They were waiting for white smoke, but instead, they were almost called animals. The obviously exasperated Tom Barrack appeared at a press conference before leaving the Baabda Palace. It was clear that the discussions were difficult. How can Lebanon be asked to trust Israel and the United States? How can Hezbollah be convinced to hand over its weapons to the Lebanese Army when 14 villages in the south remain indefinitely occupied? How can Hezbollah be rewarded for its reckless war? How can anyone believe that the Lebanese Army would be strengthened in exchange for the outright annihilation of the “resistance,” when it hasn’t even received spare parts for its outdated arsenal since the Civil War? How can Hezbollah be convinced that it has lost, that wars are sometimes lost — especially when poorly calculated — and that the time has come...
They were waiting for white smoke, but instead, they were almost called animals. The obviously exasperated Tom Barrack appeared at a press conference before leaving the Baabda Palace. It was clear that the discussions were difficult. How can Lebanon be asked to trust Israel and the United States? How can Hezbollah be convinced to hand over its weapons to the Lebanese Army when 14 villages in the south remain indefinitely occupied? How can Hezbollah be rewarded for its reckless war? How can anyone believe that the Lebanese Army would be strengthened in exchange for the outright annihilation of the “resistance,” when it hasn’t even received spare parts for its outdated arsenal since the Civil War? How can Hezbollah be convinced that it has lost, that wars are sometimes lost — especially when poorly calculated — and that the time...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil