Several deeply rooted analysts who've long believed another open war between Hezbollah & Israel was unlikely have (privately) come around to the stance that war is indeed likely,tho there's disagreement about when: roughly short term (coming months) or long term (coming years).1/ This emerging consensus seems based at a minimum on a shared belief that: 1) doctrinally, ideologically & historically, no Israeli leadership can "allow" a bordering enemy force to persist that durably & significantly restricts its ability to wage wide & decisive war...2/