Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel is secure, the defence minister said on Tuesday, vowing to inflict Gaza-like destruction in the area.

More

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

More from the article...

...Israel Katz reiterated Israeli plans to establish a buffer zone in southern Lebanon, saying that it would maintain control over a swathe of territory up to the Litani River once the war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group ended.

More than 1.2 million people have been displaced and another 1,200 have been killed in Lebanon since Israel launched an offensive against Hezbollah on March 2, ignited by the group's decision to open fire in support of Tehran in the regional war.

The Litani River meets the Mediterranean about 30 km (20 miles) north of Israel's border, and the area between it and the Israeli border amounts to nearly a 10th of Lebanon's territory.

The Israeli military earlier this month ordered residents to leave swathes of the south, the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, and the group's political heartlands in eastern Lebanon. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-31 08:12 PM | Reply

I'm sure this means Piggy can just walk away from the war.

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-31 08:15 PM | Reply

@#2

Yeah.

While Pres Trump seems desperately to be trying to find an exit ramp from the war he started, Israel seems to be of a differing opinion.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-31 08:21 PM | Reply

Who still supports this garbage?

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-31 09:00 PM | Reply

@#4 ... Who still supports this garbage? ...

Support for Israel seems to be waning.

Support for Israel drops as Democrats turn against key US ally: poll
www.foxnews.com

... Americans' opinions regarding Israel have dramatically soured in recent years, fueled by a surge in negative views among Democrats and independents, according to a new national poll.

The results of the survey, by NBC News, come amid sharp political debates among Democrats over support for Israel two and a half years after the start of the war between Israelis and Hamas in Gaza.

Just 32% of Americans view Israel positively, with 39% seeing the Jewish state in a negative light, according to the poll, which was conducted Feb. 27-March 2. That's a sea change from three years ago, when Americans held a positive view of Israel by a 47%-34% margin. ...



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-31 09:25 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort