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Originally Posted by blankall
A coalition of Hezbollah/Hamas/Syria would be pretty pathetic really. They are all isolated financially and diplomatically and have no modern armaments to speak of. For as much flack as Israel gets for the brutallity of its recent invasion of Gaza and Lebanon, they took a lot of steps to avoid casualties. If Israel was in a more desperate situation they would just take safer (from their perspective) and more efficient means of dealing with them next time. IE bomb the crap out of them.
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A coalition would be extremely effective, actually. Hezbollah has proven that it can cause mass panic through almost-genius use of strategic propaganda and fluid communicaitons during the 2006 Lebanon War. Their rocket attacks into Haifa were only a partial show of their military capabilities, and with Syrian backing, their missile lobs could be a force to be reckoned with.
Additionally, Hamas would probably increase suicide attacks ten-fold; something that will not sit well with the Israeli public and the Western governments. This doesn't even include Islamic Jihad or the al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade.
Then there's the problem of al-Qaeda licking their chops at this very situation. Their numbers and strength would surge in the event of another war againg Hamas / Hezbollah, which would most definitely be spun as the Jews being the aggressors and attacking the Islamic faith.
The damaged that can be done by micro-parties and insurgent groups is second to none in terms of how much the media can affect public opinion.