Short History – Augustus Richard Norton (Princeton University Press, 2018)

Chapter Eleven – Hezbollah in the Syrian Civil War & After
• Assad or We Burn the Country, Sam Dagher (Back Bay Books, Reprint 2020)
• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2019-09-04/ty-article/.premium/israel-almost-dragged-into-hezbollah-war-lebanon-idf-missile/0000017f-f260-df98-a5ff-f3edbc230000?lts=1659454227478 Amos Harel’s Israel Almost Dragged Into War with Hezbollah Due to Operational Failure (Haaretz, Sept. 2019)
• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2019-09-02/ty-article/.premium/nasrallah-asked-we-halt-fire-after-hezbollah-attack-senior-israeli-official-says/0000017f-e3e8-d75c-a7ff-ffedef880000 Yaniv Kubovich’s Nasrallah Asked We Halt Fire After Hezbollah Attack, Senior Israeli Official Says (Haaretz, Sept. 2019)
• The Complexity behind Hezbollah’s Response to Israel’s Attacks | INSS, The Complexity behind Hezbollah’s Response to Israel’s Attacks by Yoram Schweitzer and Orna Mizrahi (Institute for National Security Studies, Sept. 2019)
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/media/4099 Matthew Levitt’s and Samantha Stern’s Green Without Borders: The Operational Benefits of Hezbollah’s Environmental NGO (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 2020)
• https://israel-alma.org/2019/09/06/3-layer-analysis-of-the-hezbollah-attack/ Tal Beeri’s 3 Layer Analysis of the Hezbollah Attack (Alma Research and Education Center, Sept. 2019)
• https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-b1510235f6c84854b5a09685041925dc Ilan Ben Zion’s Reports: Israeli Army Faked Casualties in Hezbollah Attack, Sept. 2019)
• https://israel-alma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/The-Civilian-Wing-The-Military-Wings-Enabler.pdf Tal Beeri’s Hezbollah’s Structure: The Civilian Wing – The Military Wing’s Enabler (Alma Research and Education Center, Aug. 2022)
• Boaz Amidror interview

Chapter Twelve – Hezbollah’s Capabilities Today
• Gaza Conflict 2021, Jonathan Schanzer (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 2021)
• Israel and the Cyber Threat, Charles D. Freilich (Oxford University Press, 2023)
• Israeli National Security, Charles D. Freilich (Oxford University Press, 2018)
• https://besacenter.org/israel-precision-guided-missiles/ Uzi Rubin’s Israel and the Precision-Guided Missile Threat (The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, June 2020)
• Will Hezbollah ‘Scratch its Resistance Itch’ and Attack Israel – 9/11/2002 by Anna Ahronheim Jerusalem Post Anna Ahronheim’s Will Hezbollah ‘Scratch its Resistance Itch’and Attack Israel? – Inteview (Jerusalem Post, Sept. 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2021/08/12/hezbollahs-land-of-tunnels-the-north-korean-iranian-connection/ Tal Beeri’s Hezbollah’s “Land of Tunnels” – the North Korean-Iranian Connection (Alma Research and Education Center, Aug. 2021)
• https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/09/12/pgms-irans-precision-guided-munitions-project-in-the-shadow-of-a-nuclear-deal/ Jonathan Schanzer’s and Mark Dubowitz’s PMMs: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sept. 2022)
• FDD | Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean By David Adesnik, LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster and Behnam Ben Taleblu: Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Spet. 2022)
• Hezbollahs-Missile-and-Rocket-Arrays.pdf (israel-alma.org) Tal Beeri’s Hezbollah’s Missile and Rocket Arrays: A Tough and Complex Challenge for Israel (Alma Research and Education Center, May 2021)
• https://israel-alma.org/2021/03/09/hezbollahs-communications-infrastructure-a-strategic-asset-for-its-operational-activity/ Mayan Sarnat’s Hezbollah’s Communications Infrastructure – A Strategic Asset for its Operational Activity (Alma Research and Education Center, March 2021)
• https://jinsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Hybrid-Warfare-TF-October-2018-Report.pdf Israel’s Next Northern War: Operational and Legal Challenges (The Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Oct. 2018)
• Does Hezbollah really have 150,000 missiles and rockets? | ערוץ 7 (israelnationalnews.com)https://aoav.org.uk/2016/large-destructive-radius-air-dropped-bombs-the-mark-80-series-and-paveway-attachments/#:~:text=The%20fragmentation%20pattern%20and%20range,vicinity)%20of%20up%20to%20360m. Sarit Zehavi’s Oped, Does Hezbollah really have 150,000 missiles and rockets? (Israel National News, Feb. 2022)
• https://article36.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PAX-A36-Areas-of-Harm.pdf Areas of Harm: Understanding Explosive Weapons with Wide Area Effects (Pax For Peace, 2016)
• Hezbollah is Now on Israel’s Border – Sarit Zehavi’s Hezbollah is Now on Israel’s Border (Tablet, Sept. 2022)
• PGMs: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal – Jonathan Schanzer for FDD September 12, 2022 Jonathan Schanzer’s and Mark Dubowitz’s PGMS: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sept. 2022)
• Would Hezbollah use Chemical Weapons Against Israel – November 22, 2022 for Alma
• https://israel-alma.org/2023/01/05/the-radwan-unit-radwan-force-unit-125/ Tal Beeri’s The Radwan (Radwan Force – Unit 125) (Alma Research and Education Center, March 2021)
• Seth Frantzman interview
• Yarom Schweitzer interview

