Hezbollah Attacks Shebaa

If Syria wants to liberate her farms, she should do it herself.

Yet another round of pointless attacks by Hezbollah to ‘liberate’ the Shebaa Farms, which, according to the UN, is Syrian territory under Israeli occupation.

Hezbollah has always claimed that such attacks are based on “field considerations”, in other words, the political situation in Lebanon and Syria doesn’t have anything to do with them. Nonsense. The attacks always happen in very sensitive contexts, like for instance when a Lebanese Prime Minister is at an international donor conference.

But most Lebanese agree that Hezbollah is directed from outside. Syria and Iran to be specific. When Hezbollah attacked last year, Israel retaliated by striking Syrian targets, causing Hezbollah’s Gun to fall silent for a long time. Israel learned that attacking Lebanese Electricity firms and infrastructure doesn’t stop Hezbollah, only attacking Damascus does so.

If Hezbollah’s real aim is to get the Shebaa farms back, it should support the border demarcation process instead of calling PM Seniora a traitor just for bringing it up.

All this on the eve of Independence Day. How ironic. Let’s watch and see how the political class reacts.