ISRAEL’S SUMMER OF Strife: Attack at Lebanon Border is Latest Arab Provocation

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In April, Israeli intelligence reported Syria had armed Hezbollah, inside Lebanon, with Scud missiles capable of reaching any Israeli city. On the cusp of June, the entire world knew of the disastrous Mavi Marmara flotilla incident that read like a Turkish-sponsored provocation of violence.

Now, just this past week, a series of events have tensions running high again, with militants in Gaza and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula launching rockets into Israel and, most notably, Lebanese soldiers ambushing Israeli Defense Forces over an innocuous tree-trimming episode (see the link below).

As Israel’s summer of strife continues, observers throughout the world can’t help but sense a greater conflict is on the horizon. And many here in the U.S. wonder what our role will be.

James Hutchens, PhD, a decorated U.S. Army chaplain and President of the JerUSAlem Connection, the foremost Christian Zionist online magazine in America. With his organization’s ear to the ground in the Middle East and critical eye on U.S. foreign policy under the Obama administration, Hutchens can provide expert analysis of these events, particularly through a Judeo–Christian religious lens.