Chapter Thirteen – Hezbollah in the World
• Hezbollah, The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God, Matthew Levitt (Georgetown University Press, Revised ed. 2015)
• Mathew Levitt Atlantic magazine
• Emanuele Ottolenghi’s Podcast interview – The Latin American NArco-Terrorism Nexus (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Dec. 2017)
• Admiral Craig Faller, commander of Southcom, testimony before the senate Armed Services Committee on March 16, 2021
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/hezbollahinteractivemap/ Matthew Levitt’s Hezbollah Interactive Map (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Kept Current)
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/tehrans-proxy-army-irans-regional-role Matthew Levitt’s Tehran’s Proxy Army: Iran’s Regional Role (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 2022)
• https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/Hezbollah%27s_Operations_and_Networks_in_the_United_States_June30_2022.pdf – Anyssia S. Kokinos and others Hezbollah’s Operations and Networks in the United States: Two Decades in Review (Program on Extremism George Washington University, June 2022)
• https://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/2021- 07/Hezbollah%E2%80%99s%20Regional%20Activities%20in%20Support%20of%20Iran%E2%80%99s%20Proxy%20Networks_0.pdf Matthew Levitt’s Hezbollah’s Regional Activities in Support of Iran’s Proxy Networks (The Middle East Institute, July 2021)
• https://israel-alma.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Iran-Hezbollah-drug-industry-in-southern-Syria.pdf Tal Beeri’s Iran & Hezbollah Drug Industry in Southern Syria (Alma Research and Education Center, Nov. 2021)
• Gustavo D. Perednik’s Iranian Terror and Argentinian Justice: The Case of Alberto Nisman, the Prosecutor Who Knew Too Much (Jewish Political Studies Review, Fall 2016)
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-mossad-man-reveals-role-in-events-that-led-to-death-of-amia-prosecutor-nisman/ TOI STAFF’s Ex-Mossad Man Reveals Role in Events That Led to Death of AMIA Prosecutor Nisman (Times of Israel, June 2020)
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42491527 Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was Killed, Judge Rules (BBC, Dec. 2017)
• https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/2020-01-15/ty-article/.premium/five-years-later-argentina-prosecutor-nismans-death-still-shrouded-in-mystery/0000017f-f90c-ddde-abff-fd6d58c30000 Yossi Melman’s Five Years Later, Argentina Prosecutor Nisman’s Death Still Shrouded in Mystery (Haaretz, Jan. 2020)
• https://www.Hezbollah.org/timeline TImeline (Eye on Hezbollah)
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/hizballah-poised-strike-southeast-asia Matthew Levitt’s Hizballah Poised to Strike in Southeast Asia (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Jan. 2012)
• https://www.thebigchilli.com/feature-stories/a-massive-truck-bomb-in-central-bangkok-was-defused-after-lucky-accident Maxmilian Wechsler’s A Massive Bomb in Central Bangkok was Defused After Lucky Accident, Big Chilli, Jan. 2017)
• https://www.jpost.com/features/front-lines/security-and-defense-taking-the-battle-overseas Yaakov Katz’s Security and Defense: Taking the Battle Overseas (The Jerusalem Post, Jan. 2012)
• https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB318/doc05.pdf – United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division Criminal Indictment No: 01-228-A
• https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2016/02/01/dea-and-european-authorities-uncover-massive-hizballah-drug-and-money DEA and European Authorities Uncover Massive Hizballah Drug and Money Laundering Scheme (DEA, Feb 2016)
• https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/british-police-expose-hezbollah-explosives-outside-of-london-in-2015-592003 JP Staff’s UK Exposed Hezbollah Explosives in London in 2015, with Mossad Intel (Jerusalem Post, June 2019)
• https://www.reuters.com/article/lebanon-crisis-france-usa-int/after-u-s-claims-france-says-no-evidence-of-hezbollah-explosives-stores-idUSKBN26938P Reuter’s Staff’s After U.S. Claims, France Says No Evidence of Hezbollah Explosives Stores
• https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/Hezbollah%27s_Operations_and_Networks_in_the_United_States_June30_2022.pdf – Anyssia S. Kokinos and others Hezbollah’s Operations and Networks in the United States: Two Decades in Review (Program on Extremism George Washington University, June 2022)
• https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/09/how-many-us-troops-were-killed-iranian-ieds-iraq/120524/ Marcus Wesgerber’S How Many US Troops Were Killed By Iranian IEDs in Iraq? (Defense One, Sept. 2015)
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/podcast-breaking-hezbollahs-golden-rule Matthew Levitt’s Eight Part Podcast Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule (Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Feb.-March 2022)
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/hezbollahinteractivemap/ Matthew Levitt’s Hezbollah Interactive Map (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Kept Current)
• Anyssia S. Kokinos and others Hezbollah’s Operations and Networks in the United States: Two Decades in Review (Program on Extremism George Washington University, June 2022)
• Testimony before Congress 2021 by the Director of the counter-terrorism center and Christopher Wray.

