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Speculations On Hezbollah Internal Power Grab
August 12, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui
Meir Javedanfar is reading tea leaves:
The question that must be asked then in this: If Hezbollah is interested in attacking Israel, why is it warning that the Doha agreement is about to collapse? [..] the Shiite organization could be about to launch a domestic power grab. This could be bloody, involving massive armed confrontation, or it could be bloodless; perhaps, for instance, involving some sort of agreement made with opposing factions. Hezbollah has the military capability to do this, as it’s the only militia in Lebanon.
In other words, he is speculating that Hezbollah could pull a Hamas on Lebanon. In my opinion that’s not a likely scenario, because it was proven again and again in Lebanon’s history that the country cannot be controlled by a single faction. The party is also very unpopular in places like the north and mount Lebanon. Hezbollah has long sought the strategic role of kingmaker and laid low because it it also wants to have things both ways.