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Doesn't sound like Joe Biden's speechwriters have heard the rumor about the American Republican Party's re-election campaign contribution to Netanyahu.
Biden: "All-out war is not in anyone's interest" US President Joe Biden gave his last speech at the UN General Assembly and aimed at the parties to the Middle East conflict. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
Expert: Therefore, the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is to be classified as a war. Israel is carrying out increasingly intense attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah is responding with rocket fire. "There is no doubt that it is now to be regarded as a full-blown war," says Middle East expert Anders Persson.
In peace and conflict research, there is a clear definition of what constitutes an outright war: A conflict between parties who are fighting over a political conflict issue and where the fighting has led to at least 1,000 combat-related deaths in a year. Watch the feature on SVT News.