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Lebanon seeks peace, but Hezbollah needs to be convinced first

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Lebanon seeks peace, but Hezbollah needs to be convinced first With Lebanon, again, engulfed by war, I remember a meeting I had with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace, a modernist building at the top of a hill overlooking Beirut last August. Aoun, a former army chief, took office after a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia and political party that is backed by...
The narrative presents Lebanon's conflict as a complex interplay of historical grievances, regional power dynamics, and internal sectarian divisions. Hezbollah's refusal to disarm is framed as both a strategic necessity for its supporters and a destabilizing force for its opponents. The article highlights the Lebanese government's impotence, caught between Hezbollah's autonomy and Israel's military pressure. The strongest version of this narrative acknowledges the legitimacy of Hezbollah's resis...