The agreement is not a step toward normalization, says As`ad AbuKhalil. Lebanon is split.
By As`ad AbuKhalil
Special to Consortium News
The U.S. managed to announce an agreement last week between Lebanon and Israel regarding the maritime boundary between the two countries, which should re
Since the Second Lebanon War, “
rules of play” have been formed between Israel and Hezbollah. When Israel tried in recent years to “change” them and attack Hezbollah elements in Syria (such as Jihad Ma’ania, the son of Imad Ma’ania),
Hezbollah response was swift and was intended to preserve the same “balance of deterrence” that was built between it and Israel.
And so, those “rules of play,” Which appeared in numerous speeches made by Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, includes forbidding any Israeli activity in Lebanon, whether openly or covertly and killing Of Hezbollah operatives by Israel, anywhere (including Syria). The organization “accepts” (not willingly) Israeli activity in Syria, even one that is directed against the organization’s interests, if it does not end with casualties to the organization. It should be noted that despite the basic constraints on the organization in response to the northern border (Like the problematic political situatio