Worth is Worthless in Presenting Lebanon Accurately

"Lebanon Arrests 3 on Charges of Spying for Israel"; Robert F. Worth; 8

Few can pack an anti-Israel punch like Robert F. Worth. His ability to minimize Hezbollah and maximize Israel as threats to Lebanon's uneasy, unstable existence is remarkable and, therefore, disturbing. 

The problem really begins in the third paragraph, in which Worth writes, "Lebanon considers Israel, which carried out a major bombing campaign here during the 34-day war with Hezbollah in 2006, an enemy state." The phrasing of this statement indicates that Israel may have started the war with Hezbollah in 2006 and that, somehow, Israel's status as "an enemy state" is something more than a reflection of Syrian control over Lebanon, a fact of nearly thirty years.

Egregiously, Worth neglects to mention Hezbollah's ties to Iran, an omission that cannot stand at this time. That Hezbollah is a greater threat to Lebanon's sovereignty than Israel was, is, or will be, garners no print. 

Worth concludes with a non-sequitur paraphrasing of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's threats against Israel.