Is Hizbullah stepping back from the brink of war?
In a bombastic speech its leader signals restraint
IT WAS THE most momentous speech he ever gave, and it was underwhelming. On November 3rd Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah, made his first remarks since the start of the war in Gaza almost a month ago. His militant group has been involved almost since the start, launching scores of rockets and, more recently, explosive-laden drones at northern Israel. It warned that it would escalate the fighting if Israel went ahead with a ground invasion of Gaza, which Israel did a week before Mr Nasrallah spoke.
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