What has boobytrapping Hezbollah’s pagers actually achieved?
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As a global propaganda coup for the Israeli security services, the pager attacks on Hezbollah members in Lebanon could scarcely be surpassed. It comes at an unusually sensitive moment in the peace talks over Gaza, when there are far too many well-documented cases of Israeli settlers on the West Bank illegally occupying land and pushing Palestinians out. Literally tearing chunks of flesh out of Hezbollah members – and some innocent bystanders – does nothing to get the hostages taken by Hamas home, let alone defeat Hamas, let alone create a lasting framework of peaceful co-existence.