Chapter Fourteen – Hezbollah’s Political Presence in Lebanon Now
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/12%20Hezbullah%20in%20the%20world%20Criminal%20and%20sanctions/FDD%20_%20Hezbollah%20Finance%20in%20Lebanon.pdf
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/15%20Politics%20and%20Economics%20in%20Lebanon%20Now/Anatomy%20of%20a%20Financial%20collapse%202020.pdf – James Rickards’ Crisis in Lebanon: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, August 2020)
• Tal Beeri’s and Teddy Sapir’s The Lebanese Parliament Elections (May 15, 2022) – Initial Results and Implications (Alma Research and Education Center, May 2022)
• Hezbollah Now Faces Stronger Opposition in Lebanon (foreignpolicy.com) – Hussain Abdul-Hussain’s Lebanon Has an Opposition Movement Again (Foreign Policy, May 2022)
• What Hezbollah’s Parliamentary Loss Means for Lebanon | The Washington Institute – Hanin Ghaddar’s What Hezbollah’s parliamentary Loss Means for Lebanon (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 2022)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/15%20Politics%20and%20Economics%20in%20Lebanon%20Now/Mapping%20Hezbollah.pdf Hanin Ghaddar’s Hezbollahland, Mapping Dahiya and Lebanon’s Shia Community (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 2022)
• Should the West support the Lebanese army to counterweight Hezbollah? – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) Sarit Zehavi’s and Eric Mandel’s Should the West Support the Lebanese Army to Counterweight Hezbollah? (Jerusalem Post, Aug. 2021)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/15%20Politics%20and%20Economics%20in%20Lebanon%20Now/Is%20Hezbollah%20Collapsing%20the%20Lebanese%20State%20Intending%20to%20Take%20Over%20it_%20-%20Alma%20Research%20and%20Education%20Center.pdf Tal Beeri’s Is Hezbollah’s Collapsing the Lebanese State Intending to Take Over It? (Alma Research and Education Center, June 2021)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/15%20Politics%20and%20Economics%20in%20Lebanon%20Now/Leb%20Now.pdf Orna Mizrahi’s and Yoram Schweitzer’s Lebanon’s Collapse, and the Significance for Israel (Institute for National Security Studies, July 2021)
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/01/lebanon-telecom-rates-poverty-crisis/ Nader Durgham’s Massive Hike in Cell service Fees Cuts Off Lebanon’s Poor from the World (The Washington Post, Sept. 2022)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/15%20Politics%20and%20Economics%20in%20Lebanon%20Now/Gas.pdf Orna Mizrahi’s and Yoram Schweitzer’s Resolving the Gas Dispute with Lebanon: First Exhaust Diplomatic Efforts (Institute for National Security Studies, July 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/07/18/is-nasrallah-contemplating-war-backed-by-iran-or-is-he-again-making-empty-threats/ Teddy Sapir’s Is Nasrallah Contemplating War (Backed by Iran), or is he Again Making Empty Threats? (Alma Research and Education Center, July 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/06/09/lebanon-is-the-arrival-of-the-israeli-drilling-rig-in-the-karish-gas-field-a-catalyst-toward-an-agreement-in-negotiations-or-towards-an-escalation/ Tal Beeri’s Lebanon: Is the Arrival of the Israeli Drilling Rig in the Karish Gas Field a Catalyst Toward an Agreement in Negotiations or Towards an Escalation? (Alma Research and Education Center, June 2022)
• https://www.memri.org/reports/hizbullah-and-israeli-lebanese-gas-field-dispute Y. Feldner’s and E. Carmeli’s Hizbullah and the Israeli-Lebanese Gas Field Dispute (MEMRI, June 2022)
• https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/06/how-hezbollah-holds-sway-over-lebanese-state/02-influence-through-state-institutions Dr. Lina Khatib’s How Hezbollah Holds Sway Over the Lebanese State (Chatham House, June 2021)
• https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/09/1099102 Lebanon: Almost Three-Quarters of the Population Living in Poverty (UN News, Sept. 2021)
• https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/lebanons-once-thriving-christian-community-dwindling Brady Knox’s Lebanon’s Once Thriving Christian Population Dwindling as Country Approaches Collapse (Washington Examiner, Feb. 2023)
• Jonathan Schanzer interview

Chapter Fifteen – Iran and Hezbollah Now
• file:///C:/Users/Cliff/Downloads/Yaari20150810-AmericanInterest.pdf Ehud Yaari’s How Iran Plans to Destroy Israel (The American Interest, Aug. 2015)
• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/joe-biden-middle-east-israel-iran/670530/ Behnam Ben Taleblu’s When Iran Says ‘Death to Israel,’ It Means It (The Atlantic, July 2022)
• https://www.ajc.org/news/hezbollah-is-the-long-arm-of-iran-factsheet-5 Hezbollah is the Long Arm of Iran – Factsheet 5 (AJC Global Voice)
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasrallah-if-israel-attacks-iran-hezbollah-wont-necessarily-join-fight/ TOI Staff’s Nasrallah: If Israel Attacks Iran, Hezbollah Won’t Necessarily Join Fight (Times of Israel, Feb. 2022)
• https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-696206 Debbie MohnBlatt’s Nasrallah Publicly Distances Hezbollah from Iran (The Jerusalem Post, Feb. 2022)
• Hezbollah-Iran Dynamics: A Proxy, Not a Partner | The Washington Institute Hanin Ghaddar’s Hezbollah-Iran Dynamics: A proxy, Not a Partner (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 2019)
• Erez David Maisel interview
• Yoram Schweitzer interview

