With Sunday’s parliamentary election showing substantial gains for Hezbollah and its allies, Israel is angrily condemning them once again. Naftali Bennett, the hawkish leader of Jewish Home, insists Israel should consider that “Lebanon equals Hezbollah” from now on.
Bennett envisions that having real meaning during the next war with Lebanon, which Israel’s far-right government always believes is imminent. He says Israel should not longer differentiate between Hezbollah and anything else in Lebanon, and hold the country as a whole responsible for everything they’d normally blame on Hezbollah.
Hezbollah is a substantial political party in Lebanon, and after the election controls about 10% of parliament. Their political bloc has in excess of half the seats, but the largest party in the bloc is actually a Maronite Christian party.
Some Israeli analysts suggest they should be pleased with the election results. A majority for a single bloc within Lebanon, something they’ve struggled to maintain in recent years, could mean a period of renewed stability, which would benefit both Lebanon and its neighbors.
Apparently not entirely clear on the concept of democracy. Just as untrue as Netanyahoo = Israel
Perhaps he believes that the Shiites born in Lebanon should be rounded up and shipped off to Yemen and starved to death.
I cannot understand what is it N.B is saying. So, i draw no conclusions from his speech.
A variation of “kill ‘em all – let God sort them out.”
The Lebanese would be wise to realize that under right-wing control, Israel = Nazi Germany
Actually, Third Reich Germany was fare more stable sociologically than Israel is today…
Israel equals 1930s Germany.
Israel’s leadership is comprised of radical Master Race ideologues.
I guess all the threats made by the Israeli regime didn’t sway the Lebanese. Might actually have backfired, in fact. Of course, the lesson will be lost on those that believe that others are so easily intimidated by openly hostile outsiders.
Might actually have backfired, in fact.
Stay the course Israel…
Off the map by ‘40!
Israel just doesn’t get it, they bomb their neighbors and the result isn’t love and friendliness.
The bottom line is it all adds up to an ultimate victory of Palestine over the barbarians..
Peace!