Is Hizbullah stepping back from the brink of war?

IT WAS THE most momentous speech he ever gave, and it was underwhelming. On November 3rd Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of , made his first remarks since the start of the war in Gaza almost a month ago. His militant group has been involved almost since the start, launching scores of rockets and, more recently, explosive-laden drones at northern Israel. It warned that it would escalate the fighting if Israel went ahead with a ground invasion of Gaza, which Israel a week before Mr Nasrallah spoke.