A Lebanese flag flies over the heights of the village of Chebaa, on the border with Syria and Israel, on July 23, 2025, in South Lebanon. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L’Orient-Le Jour)
The most terrifying aspect of Naim Qassem's speech does not lie in his attacks against the Lebanese state or in his barely veiled threats to topple the government should it continue to defend the principle of arms monopoly. Rather, it lies in the monumental political confession it inadvertently contains. At the very moment when Iran is negotiating with Washington, when regional balances are shifting, and the narrative of “Resistance” is collapsing under the weight of destruction, displacement, and defeat, Hezbollah is brutally revealing the true function its arsenal has always served: not to protect Lebanon, but to prevent the emergence of a state capable of asserting itself independently.The 26th anniversary of what Hezbollah continues to call "Resistance and Liberation Day" has only further exposed the dramatic...
The most terrifying aspect of Naim Qassem's speech does not lie in his attacks against the Lebanese state or in his barely veiled threats to topple the government should it continue to defend the principle of arms monopoly. Rather, it lies in the monumental political confession it inadvertently contains. At the very moment when Iran is negotiating with Washington, when regional balances are shifting, and the narrative of “Resistance” is collapsing under the weight of destruction, displacement, and defeat, Hezbollah is brutally revealing the true function its arsenal has always served: not to protect Lebanon, but to prevent the emergence of a state capable of asserting itself independently.The 26th anniversary of what Hezbollah continues to call "Resistance and Liberation Day" has only further exposed the dramatic...
