Why has Hezbollah escalated its rhetoric on arms?
The issue of Hezbollah’s arms is “present on the table of indirect dialogue between President Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah’s leadership” and Speaker Nabih Berri is following up on the matter, the PSP’s al-Anbaa news portal quoted “credible sources” as saying.
The sources attributed the latest “conflicting stances” by Hezbollah’s leaders to “raising the ceiling of its demands regarding its role in the reconstruction of the South, its political future and the number of members who will be integrated into the army and security forces.”
“What President Aoun mentioned prior to his travel to Doha about his rejection of repeating (Iraq’s) Popular Mobilization Forces in Lebanon and his rejection of the creation of a special army unit for Hezbollah’s fighters are part of this dialogue, to which (Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim) Qassem responded in an escalatory tone,” the sources added.
“Some escalatory stances of Hezbollah’s leaders reflect personal wishes based on a wrong analysis of the U.S.-Iranian negotiations and of the directions of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard,” the sources went on to say.
25 April 2025, 13:48
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Qassam was not elected by Lebanese citizens.
Qassam ascended in the manner of a war lord to head a warring tribe.
Qassam is subordinate to President Aoun as Hezbollah is subordinate to the nation Lebanon.
Berri belongs to Lebanon, not to a warring tribe, so should more honorably conduct himself accordingly.
25 April 2025, 16:55
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Maybe it is about time that the international forces trying to enforce the ceasefire agreement, decided to put boots on the ground and once and for all rid Lebanon of the terrorists.