Chapter Sixteen – Iran’s Other Proxies
• https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/1659963135-opinion-the-iranian-connection-behind-breaking-dawn Sarit Zehavi’s Opinion: The Iranian Connection Behind ‘Breaking Dawn’ (I24 News, Aug. 2022)
• Iran-Hezbollah Intelligence Center in Beirut May Help Hamas Target Israel – Jonathan Schanzer 9/13/2022 FP Live Hezbollah and Iran are Destabilizing the West Bank (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sept. 2022) Hezbollah and Iran are Destabilizing the West Bank (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sept. 2022)
• https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/09/26/hezbollah-and-iran-are-destabilizing-the-west-bank/ Jonathan Schanzer’s Iran-Hezbollah Intelligence Center May Help Hamas Target Israel (Foreign Policy, Sept. 2022) Hezbollah and Iran are Destabilizing the West Bank (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sept. 2022)
• Jonathan Schanzer interview

Chapter Seventeen – UNIFIL and Lebanon’s Armed Forces

• https://israel-alma.org/2022/03/04/modest-advice-to-an-incoming-peacekeeper-unifil-fc-hom-major-general-aroldo-lazaro-saenz-spain-go-slim/ Erez David Maisel’s Modest Advice to an Incoming Peacekeeper, UNIFIL FC & HoM, Major General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz (Spain): GO SLIM! (Alma Research and Education Center, March 2022)
• https://www.miryaminstitute.org/commentary-blog/israels-view-of-the-lebanese-armed-forces-a-complex-picture Yaakov Lappin’s and Chuck Frelich’s Israel’s View of the Lebanese Armed Forces: A Complex Picture (The Miryam Institute, July 2020)
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/un-forces-lebanon-losing-ground-fast-deteriorating-security-situation Assaf Orion’s UN Forces in Lebanon Losing Ground in a Fast-Deteriorating Security Situation (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Aug. 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/01/10/unifil-peacekeepers-attacked-in-a-shiite-village-in-south-lebanon-for-a-second-time-within-three-weeks/ Tal Beeri’s UNIFIL Peacekeepers Attacked in a Shiite Village in South Lebanon for a Second time Within Three Weeks (Alma Research and Education Center, Jan. 2022)
• https://tcf.org/content/commentary/why-the-united-states-should-pay-the-lebanese-armys-salaries-before-its-too-late/?session=1 Cate Brown’s and Thanassis Cambanis’ Why the United States Should Pay the Lebanese Army’s Salaries—Before it’s too Late (The Century Foundation, July 2022)
• https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/07/26/missing-the-mark/ David Kilcullen’s Missing the Mark: Reassessing U.S. Military Aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, July 2022)
• https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/292445 Naharnet Newsdesk Yazbek Says Giving UNIFIL Total Freedom of Movement Makes it Occupation Force (Naharnet, Sept. 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/08/25/unifil-will-be-hezbollahs-shield-in-the-next-lebanon-israel-conflict/ Erez D. Maisel’s and Sarit Zehavi’s UNIFIL will be Hezbollah’s Shield in the next Lebanon/Israel Conflict (Alma Research and Education Center, August 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/08/24/three-highlights-from-the-uns-latest-report-regarding-implementation-of-security-council-resolution-1701-2006/ Tal Beeri’s Three Highlights from the UN’s Latest Report Regarding “Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006)” (Alma Research and Education Center, August 2022)
• https://unifil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/sg_report_s-2022-556.pdf – Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) During the Period from 19 February to 20 June 2022
• https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/2022/08/un-interim-force-in-lebanon-unifil-vote-on-mandate-renewal-2.php UN report February 19to June 20 2022 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL): Vote on Mandate Renewal (Security Council Report, Aug. 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/08/04/the-activists-of-the-green-without-borders-association-are-actually-operatives-of-the-radwan-nasser-and-aziz-units-that-shatter-un-security-council-resolution-1701/ Tal Beeri’s and Sarit Zehavi’s The Activists of the “Green Without Borders” Association are Actually Operatives of the Radwan, Nasser, and Aziz Units That “Shatter” UN Security Council Resolution 1701 (Alma Research and Education Center, Aug. 2022)
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/how-avoid-another-lost-year-unifil David Schenker’s and Assaf Orion’s How to Avoid Another Lost year for UNIFIL (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 2022)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/14%20Unifil%20and%20LAF/un-forces-lebanon-losing-ground-fast-deteriorating-security-situation-en-17575.pdf Assaf Orion’s UN Forces in Lebanon Losing Ground in a Fast-Deteriorating Security Situation ( Policywatch, Aug 2022)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/14%20Unifil%20and%20LAF/FDD%20_%20Biden%20Pays%20Army%20Salaries%20to%20Iranian%20Ally.pdf Tony Badran’s Biden Pays Army Salaries to Iranian Ally: An unprecedented new salary assistance program for the Lebanese military is ‘cleverly’ structured to evade US law (Tablet, Feb. 2022)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/14%20Unifil%20and%20LAF/fdd-monograph-missing-the-mark.pdf David Kilcullen’s Missing the Mark: Reassessing U.S. Military Aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, July 2022)
• file:///C:/Northern%20Israel%20hezbollah%20book/14%20Unifil%20and%20LAF/Levitt%20Green%20Without%20Borders.pdf Matthew Levitt’s and Samantha Stern’s Green Without Borders: The Operational Benefits of Hezbollah’s Environmental NGO (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 2020)
• Sarit Zehavi’s Hezbollah is Now on Israel’s Border (Tablet, Sept. 2022)
• Time to Retire the White Elephant – BG (Res.) Erez David Maisel’s Time to Retire the “White Elephant” – UNSCR 2650 (2022) (Alma Research and Education Center, Sept. 2022)
• Tzvi Joffre’s Irish Investigators arrive in Lebanon to Investigate Murder of UNIFIL Peacekeaper (Jerusalem Post, Dec 2022)
• Tal Beeri interview
• Jonathan Conricus interview
• Charles Freilich interview
• Yossi Kuperwasser interview
• Avraham Levin interview

