The Lebanese prime minister said the deal – conveyed by US envoy Tom Barrack earlier this month – would also lead to Israel’s complete withdrawal from Lebanon and ensure all weapons are under the control of the state.
Salam said Hezbollah’s weapons played a leading role in liberating southern Lebanon from Israel in 2000, but the group must now turn them over.
Hezbollah says the Lebanese armed forces have failed to confront Israeli abuses since Israel’s inception in 1948. As we reported earlier, Hezbollah’s chief has rejected the US push for the group to disarm.
Hezbollah would be fools to hand over any weapons (not even pocket knives). They should triple-down on getting more in response. They were the only faction in Lebanon to firmly and actively fight the genocide in a real way. If they hadn’t been hit as hard as they have been, it would have been great add to the Iranian response of waves of missiles with whatever they could. Even if not as much or as big (size of weapons), would mean even more Iron Dome and IOF personnel burned.
They still did so much and have paid in blood, and I hope that they can build back enough to stand against the Lebanese government if needed. And the Lebanese government should really be more concerned with how the IOF has treated Syria, and wake the fuck up. Disarming is not the answer to the IOF, as they will just invade/attack anyway.
state control
the state in question:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pact
For anyone not familiar with how positions in Lebanon are traditionally chosen
Key points of the agreement stipulate that:
Lebanese Christians do not seek Western intervention, and accept that Lebanon had Arab features.
Lebanese Muslims abandon their aspirations to unite with Syria and the Arab World.
The President of the Republic and the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces must be Maronite Catholic.
The Prime Minister of the Republic must be a Sunni Muslim.
The Speaker of the Parliament must be a Shia Muslim.
The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and the Deputy Prime Minister must be Greek Orthodox Christian.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces must be a Druze.
There must be a ratio of 6:5 in favour of Christians to Muslims (and Druze) in the Lebanese Parliament.
So basically the Christian minority controls Lebanon
You could make that argument, but I think it’s important to note how these positions are chosen because it is a relatively unique and most countries don’t appoint government positions on a sect basis. Off the top of my head Singapore also does this and its convention to do this in Nigeria, but there are probably more examples.
I don’t think they should surrender…
If Hamas can do it, Hezbollah can do it. What is the Zionist Entity and Syria, overstretching themselves (Al-Sharaa’s army can’t even deal with the Druze, backed by the Z.E, and Z.E has its problems)
In for a penny, out for a pound.
I think they already came out and said they wouldn’t surrender
As expected! La lucha sigue
