Hanin Ghaddar On The Effect Of Hezbollah’s Presentation

She’s not convinced. But she accepts that it will affect the discourse:

So now what? Will the STL change course because Nasrallah has said it must? Of course not. Will Nasrallah change his rhetoric? Of course not. But one can say that things are not quite the same after Nasrallah’s Monday conference, only because now the debate has shifted, and whoever wishes to discuss the STL will have to include the footage, whether or not they are convinced by it.

I think that the STL could very much postpone the declaration of its findings if it deems that this would affect regional stability. So In that sense I disagree with Hanine and think that Hezbollah effectively bought themselves some time. The real question remains Saad Hariri’s position. And from what I’m reading, he seems to be adamant that the STL is the final authority on anything that has to do with his father’s killing.