Greed and Death wrote:Northwest Slobovia wrote:Both countries appear to have perfectly good coastal highways. There is a rail gap between Nahariya and somewhere close to the Israel-Lebanon border -- I can't tell where Lebanon's railways end in their south -- but I suspect that if it was necessary and desirableable, a single-track line could be put into operation relatively fast, especially since there was once a line there.
Yes ideally Lebanon swallows their pride now and asks for help and Israel immediately begins connecting road and rail.
It takes time.
I'm not seeing that the Lebanese have many easy choices at this point, and the Israelis seem to always need improvements in their foreign relations. I imagine a marriage of convenience could be worked out, especially with European help/pressure. (I'm assuming the US will do nothing useful in this situation.)