Israel destroys bridges, not legitimacy. The 2006 Lebanon War demonstrated why infrastructure bombardment consistently fails to produce the political outcome it seeks — and why 2026 confirms the same lesson.

It was July 2006. I was on the 13th floor of a building in Beirut when a warhead flew past my bedroom window. Not in a movie. Not in a TV series. In real life — my real life. This is the experience that created Oriente History, and why I have dedicated my life to studying the Middle East.