The Middle East Takes on the Appearance of Powder Keg

As Blinken evokes Israel’s ‘Lost Sovereignty,’ Cyprus warns of ‘disastrous consequences if war spreads.’

AP/Jacquelyn Martin
Secretary Blinken, right, walks with Cyprus' foreign minister, Constantinos Kombos, June 17, 2024, at the State Department, Washington. AP/Jacquelyn Martin

Antennae in the Mideast suddenly alerted this week when Secretary Blinken said this that Israel “has effectively lost sovereignty” in the northernmost part of the country because of Hezbollah’s terrorist attacks emanating from southern Lebanon. Relevant parties came to attention in Israel and Lebanon but also nearby Cyprus, the island nation that last month Hezbollah’s terror chief, Hassan Nasrallah, for the first time threatened directly. 

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