A report by Responsible Statecraft warns: American pressure may push Lebanon to violence

The American “Responsible Statement” website stated that “the recent statements made by the American ambassador to Turkey Tom Barak about the need to disarm Hizbul The special envoy to Syria, in a recent media interview: “Do we not want to arm the Lebanese army in order to be able to fight Israel? I do not think that. ”
According to the site, Barak’s statements sparked anger in Beirut. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that he was “surprised” with Barak’s statements, and called on the international community to pressure Israel to withdraw from all the Lebanese territories that it occupied since last fall and stop its continuous air strikes against the alleged targets of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, one of which resulted in the killing of four civilians, including three children, on his part. The House of Representatives Nabih Berri, the close ally of Hezbollah, Berk by trying to turn the Lebanese army into a “border guard for Israel”, while President Joseph Aoun stressed that the disarmament of Hizbullah by force is currently not possible and that he is committed to preserving the unity of the country. ”The site continued,“ While Barak is known for his frankness, there is no doubt that he speaks in the name of a administration that caused the almost a large part of the Arab world because of its unlawful support for the military campaign that is almost unconditionally. Israel is waged in Gaza. In fact, the re -appointment of Morgan Ortigos as a representative of the Special Envoy to the Middle East last month supports the opinion that Washington is now completely biased to Jerusalem on Lebanon, and reports have reported that Israel has pressured the American administration to hand over Ortagus the file of Lebanon earlier this year. It is that the issue exceeds the mere disarmament of a group that is classified by a terrorist organization. Rather, the weapon of Hezbollah must be seen in the broader context of the sectarian scene held in Lebanon, especially the fears and feelings of the Shiites, the largest sectarian sect in the country. In the last January elections, a poll conducted by the Consultative Center for Studies and Documentation, affiliated with Hezbollah, showed that 58% of the participants, including more than 95% of the Shiites, oppose the party’s disarmament without strengthening Lebanon’s ability to deter. Without guarantees with the withdrawal of Israel from all Lebanese lands and stopping its violations of Lebanese sovereignty. Young, from the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, is that any attempt by the Lebanese Armed Forces to disarm the party by force will be met with fierce resistance not only by Hezbollah, but also from a large segment of the Shiite population as well. A temporary settlement with the party avoids the internal conflict. There will be no civil war. H. Hezbollah is in its worst cases in history, ”stressing Washington’s readiness to help.” The site continued, “Some experts believe that somewhat disarmament is an investigation, provided that the process is gradual and limited. Maryam Farida, author of the book“ Religion and Hezbollah ”, said to the site:“ I do not think that Hezbollah will open a civil war because he will find himself a loser to this front and he must be as a strategy as it is as a strategy as it is strategic to this front Always the situation. And without Israeli concessions. The outbreak of the fighting between Sunni and Shiite soldiers. The suicide bombing in a Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus last June, which killed at least 25 people. Barak acknowledged that the continued occupation of the Lebanese territories, and its repeated air strikes against the alleged targets of Hezbollah, as well as in other places in the Middle East, does not enhance the chances of his weapon.