In recent weeks, Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese soil, including an attack on the municipality of Bint Jbeil, have been met with strong reactions from the Lebanese government. President Michel Aoun called for the army to be prepared to respond to the aggressions, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the international community not to remain silent in the face of these crimes. However, the very same governments that speak of “helping Lebanon” and “upholding the ceasefire” are, in practice, pursuing the goals of Tel Aviv through a policy of silence and passivity. This hidden alignment points to a shared strategy between the West and Israel to weaken the resistance axis and maintain security and political dominance in the region.
Burying Gaza Under Shadow of New Wars
Netanyahu, facing an internal crisis and corruption charges after the Gaza war, is attempting to divert public attention from the Gaza deadlock by escalating attacks in Lebanon and creating a new military landscape. At the same time, the Western media's emphasis on the Sudan crisis is also an effort to overshadow the violations of the Gaza ceasefire and to block humanitarian aid. Through this media tactic, the West seeks to break Israel's international isolation and present a fabricated image of a multi-crisis Middle East, so that the Israeli occupation remains hidden behind the smoke of ongoing wars. The main goal is to shift public pressure away from Palestine to other areas and temporarily revive the lost legitimacy of political Zionism.
Engineering Lebanon; From Military Pressure to Electoral Influence
In complete coordination with the United States, the Israeli regime seeks, by maintaining instability in Lebanon, to achieve two goals: First, to entangle the Lebanese government and army with Hezbollah; second, to prevent the reconstruction and internal stabilization of Lebanon. These multilayered pressures lay the groundwork for interference in next spring’s parliamentary elections, aiming to remove the resistance from the political equation and steer the governance structure toward compromise. Lebanon's enemies are attempting to increase public dissatisfaction with the resistance by creating economic and security crises, so that ultimately Beirut becomes a model of post-election Iraq—a country shaped by political engineering and external pressure.
Division of Labor to Surrender the Region
The joint pressure model employed by the U.S. and Israel is based on a division of labor: Tel Aviv spreads instability through military means in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza, while Washington uses political and economic tools to negotiate for the disarmament of the resistance. Statements from American officials, including those of Barak and Morgan Ortagus, about conditioning any aid on actions against Hezbollah, are clear evidence of this strategy. Just as in Syria, where Israel’s military pressure is combined with American economic promises, in Lebanon the aim is to impose a settlement and eliminate the country’s defensive independence. The twelve-day war against Iran demonstrated that this model is doomed to failure when confronted with the will of local nations.
Indigenous Security Element: The Weapon of the Resistance
In a situation where international mechanisms, UNIFIL, and Western governments have no real intention of defending Lebanon, the only true deterrent in the country is Hezbollah’s weaponry—an armament that has prevented the reoccupation of southern Lebanon and the infiltration of the Israeli military. Lebanon’s current imposed crisis is not just a problem for one country, but a test for the entire region. Supporting the resistance is not only a defense of Lebanon’s borders but a preservation of the independence of the entire Muslim world. The experiences of Syria, Sudan, and the West Bank show that American promises do not bring security; only indigenous unity and standing against the division of labor between Washington and Tel Aviv can free the region from the cycle of artificial crises.
NOURNEWS