Just as Iran has become a county led by tyrants that do not represent the population, Lebanon in many ways has been taken over by Hezbollah. With the funding of Hezbollah by Iran at least temporarily cut off, this is the time to free Lebanon from their terrorist grip.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Ed Morrissey posted an article at Hot Air<\/a> about the negotiations for peace between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah was not included in those negotiations.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal raises the question of the Rabid Dog That Was Not Allowed to Bark In DC<\/a> in its analysis of the ceasefire brokered by Marco Rubio between Israel and Lebanon. Reporters Omar Abdel-Baqui and Dov Lieber concede that the pact engineered by the Secretary of State comes as a “historic step” between the two countries, especially since Lebanon has never recognized Israel’s status as a state. However, they wonder just how these negotiations can take place in the absence of “one of the main belligerents”:<\/strong><\/p>\n The article quotes The Wall Street Journal:<\/p>\n Without Hezbollah at the negotiating table, the cease-fire and the possibility of a successful Israel-Lebanon peace agreement would be on shaky ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n …In 1983, the countries signed a peace agreement, which fell apart after Hezbollah and other factions opposed it. Another U.S.-backed peace effort in 1993 broke down, owing to opposition from Syria, which then dominated Lebanon, and the impossibility of security guarantees with Hezbollah. A November 2024 deal was supposed to lead to the Lebanese government\u2019s demilitarizing Hezbollah, and Israel\u2019s withdrawal from southern Lebanon and halting strikes on Lebanon. None of those objectives were achieved.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Meeting a group of Lebanese lawmakers, Lebanon\u2019s President Joseph Aoun endorses continued direct negotiations with Israel and says that his country is working to secure the withdrawal of Israeli forces, to bring back Lebanese citizens held by Israel and to solve border disputes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Aoun says \u201cdirect negotiations are crucial\u2026 and the gateway to advancing the negotiations\u201d with Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lebanese Armed Forces \u201cwill play a fundamental role after the withdrawal of Israeli forces,\u201d Aoun says, promising they will deploy to the Israeli border and will reassure residents of southern Lebanon, \u201cafter their return to their villages and towns, that there will be no armed forces other than the army and the legitimate security forces.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The article at Hot Air concludes:<\/p>\n That’s why Hezbollah was not invited to participate in the talks. It’s also why Israel is not constrained by the ceasefire if Hezbollah violates it. Hezbollah did not get a seat at the table because Iran doesn’t get to dictate terms in Lebanon any longer. The IRGC regime may not get to dictate terms in Iran for much longer, for that matter. So why invite its terror proxies to discuss their own destruction?<\/strong><\/p>\n I think the Lebanese are tired of living in a country held hostage by a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just as Iran has become a county led by tyrants that do not represent the population, Lebanon in many ways has been taken over by Hezbollah. With the funding of Hezbollah by Iran at least temporarily cut off, this is … Continue reading