Chapter Eighteen – Israel’s Defenses

Bibi, My Story, Benjamin Netanyahu (Threshold Editions, 2022)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-general-readies-lead-charge-hezbollah-89578529 Josef Federman’s Israeli General Readies to Lead the Charge Against Hezbollah (AP News, Sept. 2022)
• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-05-01/ty-article/.premium/israels-population-reaches-9-5-million-on-eve-of-its-74th-independence-day/00000180-989e-df65-a9a0-9bdeca910000 Ofer Aderet’s Israel’s Population Reaches 9.5 Million, on Eve of its 74th Independence Day (Haaretz, May 2022)
• https://jiss.org.il/en/rubim-from-protective-edge-to-breaking-dawn/ Dr. Uzi Rubin’s From “Protective Edge”: The Race between Palestinian Rockets Offense and Israel’s Missile Defense (The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Sept. 2022)
• https://defbrief.com/2022/03/23/israel-deploys-tal-shamaim-missile-defense-aerostat/ Defense Brief Editorial – Israel Deploys Tal Shamaim Missile Defense Aerostat (Defense Brief, March 2022)
• https://besacenter.org/israel-precision-guided-missiles/ Uzi Rubin’s Israel and the Precision-Guided Missile Threat (The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, June 2020)
• https://jiss.org.il/en/rubin-uavs-in-the-skies-of-the-mediterranean/ Uzi Rubin’s UAVs in the Skies of the Mediterranean (The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Nov. 2020)
• Seth J.Frantzman’s Arrow, Lasers, and Why Air Defenses are so Important Right Now (Jerusalem Post, Dec 2022)
• Will Hezbollah ‘Scratch its Resistance itch’ and Attack Israel – 9/11/2022 by Anna Ahronheim for Jersualem Post.
• https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/iron-dome.htm Iron Dome (Global Security
• https://mostlymissiledefense.com/2012/12/05/ballistic-missile-defense-iron-dome-description-december-5-2012/ Ballistic Missile Defense: Iron Dome Description (Mostly Missile Defense, Dec. 2012)
• https://breakingdefense.com/2022/12/lockheed-martin-israels-rafael-team-up-on-high-energy-laser-system/ Arie Egozi’s Lockheed Martin, Israel’s Rafael Team up on High-Energy Laser System (Breaking Defense, Dec.. 2022)
• https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/iron-beam-israels-laser-air-defense-system-could-be-ready-in-2-3-years/ Aaron Mehta’s Iron Beam, Israel’s Laser Air Defense System, Could be Ready in 2-3 years (Breaking Defense, Oct. 2022)
• Gaza Conflict 2021, Jonathan Schanzer (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 2021)

Chapter Nineteen – Home Front Command
Israeli National Security, Charles D. Freilich (Oxford University Press, 2018)
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/outgoing-commander-of-israels-home-front-prepares-to-lead-charge-on-hezbollah/ Josef Federman’s Interview of Outgoing Commander of Israel’s Home Front Prepares to Lead Charge on Hezbollah (The Times of Israel, Sept. 2022)
• https://il.usembassy.gov/wp- content/uploads/sites/33/Home_Front_Command_Preparedness_Information.pdf US Embassy information graphic regarding preparedness for a Missile Attack
• https://www.inss.org.il/he/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/systemfiles/MASA8-1Eng_6.04Elran.pdf Meir Elran’s The Israeli Home Front Command: Missions, Challenges, and Future Prospects (Military and Strategic Affairs Volume 8, July 2016)
• https://www.jns.org/idf-home-front-command-works-with-local-councils-to-train-for-drastic-war-scenarios/ Yaakov Lappin’s IDF Home Front Command Work’s with Local Council’s to Train for Drastic War Scenarios (Jewish News Syndicate, June 2022)
• https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/training-and-preparation/the-idf-s-home-front-command-ready-for-anything/ The IDF’s Home Front Command: Ready for Anything (IDF Website)
• Israeli National Security, Charles D. Freilich (Oxford University Press, 2018)
• Dr. Yagil Henkin’s What happens if Operation Guardian of the Walls Recurs (The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Scecurity, Nov. 2022)
• https://www.inss.org.il/publication/homefront-command-drill/ Home Front Command’s response to an article by Meir Elran A Rising and Falling AlarmL A Strategy for a Joint Exercise in the Home Front Command (Institute for National Security Studies, March 2022)
• https://www.inss.org.il/publication/homefront-drill/ Meir Elran’s National Home Front Exercise 2021 – More of the Same? (Institute for National Security Studies, Nov. 2021)
• Lilach Ashtar interview
• Seth Frantzman interview
• General Erez David Maisel interview
• Teddy Sapir interview
• Shay Shemesh interview

