A Hezbollah flag planted on the ruins of a building bombed by Israel in Hermel, Bekaa, in November 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/AFP)
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, Deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council Mahmoud Qomati and head of the party’s parliamentary bloc Mohammad Raad. In the past few days, several senior Hezbollah officials indicated that the party is open to participating in a “dialogue” to resolve its sensitive arsenal issue. Yet, they stress the importance of the “Resistance” and its necessity after the war against Israel.So, there is no hint of possible disarmament, especially since the party would lose much of its influence internally without its weapons and would no longer be of much use to Iran.Alternatively, Hezbollah is referring to the famous “defense strategy” – a negotiated solution that would gradually integrate the militia into the state by coordinating its activity with that of the government and the Lebanese Army. In his latest...
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, Deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council Mahmoud Qomati and head of the party’s parliamentary bloc Mohammad Raad. In the past few days, several senior Hezbollah officials indicated that the party is open to participating in a “dialogue” to resolve its sensitive arsenal issue. Yet, they stress the importance of the “Resistance” and its necessity after the war against Israel.So, there is no hint of possible disarmament, especially since the party would lose much of its influence internally without its weapons and would no longer be of much use to Iran.Alternatively, Hezbollah is referring to the famous “defense strategy” – a negotiated solution that would gradually integrate the militia into the state by coordinating its activity with that of the government and the Lebanese...
