Lebanese ‘sovereignty’ comes face to face with its own contradictions

Sovereignists or “Bukharians”? All Lebanese actors, except for Hezbollah, gathered on Saturday around Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Bukhari for a press conference marking the 33rd anniversary of the 1989 Taif Agreement that ended Lebanon’s 1975-90 Civil War.“The Taif Agreement preserves the definitive character of the Lebanese entity, its identity and Arabness,” the diplomat told his guests, and noted “any other solution will only lead the country further into the unknown.”This event raised a great deal of criticism. Several internet users and observers accused the opposition camp, which describes itself as “sovereignist,” of “yielding to the will of Saudi Arabia and the West.”Also, they did not fail to recall the “Lebanon first,” slogan that this camp raised as part of the March 14 coalition.This situation brings the anti-Hezbollah...