Chapter Twenty – Deterrence
• https://themedialine.org/by-region/cracks-in-israel-hizbullah-mutual-deterrence-but-both-still-avoiding-war/ Keren Setton’s Cracks in Israel-Hizbullah Mutual Deterrence, but Both Still Avoiding War (The Medialine, July 2022)
• Explained: Inside Israel’s Plans to Fight the Next Major War | The National Interest Seth Frantzman’s Explained: Inside Israel’s Plans to Fight the Next Major War (The National Interest, Jan. 2021)
• https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/IDF%20doctrine%20translation%20-%20web%20final2.pdf Israel Defense Forces Strategy 2015 (Belfer Center Translation)
• https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/israels-next-northern-war-operational-and-legal-challenges/
• Israeli National Security, Charles D. Freilich (Oxford University Press, 2018)
• https://www.jpost.com/features/front-lines/the-dahiya-doctrine-fighting-dirty-or-a-knock-out-punch Yaakov Katz’s The Dahiya Doctrine: Fighting Dirty or a Knock-out Punch? (The Jerusalem Post, Jan. 2010)
• 4613 (washingtoninstitute.org) Gadi Eisenkot’s and Gabi Siboni’s Guidelines for Israel’s National Security Strategy (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Oct 2019)
• https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/defenddemocracy/uploads/documents/Schanzer_Badran_Daoud_Third_Lebanon_War.pdf Jonathan Schanzer, Tony Badran, and David Daoud The Third Lebanon War: The Coming Clash Between Hezbollah and Israel in the Shadow of the Iran Nuclear Deal (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, July 2016)
• https://www.haaretz.com/2012-08-27/ty-article/pm-hezbollah-is-lebanon/0000017f-db79-df62-a9ff-dfff097c0000 Barak Ravid’s Netanyahu: Israel will Strike Lebanese State in Case of Hezbollah Provication (Haaretz, Aug. 2012)
• https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/analysis-israels-next-war-with-hezbollah-will-be-swift-and-decisive-447114 Alon Ben-David’s Analysis: Israel’s Next War with Hezbollah will be Swifter and Decisive (The Jerusalem Post, March 2016)
• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/israeli-knesset-member-nir-barkat-israel-will-attack-iran-necessary Ronn Blitzer’s Israeli Knesset Member Nir Barkat: Israel will ‘Attack’ Iran if Necessary (Fox News, Sept. 2022)
• IDF identifies ‘as many targets in a month as it did in a year’ – JNS.org Yaakov Lapin’s IDF identifies as Many Targets in a Month as it Did in a Year (Jewish News Syndicate, Dec 2022)
• Turn On the Light, Extinguish the Fire: Israel’s New Way of War – War on the Rocks Eran Ortal’s Turn on the Light, Extinguish the Fire: Israel’s New Way of War (War on the Rocks. Jan. 2022)

Chapter Twenty-One – Israel Mows the Lawn
• https://israel-alma.org/2021/11/24/mowing-the-lawn-in-syria-israel-and-usa-war-between-wars/ Tal Beeri’s Mowing the Lawn in Syria – Israel and USA War Between Wars (Alma Research and Education Center, Nov. 2021)
• https://israel-alma.org/2023/01/02/analysis-fresh-thinking-required-for-strategic-challenges-in-2023/ Sarit Zehavi’s Analysis: Fresh Thinking Required for Strategic Challenges in 2023 (Alma Research and Education Center, Jan. 2023)
• https://israel-alma.org/2023/02/14/special-report-the-mabam-cbw-in-syria-2022/ Teddy Spair’s and Tal Beeri’s What Occurred (2022) and What Will Transpire (2023)
• Syria Now –
• Hezbollah-Southern Syria: Deployment of the “Southern Command” and the “Golan File” Units – Alma Research and Education Center (israel-alma.org) Tal Beeri’s Hezbollah-Southern Syria: Deployment of the “Southern Command” and the “Golan Fike” Units (Alma Research and Education Center, Oct. 202w)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/02/01/a-live-and-rare-testimony-regarding-hezbollahs-golan-file-against-israel-from-southern-syria/ Tal Beeri’s A Live and Rare Testimony Regarding Hezbollah’s Golan File Against Israel from Southern Syria (Alma Research and Education Center, Feb. 2022)
• https://www.jpost.com/features/in-thespotlight/in-depth-how-iranian-weapons-go-through-syria-to-hezbollah-314312 Yossi Melman’s In Depth: How Iranian Weapons Go Through Syria to Hezbollah (The Jerusalem Post, Aug. 2022)
• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-02-20/ty-article/.highlight/israel-is-having-a-hard-time-curbing-hezbollah-threat-defense-officials-admit/0000017f-ef4b-ddba-a37f-ef6f7d6c0000 Yaniv Kubovich’s Israel is ‘Having a Hard Time’ Curbing Hezbollah Threat, Defense Officials Admit (Haaretz, Feb. 2022)
• https://strategicassessment.inss.org.il/en/articles/the-fly-on-the-elephants-back-the-campaign-between-wars-in-israels-security-doctrinee/ The Fly on the Elephants Bank: The Campaign Between Wars in Israel’s Security Doctrine (The Institute for National Security Studies , April 2021)
• https://israel-alma.org/2021/11/24/mowing-the-lawn-in-syria-israel-and-usa-war-between-wars/ Tal Beeri’s Mowing the Lawn in Syria – Israel and USA War Between Wars (Alma Research and Education Center, Nov. 2021)
• https://www.jns.org/israeli-defense-expert-if-syria-continues-to-let-iranian-weapon-planes-land-it-risks-losing-airport/ Yaakov Lappin’s If Syria Continues to Let Iranian Weapons Planes Land, Risks Losing Airport (Jewish News Syndicate, D
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-717261 Anna Ahronheim’s IDF Detects Limited Iranian Withdrawal from Syria (The Jerusalem Post, Sept. 2022)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/04/05/the-syrian-and-lebanese-fronts-a-single-northern-front-with-two-different-arenas/ Yaakov Lappin’s The Syrian and Lebanese Fronts: A Single ‘Northern Front’ with Two Different Arenas (Alma Research and Education Center, June 2022)
• https://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-war-between-the-wars-with-iran-expands-across-middle-east-11649595603 Dion Nissenbaum’s Israel’s “War Between the Wars’ with Iran Iran Expands Across the Middle East (Wall Street Journal, April 2022
• https://www.inss.org.il/publication/war-between-the-wars/ Carmit Valensi and Eden Kaduri’s Five Good years for the Campaign Between Wars in Syria: What Comes Next? ((The Institute for National Security Studies, July 2022)
• Gaza Conflict 2021, Jonathan Schanzer (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 2021)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbCF9jIqRyU Sarit Zehavi and Jonathan Spyer Podcast The Iranian Corridor to Syria & Lebanon (Alma Research and Education Center, Nov. 2022)
• https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-723134 JP Staff’s Iran: Israel Killed Top IRGC Missile Expert in Syria, Vows Revenge (The Jerusalem Post, Nov. 2022)
• The-Land-Corridor-to-Syria-Lebanon.pdf (israel-alma.org) Tal Beeri’s The Iranian Land Corridor to Syria & Lebanon (Alma Research and Education Center, Oct. 2022)
• Mahan Air – Smuggling Weapons into Syria and Lebanon in Service of the Iranian Quds Force Mahan Air – Smuggling Weapons into Syria and Lebanon in Service of the Iranian Quds Force (Alma Research and Education Center, Dec. 2022)
• Report: Israel warns will bomb Beirut airport if it’s used for Iran weapon shipments | The Times of Israel Emanuel Fabian’s Report: Israel Warns Will Bomb Beirut Airport if it’s Used for Iran Weapons Shipments (Times of Israel, Dec 2022)
• PGMs: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal – Jonathan Schanzer’s and Mark Dubowitz’s PGMS: Iran’s Precision-Guided Munitions Project in the Shadow of a Nuclear Deal (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Sept. 2022)
• From Malmo to Jerusalem (fdd.org) From Malmo to Jerusalem Podcast with Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus and Clifford May and Jonathan Schanzer From Malmo to Jerusalem (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Jan. 2023)
• https://israel-alma.org/2022/02/21/does-hezbollah-really-have-150000-missiles-and-rockets/ Tal Beeri’s Does Hezbollah Really have 150,000 Missiles and Rockets? (Alma Research and Education Center, Feb. 2022)
• Jonathan Schanzer Interview

