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Hizballah is not opposed to negotiations with Israel. It wants to be the interlocutor and for Iran to be the decision maker for Lebanon not the Lebanese state.
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It was a coup against the ceasefire of the Washington talks:
- Israel threatened Dahieh if Hizballah attacks.
- Hizballah provoked the Israeli attack allowing Iran to step in and add the condition.
- Trump blamed Israel for the reply, not Iran/Hizballah for setting it up.
@dr_nickfn:
Lebanon is once again on the brink. Iran has stepped in as Hezbollah’s savior. Hezbollah, in turn, has already telegraphed its next move: pressuring Beirut to reverse the very decisions that offered Lebanon its best opportunity for a new beginning, while threatening those who stand in its way. Israel has made equally clear that it will neither withdraw nor accept a Hezbollah victory by default. Yet at the very moment clarity is most needed, Washington has left both friends and foes asking the same question: Does the United States still intend to pull Lebanon out of Iran’s orbit, or has it surrendered Lebanon to the Islamic Republic?
The United States now faces a defining choice. It can double down on the Lebanese state, or it can acquiesce to the return of a self-defeating arrangement with Hezbollah. The first path would demonstrate that America stands by its partners and that Iran’s proxies do not dictate the region’s future. The second all but guarantees renewed conflict, a stronger Iran, and an avoidable strategic setback for the US.
The foundations of a different Lebanon already exist. What is needed now is not a new policy, but the resolve to finish the one Washington already started."
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📜Honestly folks, I wouldn't worry too much about this "deal," it isn't worth the paper it was(n't) printed on.
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Over 1,200 Israeli Women Support Lebanese President's Call for Peace in Open Letter haaretz.com/israel-news/isra…
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RT @emile_hokayem: Let the spin begin. Both Iran and the US will claim victory while Israel sulks and waits for the whole thing to unravel…
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We are back to square one?
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Even in fiction Iran had useful idiots in the White House / clip from The Diplomat, Netflix
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
Jun 12
Does Islam tell Muslim women to cover their faces?
Not really, as explained here by Shabir Ally in "Let the Quran Speak," with references to Abd al-Halim Abu Shuqqah.
The Qur'an never commands it for all women and the narrations are not explicit either:
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
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Lebanon’s role in the Captagon trade, Hezbollah’s control in Beirut’s airport and port, and the dominant anti-Saudi positioning among Lebanon’s ruling elite were all factors behind KSA’s blocking of Lebanese exports. KSA’s lifting of the export block is a sign of positive change.
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سمو #ولي_العهد يوجه باستئناف صادرات لبنان إلى المملكة بناء على طلب رئيس الجمهورية اللبنانية، ودولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء، ووفقًا للخطوات الإيجابية التي قامت بها الحكومة اللبنانية في طريق إعادة بناء مؤسسات الدولة.
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
Jun 12
Letting the IRGC loose will
MAKE AMERICA WEAK AGAIN (MAWA).
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
@POTUS
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
Jun 10
🚨In response to the US resolution demanding Iran provide "precise information" about its enriched uranium stockpiles sites affected by last year's strikes, Tehran says it will "protect its inalienable rights, including in response to this flawed resolution".
Today, Board of Governor adopted with a shaky vote, another political resolution on Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities; devoid of professionalism expected from a technical body.
How can #IAEA be trusted when instrumentalized by warmongers, and decapacitated in a way that is not even able to express a simple concern over the most extensive unlawful armed attacks - unprecedented in its history- on peaceful safeguarded nuclear facilities of a member State?
The resolution hypocritically expresses support for a diplomatic solution, while the U.S. simultaneously engages in further acts of aggression including against Iranian civilian infrastructure and promotes confrontation in different fora. Diplomatic solution needs a minimum good faith.
Iran will protect its inalienable rights including in response to this flawed resolution.
Here is Iran’s full Statement before adoption of the resolution: viennaun.mfa.gov.ir/en
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
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Turkey, Saudi Arabia agree on major regional railway line bypassing Israel and going through #Jordan and #Syria| The Times of #Israel
timesofisrael.com/turkey-sau…
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The dilemma with Iran is whether paying off the mafia is cheaper than fighting it.
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
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Important: Here is the full English version of #Israel president @Isaac_Herzog’s new video message to the people and @LBpresidency president of #Lebanon:
*President Herzog Addresses the Lebanese People and Leadership During Visit to Northern Israel*
*I extend a hand of peace to the President of Lebanon and to the Lebanese people. But Lebanon must remain free from the influence of Iran, Hezbollah, and the terror organizations”_*
On June 10, 2026, President Isaac Herzog toured northern Israel. During his visit, President Herzog sent a message to the President and people of Lebanon.
*Speaking in Arabic, President Isaac Herzog addressed the Lebanese President and people:*
“From Israel’s northern border, I extend a hand of peace to the President of Lebanon and to the Lebanese people. But Lebanon must remain free from the influence of Iran, Hezbollah, and the terror organizations as an independent and sovereign nation.
“My dream is to travel to Beirut, and this dream is still alive, but only if Lebanon’s future is determined in Beirut, and not in Tehran.”
*Speaking in English, President Herzog added:*
“It was Hezbollah that violated the UN Security Council Resolution of 2006. It was Hezbollah that violated the ceasefire agreement of 2024. Israel cannot accept any attacks on our citizens, any attacks crossing our borders, any terror attacks. We have the full right to defend ourselves, and so long as there is no clear arrangement that protects our nation, it will be impossible to move forward. So it's in your hands, fight for it.”
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
الرئيس الإسرائيلي إسحاق هرزوغ
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How about Israel should retaliate in Tehran when Hizballah throws rockets at the Galilee.
“It is hard to see how this plays out in favor of the Lebanese state. Not because the Lebanese state is weak or vulnerable. It’s because Iran is hellbent on holding onto Lebanon. And it has done so effectively.”
For AlJazeera English
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
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L'#Opinion de Nadim Shehadi @Confusezeus : Le #Liban a sauté le 20e siècle ; il n'est jamais devenu un État #souverain , homogène, nationaliste et laïc, doté d'une identité nationale unifiée et d'institutions étatiques fortes
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#FranklySpeaking: Has #Hezbollah’s resistance narrative in south Lebanon collapsed? Analyst Nadim Shehadi (@Confusezeus) says group offers neither prevention nor protection from Israeli attacks I Full episode: arab.news/cpe7z
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#OPINION: It is in #Lebanon’s nature to allow movements like the PLO and #Hezbollah to flourish and it is in these groups’ nature to take over the country. In any other state in the region, they and their supporters would have been suppressed, writes @Confusezeus arabnews.com/node/2646543
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Nadim Shehadi نديم شحاده retweeted
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Many fear forcibly disarming Hezbollah could lead Lebanon back into civil war. President Joseph Aoun tells me, “we have to shape up the environment” first. “The equation is simple: strong government institutions can overshadow all non-state actors. Weak government institution, the non-state actor will overshadow the state.”
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For decades, American policy toward Lebanon was trapped in a contradiction. Washington supported the Lebanese state, defended Lebanese sovereignty in diplomatic language, and yet tolerated the existence of a parallel army stronger than the state itself.
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