Life Under Israeli Drones

Life in Beirut is akin to living in a “parallel zone,” according to Maha Yahya, director of Carnegie’s Middle East Center and long-time resident of the city. Concerts, museums, and shows all carry on, but with the constant sound of Israeli drones overhead. On The World Unpacked, Maha joins Jon to unpack life in a country caught between Israeli occupation and a weakening Hezbollah. Yahya argues that a narrow window has opened to rebuild the Lebanese state and warns that Lebanon’s fate could signal the future of the international order. Like and subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/38sljlH Host: Follow Jon: https://x.com/JonKBateman Guest: Maha Yahya: https://x.com/mahamyahya Find the episode transcript and streaming audio, and get the show direct to your inbox, here: https://carnegieendowment.org/how-leb... Youtube Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:49 Life in Beirut Under the Sound of Drones 05:56 150 Airstrikes in 10 Minutes 13:20 Inside Israel-Occupied South Lebanon 21:49 Is Hezbollah Weakening? 37:20 Can Lebanon’s State Replace Hezbollah? 50:53 Will Lebanon Survive? The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace generates strategic ideas and independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of international scholar-practitioners to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and advance peace. Visit our website: https://carnegieendowment.org/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/CarnegieEndow Follow us on Instagram:   / carnegieendow