Chapter Twenty-Two – Israel’s Media Outreach
• Gaza Conflict 2021, Jonathan Schanzer (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 2021)
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-714127 Lahav Harkov’s How Israel Shot Down False Reports on Jabaliya Explosion in Gaza (The Jerusalem Post, Aug. 2022)
• New Opportunities for Israel in the Cognitive Campaign in Lebanon | INSS David Siman-Tov, Yoram Schweitzer, and Orna Mizrahi New Opportunities for Israel in the Cognitive Campaign in Lebanon (Institute for Security Studies, Oct. 2020)
• From Malmo to Jerusalem (fdd.org) From Malmo to Jerusalem Podcast with Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus and Clifford May and Jonathan Schanzer From Malmo to Jerusalem (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Jan. 2023)
• Memo197_e_compressed.pdf (inss.org.il) Yossi Kuperwasser and David Siman-Tov, Editors Report Part Title: The Cognitive Campaign: Strategic and Intelligence Perspectives (The Institute for National Security Studies, Oct. 2019)
• The Next War in the North: Scenarios, Strategic Alternatives, and Recommendations for Israel | INSS The Next War in the North: Scenarios, Strategic Alternatives, and Recommendations for Israel (Institute for National Security Studies, March 2021)
• Did Israel Lose the Social Media War over Gaza? (jcpa.org) Jonathan Conricus’ Did Israel Lose the Social media War over Gaza? (The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, July 2021)
• Nasrallah – Leading Hezbollah’s Information Warfare – Alma Research and Education Center (israel-alma.org) Avraham Levine’s Nasrallah – Leading Hezbollah’s Information Warfare (Alma Research and Education Center, July 2021)
• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/world/middleeast/gaza-medic-israel-shooting.html David Halbfinger’s A Day, a Life: When a Medic was Killed in Gaza, Was it an Accident? (New York times, Dec. 2018)
• Eitan Azani interview
• Jonathan Conricus interview
• Jonathan Davis interview
• Yossi Kuperwasser interview
• Jonathan Spyer interview

Chapter Twenty-Three – Israel’s Will to Fight
• https://jiss.org.il/he/shuker-the-sensitivity-of-israeli-society-to-casualties/ Dr. Pnina Shuker’s The Sensitivity of Israeli Society to Casualties and its Impact on Decision-Making on Military Issues (The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, April 2022)
• Hezbollah, Israel losing red lines – Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East Ben Caspit’s Hezbollah, Israel Losing Red Lines (Al-Monitor, Sept. 2019)
• Gershon Hacohen interview
• Sarit Zehavi Interview

