No ceasefire in Lebanon. posted by Richard Seymour

Here is a list of Israeli massacres during its air war on and land invasion of Lebanon. That list may become longer soon, because Israel appears to be doing what it can to break the ceasefire, and ensure that no deal is reached. The Israeli blockade continues, thus making a mockery of their mockery of Lebanese sovereignty.

Call it a strategy of tension: the Israel are expecting to see a political and military realignment in their own establishment soon, and this may precipitate a new offensive. In the meantime, they do not wish to relinquish the current low-level mobilisation nor the opportunities for creating a casus belli that this affords.