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London – “Al-Quds Al-Arabi”:
The Observer newspaper published a report by its Middle East correspondent, Martin Shulof, in which it quoted Lebanese Hezbollah officials who were described by US President Donald Trump as insane and who could push the war against Iran with Israel. and Hezbollah before the arrival of the Biden administration.
He said that for the past four years, Hezbollah has fought in Syria, supported Shiite militias in Iraq, directed politics in Lebanon and avoided provoking a war with Israel. But tired party leaders fear that in the last moments of his presidency, Trump will carry out his threats that outweigh anything else.
In the Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, look at the clock and the skies. The roar of Israeli fighters has been heard in Lebanese airspace for more than a month, and the frequency of Israeli overflights has increased, as has security in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which is the nerve center of the armed group. most powerful in the region. Hezbollah leaders and high-ranking members fear that Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israel will try to use the remainder of the weeks leading up to Joseph Biden’s inauguration and act decisively against Iran and Hezbollah.
Hezbollah leaders and senior officials fear that Trump, Pompeo and Israel will try to act decisively against Iran and Hezbollah.
“They have a window and they are trying to finish what they started,” said a senior official. “But don’t worry, Mr. (Hassan Nasrallah) is safe.” Interviews with central Hezbollah officials and a mediator familiar with Iranian thinking revealed that one party was determined not to engage in a war with Israel or appear to defend Iran.
All three sources expressed their belief that the next US administration would try to negotiate with Tehran and return to the nuclear deal signed by Barack Obama and canceled by Trump. A source said: “This means gradually easing the sanctions and easing the pressure on us,” adding: “They are trying to harm Iran to destroy us, and it will not succeed because everyone has seen the plan since the summer and we have the means. to escape the pressure. “
Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria have turned almost weekly since early 2017, and party members who participated in strengthening the Bashar al-Assad regime’s force were generally injured, although prominent party leaders had not been attacked for some time. The murder of an Iranian nuclear scientist on November 27 outside Tehran was undoubtedly an Israeli operation. And increased anxiety in Beirut that the distinction between Iran and Hezbollah could shift in the remaining month and a half for Trump’s presidency. One senior official described the next few weeks as “the most dangerous stage in 30 years, and everyone is concerned for obvious reasons.”
So far, Israel has been cautious in targeting prominent party leaders in Syria and has launched warning targets to avoid hitting them. One of these targets was in April and included a missile attack on a jeep at a border crossing from Syria to Lebanon. When four officers fled the car, a second missile hit it and destroyed it. Israeli leaders strongly supported the Trump administration’s policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran and its decision to abandon the nuclear deal, which was seen as a way to weaken the party and its power.
Joint Israel-Gulf relations against Iran, which were supported by the United States, were the reason for the normalization agreements between the UAE and Bahrain with Israel and the warmth in relations with Riyadh. Israel believes that the Gulf states are hostile to Iran and Hezbollah, and more. He is not prepared to help Lebanon in its financial and economic crisis as long as Hezbollah remains in government. A second Hezbollah official said: “What the Saudis say doesn’t matter much” and “The party can take care of itself, and they have to understand that if the country collapses, the political parties they support will not emerge strong.”
“Are you going to try to do something important in Beirut in the next few weeks?” He asked. This is possible despite the fact that there is a security alert in the suburb and the south. This is to protect our leaders. We don’t have anything specific, but there is something in the air ”. The security axis considers the heart of its bulwark, surrounded by wires, which were raised last week and allowed cars to pass. Security agents stopped by the sides of the roads, watching the traffic, monitoring from huge cameras that monitored the overlapping view of the suburb. Banners bearing the image of General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US raid earlier this year, were posted at road crossings, and pictures of Hassan Nasrallah were also released. There are posters with photographs of Hezbollah members who were killed in Syria.
The second Hezbollah official said: “As you know, we are not afraid of death.” But “we have to protect our leaders and we know that we will be politically harmed if something happens to them. These are dangerous times, and Trump is crazy, but he will not get what he wants, so he has no patience or time.” The Israelis think they’re coming to us, but it’s us. “
