Even among his enemies, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah could stir surprising emotions. “Israelis had a certain awe of him, a certain respect, because he proved himself to be someone who, when he threatens, he usually delivers,” Yair Wallach, reader in Israeli studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, tells New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede.
While the Israeli leadership was less concerned about other, regional Arab adversaries, “with Nasrallah, it wasn’t like that at all. He was seen as a real, formidable threat and also someone that knew how to push the buttons of Israeli society,” continues Wallach.
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