Chapter Twenty-Four– If War Comes
• The Next War in the North: Scenarios, Strategic Alternatives, and Recommendations for Israel | INSS The Next War in the North: Scenarios, Strategic Alternatives, and Recommendations for Israel (Institute for National Security Studies, March 2021)
• Benny Gantz quoted in https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2020/07/09/a-partnership-to-nurture/ In Focus’ “A Partnership to Nurture” : An Interview with Brigadier General Assaf Orion IDF, Res.) (Jewish Policy Center, Summer 2020)
• https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/counting-the-cost-avoiding-another-war-between-israel-and-hezbollah/ Nicholas Blandord’s and Assaf Orion’s Counting the Cost: Avoiding Another War between Israel and Hezbollah (Atlantic Council, May 2020)
• https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/are-israel-and-hezbollah-path-war-201655 Naftali Granot’s (Are Israel and Hezbollah on the Path to War? (The National Interest, April 2022) Sarit Zehavi interview

Chapter Twenty-Five – Preemptive or Preventative War
• A Table Against Mine Enemies – Israel and the Lawfare Front Larry M. Goldstein. 2017
• Hezbollah Challenges Israel: Time to Rethink the Policy of Restraint | INSS Udi Dekel’s Hezbollah Challenges Israel: Time to Rethink the Policy of Restraint Udi Dekel ((Institute for National Security Studies, July 2022)
• https://jiss.org.il/en/rubim-from-protective-edge-to-breaking-dawn/ Dr. Uzi Rubin’s From “Protective Edge”: The Race between Palestinian Rockets Offense and Israel’s Missile Defense (The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Sept. 2022)
• https://jinsa.org/watch-webinar-with-dr-uzi-rubin-on-the-evolution-of-irans-precision-guided-missile-threat/ Uzi Rubin’s Webinar – On the Evolution of Iran’s Precision Guided Missile Threat (Jewish Institute for National Security of America, May 2021)
• https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1215&context=vlr Sean D. Murphy’s The Doctrine of Preemptive Self-Defense (Villanova Law Review Volume 50 Issue 3, 2005)
• https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2019/12/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah-benjamin-netanyahu-elections.html Ben Caspit’s Is Netanyahu Planning a Preemptive Attack Against Hezbollah? (Al-Monitor, Dec. 2019)
• https://jinsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Hybrid-Warfare-TF-October-2018-Report.pdf Israel’s Next Northern War: Operational and Legal Challenges (Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Oct. 2018)
• https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-faces-Iran-Posts-Anna-Ahronheim-interviews-Gen-Yaakov-Amidror-576819 Podcast interview of Maj. Gen. Yaakov Amidror (The Jerusalem Post, Jan. 2019)
• United Nations Charter (full text) | United Nations Article 51 2(4) and Article 51 of the UN Charter.
• National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002), available at www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf Bush cover letter to 2002 national Security Strategy.

• https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-new-national-security-strategy-and-preemption/ James B. Steinberg, et al The New National Security Strategy and Preemption (Brookings, Dec. 2002)
• Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways Alan M. Dershowitz (W.W. Norton & Company, 2006)
• Jonathan Schanzer interview

Chapter Twenty-Six – What Might Israel Consider Doing Now?
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-706226 Anna Ahronheim’s IDF Opens Largest Training Drill in Israeli History (The Jerusalem Post, May 2022)
• https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/idf-wraps-up-four-week-exercise-chariots-of-fire Yaakov Lappin’s IDF Wraps up Four-Week Exercise ‘Chariots of Fire’ (Janes, June 2022)
• https://jinsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Hybrid-Warfare-TF-October-2018-Report.pdf Israel’s Next Northern War: Operational and Legal Challenges (Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Oct. 2018)
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-708432 Anna Ahronheim’s IDF Simulates War with Hezbollah in Cypris Exercise (The Jerusalem Post, June 2022)
• The New Rules of War by Sean McFate, (Avon, Reprint 2019)
• https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/Article/2031922/mercenaries-and-war-understanding-private-armies-today/ Sean McFate’s Mercenaries and War: Understanding Private Armies Today (NDU Press, Dec, 2019)

Chapter Twenty-Seven – What Can You Do to Make a Difference?
• https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/us-sanctions-are-hurting-hezbollah Hanin Ghaddar’s U.S. Sanctions are Hurting Hebollah (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 2019)
• https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/21/biden-lebanon-government-hezbollah-513165 Hanin Ghaddar’s Hezbollah’s Grip on Lebanon is Weakening. Here’s How Washington Can Help (Politico, Sept. 2021)
• https://www.newarab.com/analysis/why-us-policy-has-failed-curtail-hezbollahs-dominance Nicholas Frakes’ Why US Policy has Failed to Curtail Hezbollah’s Dominance (The New Arab, Dec. 2022)
• Published by: Ubiquity Press, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces Ase Gilje Ostensen’s UN Use of Private Military and Security Companies: Practices and Policies (Ubiquity Press Volume 3, 2011)
• https://warontherocks.com/2019/08/coercive-disclosure-israels-weaponization-of-intelligence/ Ofek Reimer’s and Daniel Sobelman’s Coercive Disclosure: Israel’s Weaponization of Intelligence (War on the Rocks, August 2019)
• Six Days of War Michale Oren (Presidio Press Kindle, 2017)
• https://www.jpost.com/blogs/brand-of-the-jews/remake-exodus-365665 Abe Novick’s (The Jerusalem Post, May 2022)
• Jonathan Conricus podcast with FDD, Jan. 2023
• Jonathan Schanzer interview
• Matthew Zweig interview