A volley of incendiary remarks between Israel and both Syria and Hezbollah has fueled anxieties about the possibility of war on Israel’s northern border. The level of sensitivity is such that the latest tension was initiated by the Syrians, who misinterpreted as a threat Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s call to start peace negotiations precisely in order to prevent “an all-out regional war.”
以色列和叙利亚以及真主党之间新一轮密集的煽动性言论已经引发了对于以色列北部边境可能爆发战争的担忧。局势非常敏感，而叙利亚人的误解则让紧张局势进一步加剧，他们将以色列国防部长 埃胡德·巴拉克启动和平谈判的呼吁错误地理解为威胁，而巴拉克启动和谈的目的正是要防止“爆发全面的地区战争。”