BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,682, August 9, 2020 By Col (Res.) Dr. Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The extent of the current military threat to Israel posed by Hezbollah is the outcome of the hasty Israeli withdrawal from the security zone in South Lebanon in May 2000. Then-PM Ehud Barak appears to have made this fundamental decision without consulting Israeli intelligence. DOWNLOAD REPORT LINK