- Dr. Hanan Shai
- June 4, 2020
- Paper No. 1596
The conquest of southern Lebanon in Operation Peace for Galilee, and Israelโs long sojourn in the area, had political and military justification. But defects in the IDFโs deployment during the operation, and later in its protracted security activity, culminated in the May 2000 hurried withdrawal that continues to this day to negatively affect Israelโs national security.ย