Since the night from Sunday to Monday, when Hezbollah decided to join the ongoing war alongside Iran, figures close to the party have been making repeated appearances on television channels and social media to convince the Lebanese of the decision’s legitimacy. Their sheer number is, in itself, already an indication of the magnitude of the wave of anger, including among the party’s allies and within its popular base.Whatever the circumstances that led Hezbollah to make this decision, it upended daily lives in the country within minutes, with six unfortunate missiles fired at northern Israel. Hezbollah may not have been fully aware, at first, of the anger this decision will provoke among the Lebanese people, or perhaps it thought it could limit it to its traditional adversaries and their respective supporter bases. But reality quickly set...
Since the night from Sunday to Monday, when Hezbollah decided to join the ongoing war alongside Iran, figures close to the party have been making repeated appearances on television channels and social media to convince the Lebanese of the decision’s legitimacy. Their sheer number is, in itself, already an indication of the magnitude of the wave of anger, including among the party’s allies and within its popular base.Whatever the circumstances that led Hezbollah to make this decision, it upended daily lives in the country within minutes, with six unfortunate missiles fired at northern Israel. Hezbollah may not have been fully aware, at first, of the anger this decision will provoke among the Lebanese people, or perhaps it thought it could limit it to its traditional adversaries and their respective supporter bases. But reality quickly...
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