Spread the loveAccording to formal complaints lodged by Lebanon with the United Nations, Israel did spray a toxic herbicide over agricultural land in southern Lebanon as Netanyahu sought to adopt a scorched earth tactic. There have been other independent agents who have confirmed Netanyahu’s use of white phosphorus, which burns vegetation and agricultural land, and cluster munitions, which leave behind unexploded ordnance. While I do not support the Internation Criminal Court (ICC), it is worth noting that Netanyahu was charged by the ICC, in part with the charges closely linked to the “scorched earth” tactics that devastated Gaza. It is hard say who was the first to adopt the scorched earth tactic in war. It is ironic that Netanyahu is using this military tactic against Iran some 2500 years later.