Waddah Sadek, Beirut MP, at the Baabda Presidential Palace on Jan. 13, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/ L'Orient Today)
MP Waddah Sadek has found himself, in recent days, the target of a smear campaign. Internet users in Hezbollah's orbit have attacked the Sunni Beirut MP from Beirut, going so far as to label him an "enemy" or a "Zionist." Of course, this is not the first time that supporters of the Shiite militia — held responsible for a string of assassinations of intellectuals and politicians between 2005 and 2013, and even after — have violently gone after opponents and made threats. But in the current context of rising tensions and increasing polarization, this raises fears of a security breakdown. Especially since Hezbollah is threatening to engage in an internal confrontation after (and depending on the outcome of) the war.Since the beginning of the war between Hezbollah and Israel, several MPs from the capital, including...
MP Waddah Sadek has found himself, in recent days, the target of a smear campaign. Internet users in Hezbollah's orbit have attacked the Sunni Beirut MP from Beirut, going so far as to label him an "enemy" or a "Zionist." Of course, this is not the first time that supporters of the Shiite militia — held responsible for a string of assassinations of intellectuals and politicians between 2005 and 2013, and even after — have violently gone after opponents and made threats. But in the current context of rising tensions and increasing polarization, this raises fears of a security breakdown. Especially since Hezbollah is threatening to engage in an internal confrontation after (and depending on the outcome of) the war.Since the beginning of the war between Hezbollah and Israel, several MPs from the capital,...
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